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| 23 November 2018 |
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at ESCWA |
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| 20 March 2020 |
Introducing Web Scraping in Price Data Collection |
The International Comparison Program (ICP) team at ESCWA’s has been exploring new techniques to enhance price statistics in the region by using technology and Big Data tools as a non-traditional data collection method complementing traditional data collection. This initiative aims to improve data quality, raise the frequency of data collection, reduce field visits and increase work efficiency by ensuring regular automated extraction of price data from online outlets for both CPI and ICP purposes. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women |
This report reviews the status of women and girls in Palestine during the period of January 2011-June 2012, focusing on developments in the social, economic and political rights of women. The report highlights positive changes with implications for gender equality, such as the adoption of a cross-sectoral national gender strategy by the Palestinian Authority, the suspension of a number of legal provisions regarding honour killing and the accession of more women to decision-making positions. |
| 2 June 2017 |
Challenges of Reform: Institutional Development in Post-Conflict Libya |
ESCWA convened an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to discuss, with senior and renowned Libyan experts, the current situation in Libya, institutional and socio-economic development issues as well as the necessary preparatory steps to guarantees local ownership and effectiveness. |
| 19 February 2016 |
Assessing the National Statistical System in Egypt |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century Program (PARIS21) and the African Development Bank have established a multi-organization team coordinated by PARIS21 upon the request of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Sports for Development, Peace and Human Rights |
ESCWA Staff Council organized a ping-pong tournament in August, under the auspices of Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf. Fawzat Salloum of the Security and Safety Section and Naela Haddad of the Social Development Division won the final matches on the categories of men and women, respectively, and received their trophies from the Executive Secretary on 30 August 2012. |
| 31 December 2016 |
The Arab Consolidated Report on Progress Achieved in the implementation of the BPFA: Beijing +20 |
The report presents an overview of progress achieved in the implementation of the Beijing Platform of Action (BPFA), twenty years following the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, during the Fourth Conference on Women ( 1995). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Haddad and Tallawy to launch a Pioneering Study by UN-ESCWA |
Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad and Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy will hold a press conference to launch the annual study prepared by UN-ESCWA entitled “Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries”. The press conference will be held at 10 am on Friday 18 May 2007 at the Safir Heliopolitan Hotel in Beirut. |
| 14 December 2018 |
International Framework and Mechanisms of Women, Peace and Security and Women’s Participation in the Peace-building Processes |
Following a technical advisory services request received by ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) in Yemen, ECW is conducting a Training of Trainers workshop for staff members of the ministry on “International Framework and Mechanisms of Women, Peace and Security and Women’s Participation in the Peacebuilding Processes”, on 14 and 15 December 2018 in Amman, Jordan. |
| 2 December 2016 |
16th Meeting of Industrial Research Centres’ Coordination Committee in Arab States |
ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) hosted the sixteenth meeting of the “Industrial Research Centres’ Coordination Committee in Arab States” simultaneously with ESCWA Technical Committee’s meeting, in cooperation with the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organisation (AIDMO). The meeting aimed to overcome the hurdles facing technology transfer and development, and to raise awareness on the significance of industrial research in order to achieve an advanced Arab industry. |