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| 11 December 2014 |
Secretary-General Appoints Bader Al-Dafa of Qatar as Executive Secretary of ESCWA |
On 30 July 2007, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Mr. Bader Al-Dafa of Qatar as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). |
| 1 June 2019 |
12th Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), and in partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS), the United Nations Environment, and the Cairo office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is organizing the “Twelfth Regional Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries” from 7 to 8 April 2019, in Beirut. |
| 2 January 2015 |
Evaluation |
THE EVALUATION FUNCTION The Strategy, Planning, Accountability, Results and Knowledge Section (SPARK) implements the ESCWA Evaluation Policy and reports to the Deputy Executive Secretary, who in turn reports to the Executive Secretary. A report summarizing key evaluations, plans and recommendations for future action is presented to ESCWA’s inter-governmental Ministerial Commission at its biennial session.
HOW ARE EVALUATIONS CARRIED OUT? |
| 24 March 2017 |
2017 International Women’s Day |
On the occasion of International Women’s Day marked by ESCWA on 6 March 2017, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf chose hope in spite of the brutish injustice in the region, or maybe because of it, as she noted. |
| 15 December 2020 |
Webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and refugees in the Arab region |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the the members of the United Nations Issue-Based Coalition on Migration in the Arab Region, organized a webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and refugees in the Arab region. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Modelling and Forecasting |
Informed policymaking rests in part on modelling and forecasting research, some of the results of which are included in the annual flagship publication, Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region. The survey looks at the region’s socioeconomic development assets |
| 20 May 2015 |
Progress Achieved by ESCWA Member Countries towards Implementing the Monterrey Consensus |
This study reviews the progress achieved by ESCWA member countries in implementing the recommendations contained in the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development (Monterrey, Mexico, March 2002), during the last six years with a focus on 2008. |
| 22 May 2020 |
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: the promise of making migration work for all in the Arab region |
The Social Development Bulletin sheds light on how the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration helps making migration work for all in the Arab region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Settlement of disputes between States and Investors within Bilateral investment treaties |
In collaboration with the National Agency for Investment in the Republic of Sudan ESCWA held a National Workshop on settlement of disputes between states and investors during the period 26-28 February, 2013. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Training on Gender Analysis of Population Census Data |
UNFPA and ESCWA Statistics Division are inviting a gender statistician from the National Statistical Office, and a gender expert from a government agency/ministry in charge of women's issues to participate in the TRAINING ON GENDER ANALYSIS OF CENSUS DATA, AMMAN, 10-12 February 2013. The Workshop will be held at the Amman Marriott Hotel in Jordan. The morning sessions will start at 08:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. in Al WAHA BALLROOM. The objectives of the training are the following: |