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11 December 2014	High- Level Meeting on Democratic Transitions Opens In Presence of Minister of State Abdallah Baha Representing King Muhammad VI	The “High-Level Meeting on Beyond Populism: Economic Challenges and Opportunities in Democratic Transitions,” opened today in the Moroccan capital Rabat, as organized by ESCWA in cooperation with the other regional commissions of the United Nations on 5-6 February 2013. The Meeting was held in the presence of Minister of State Abdallah Baha Representing King Muhammad VI and Minister Delegate Attached to the Prime Minister for General Affairs and Good Governance Mohamed Najib Boulif.
9 May 2017	Effective governance will sustain Asia-Pacific economic growth and improve its quality, says UN report	As received from ESCAP
22 July 2020	Consumer protection in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: Focus on digitalization
5 April 2017	Preparatory Meeting on the Regional Environmental Issues and Priorities for AFSD	Meeting to highlight the importance of the environmental dimension in the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
7 March 2017	The UN system in the Arab/MENA Region kicks off International Women’s Day with an eye on Planet 50-50 by 2030	Joint press release by UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, UN Women, ESCWA, FAO, OCHA, UNHCR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNRWA, WFP, OHCHR, ILO, UNOPS, UN Habitat, and UNESCO.
4 March 2021	Capacity-Building Workshop of rural women on entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” project, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the General Commission for Regional Development (CGDR) and the National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) in Tunisia, is organizing a “capacity-building workshop of rural women on entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector”. This workshop aims to build/enhance the knowledge and the practical capacities of a group of rural women in the region of Chorbane (Governorate of Mahdia, Republic of Tunisia) in the field of entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector by raising their awareness/knowledge in creating their agricultural projects that generate income, and in financing agricultural investments by taking advantages of grants, privileges, and fundings provided by the State, agricultural development banks, and micro-finance institutions, and other financing mechanisms designated for the development of the agricultural sector. The workshop also aims to provide the participants with the necessary skills to create innovative agricultural projects according to the sustainable development approach – especially with regard to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus –, prepare their business plans, finance and manage them, by adopting modern methods of training that integrate theoretical (through presentations) and practical (through analysis of case studies) dimensions together.
11 December 2014	UN Report Focuses on Financial Crisis and Climate Change
5 December 2014	Conference and Public Consultations to Establish the Arab Internet Governance Forum
17 October 2017	Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab Region	The Arab region suffers from pressing environmental challenges such as water scarcity, desertification, land degradation and reduction in arable land areas, which negatively impact access to food especially in rural and marginalized areas. Since more than a decade, ESCWA works closely in partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS) and UN Environment on sustainable development issues including provision of adequate tools to monitor and assess the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda.
11 December 2014	The United Arab Emirates Hosts the “Thinking digital? Let’s innovate in Arabic!” competition	The digital Arabic content (DAC) competition was launched on 10 April 2014 in the United Arab Emirates within the scope of cooperation between ESCWA and Abu Dhabi University (ADU) and in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The launch was part of a workshop, hosted at the Abu Dhabi Chamber and attended by over 50 participants representing the academic sector, fund agencies, companies involved in DAC development, as well as young entrepreneurs and university students.

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