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| 11 December 2014 |
MoU Joins ESCWA and Rotary Clubs on MDGs |
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| 12 September 2017 |
Committee on Women, 8th Session |
At its eighth session, the Committee on Women aims to discuss the role of institutions in achieving gender equality, highlighting the following areas: Mainstreaming gender in public institutions, the role of institutions in responding to the Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security in Times of War and in Times of Peace in the Arab Region; and the assessment of the economic cost of violence against women with a view to adopting institutional policies to put an end to this phenomenon. |
| 28 November 2017 |
Death Registration Systems and Mortality Statistics in the Arab region |
The expert group meeting on death registration systems and mortality statistics in the Arab region was organized in support of a study under preparation by the Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organization (WHO-EMRO). The study focuses on death registration systems and their associated mortality statistics in the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries |
Upon a request for support through Technical Cooperation from the League of Arab States (LAS), ESCWA jointly with the LAS conducted between 22 and 24 October 2013 a regional training workshop on “Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries” in Amman, Jordan. The workshop was hosted by the ESCWA Technology Centre at the facilities of the Jordanian Royal Scientific Society and attended by 16 participants from nine Member States. |
| 22 October 2015 |
Provision of Education by Non-State Actors in Arab Countries: Benefits and Risks |
This study looks at major trends related to the provision of education by non-State actors in the Arab region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Fostering Partnerships between International and Regional Private Sector Institutions and their Counterparts in Crisis tricken Countries: Towards a More Resilient Private Sector |
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| 20 May 2015 |
Integrated Social Policy: Visions and Strategies in Arab Countries, Report III |
Most countries in the ESCWA region see social policy as a basic element in achieving balanced human and economic development. However, those countries are facing diverse challenges, are endowed with different capacities to address them and are striving to reconcile diverse needs across all parts of society against scarce resources. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Review of Information and Communications Technology and Development, Issue 13 |
Information and communications technology plays a significant role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular in the areas of awareness-raising, capacity-building and shortening distances, among others. The main topic in this issue of the Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia is the impact of Information and Communications Technology on development. |
| 11 February 2019 |
Capacity-Building for National Institutions on Integrating Gender Equality in the Organizational Policy, Strategic Planning, Evaluation, Audit and Reporting |
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| 12 November 2014 |
Economic Development and Integration |
The Economic Development and Integration Division (EDID) aims, through economic monitoring, research, knowledge management, policy advice and capacity-building, to help the Arab region to attain long-term dynamic growth and equitable development. |