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20 May 2015	Water Resources Issues in the ESCWA Region: Country Fact Sheets	The purpose of these Country Fact Sheets is to examine the water situation in the region, with particular emphasis on the desalination industry as a growing source of freshwater in many of the ESCWA countries. The Fact Sheets examine the trend in population growth, freshwater availability, and water use, highlighting the consumption trends of the most waterintensive sectors in each country. The desalination of each country is presented in terms of quantity produced, type of technology and type of feedwater used, and provides the predicted future desalination volume.
2 November 2018	Economic Governance for Entrepreneurs in the MENA Region: Prioritizing Policy Challenges	Identifying policy challenges and key policy measures to remedy in support of entrepreneurship in the Arab region.
27 February 2018	Rethinking Fiscal Policy in the Arab Countries	What: Symposium series on economic policies: Rethinking Fiscal Policy in the Arab Countries. When: Tuesday 27 February 2018, from 5:00 to 6:45 pm. Where: American University of Beirut (AUB), College Hall auditorium, Bliss Street.
5 December 2014	Workshop on Human Resource Management
11 December 2014	Executive Secretary Reiterates Call for Immediate Cease Fire	Commenting on the aggression today to which the UN House in Beirut was exposed, UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy said, “we understand the feeling of the Lebanese people after several civilians fell due to strikes over the Qana village early this morning, which recalls the tragedy that hit this village in 1996.” She added, “We appreciate the intervention of the Lebanese authorities at the highest level to provide protection to the UN headquarters in Beirut and stress Lebanon’s need of the United Nations and UNESCWA.
20 November 2019	Committee on Trade Policies, 1st session	ESCWA will convene the 1st session for its Committee on Trade Policies in the States Members of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on 8 and 9 December 2019 in Amman, Jordan.
20 April 2021	Series of Webinars on selected SDG Indicators for the Arab Region: ESCWA SDG1.2.2	The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are:
5 December 2014	Training Workshop on Programme Cycle Management	ESCWA is organizing a five-day intensive training workshop on Programme Cycle Management and Project Formulation at the UN house in Beirut, from 21 to 25 October 2013. The workshop aims at training 25 senior staff from the Ministry of Social Affairs in Lebanon on how to design and prepare project proposals and learn the best practices of programme cycle management tools and techniques. Ultimately, the workshop aims at enhancing the Ministry's capacity to undertake social development projects and contribute to institutionalize project management within the Ministry.
21 April 2021	Series of Webinars on selected SDG Indicators for the Arab Region: ESCWA-WHO SDG3.6.1	The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are:
20 May 2015	Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Arab Region, No. 15	The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, issue 15, presents data on population, fertility, mortality, marriages and divorces compiled from a number of national sources, including surveys, censuses and vital registration systems. The accuracy and reliability of these data have been verified. The objective of this bulletin is to encourage countries to produce and disseminate high quality data on population and vital statistics, which is much needed for better planning.

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