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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Marks World Water Day 2014 |
To mark World Water Day 2014, ESCWA cooperated with the Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abdel Al, the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in holding a seminar entitled "The Water-Energy Nexus: Issues and Challenges", on 21 March, at the Order of the Press in Beirut. |
| 4 March 2016 |
Promoting market-driven access to modern energy services in the Arab rural regions |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia organized on 18-19 April 2016 a two-day expert group meeting at the UN-House in Beirut, under the theme “Promoting market-driven access to modern energy services in the Arab rural regions”. The expert group meeting was organized and implemented by the Sustainable Development Policies Division to provide a fresh drive and innovative thinking on the topic of appropriate green energy technology access in rural areas in the Arab region, with a special focus on the rural productive sectors. |
| 21 June 2017 |
Water-Energy Nexus Operational Toolkit: Renewable Energy Module |
ESCWA is implementing a UN Development Account (DA) Project on “Developing the Capacities of ESCWA Member Countries to Address the Water and Energy Nexus for Achieving Sustainable Developing Goals”. The DA project targets to strengthen the capacity of ESCWA member countries to achieve an integrated and sustainable management of water and energy resources to contribute to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| 16 October 2018 |
Committee on Transport and Logistics, 19th Session |
The 19th session of the Committee on Transport and Logistics will be held during 26-28 November 2018 in Beirut, Lebanon . |
| 22 August 2019 |
First Palestinian National Training Workshop on AquaCrop for Irrigation Water Management |
ESCWA is organizing the First Palestinian National Training Workshop on AquaCrop for Irrigation Water Management within the framework of its project on “Enhancing Resilience and Sustainability of Agriculture in the Arab region”. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for ESCWA region |
The civil registration system is considered the best source for generating accurate, reliable and timely vital statistics. Not all national civil registration systems are fully in place in terms of coverage of vital events, effectiveness and their linkage with national statistical systems, thus preventing their use for producing reliable vital statistics. Consequently, alternative data sources such as censuses and sample surveys are then used to obtain these statistics. |
| 18 December 2014 |
Participation and social protection in the Arab Region |
The paper introduces social protection as a basic human right enshrined in international declarations and conventions. It also provides a brief overview of social protection provision in the Arab region, highlighting achievements and challenges. |
| 2 November 2018 |
Policy Brief: From the Ideal of Social Justice to the Concept of Inequality |
This Policy Brief zooms in on the concept of inequality, studying its manifestation in the Arab Region, then concludes with policy recommendations on how to address this challenge at all levels to ensure basic rights and fundamental freedoms to all. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon to Open UNESCWA 7th Statistical Committee Session |
The seventh session of the UNESCWA Statistical Committee will be held on Tuesday 7 November at 10:00 a.m. at the UN House, Beirut, under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Lebanon Jean Hogassapian. The meeting will continue until 9 November and will address major issues that concern statistical work in the UNESCWA region and its direct impact on the development process. |
| 10 December 2019 |
Expert Group Meeting on Multidimensional Poverty in Arab Countries |
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