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| 5 December 2014 |
Training on Management and Strategic Planning for the Iraqi Housing and Construction Sector |
Thirteen senior civil servants from the Iraqi Ministries of Construction and Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, and Amanat Baghdad have completed a two-week training on management and strategic planning. The training workshop forms a component of the UNDG Iraq Trust Fund funded UN HABITAT project “Strengthening the Capacity of the Housing Sector in Iraq”. The training was structured around a strategic planning exercise covering a set of management topics. |
| 14 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary Continues Official Visits in Host Country |
UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim continued on 7-11 August 2017 his official visits to a number of officials in the host country, Lebanon. Hakim visited Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun on top of a delegation comprising ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary for Program Support Khawla Mattar and ESCWA Chief, Security and Safety Section Said Jannoun. |
| 12 November 2014 |
Natural Resources |
The ESCWA region is facing critical natural resource problems. Climate change, population growth, food insecurity, water scarcity, extreme weather events and regional tensions over shared water resources are challenges that make effective management of natural resources to promote sustainable development imperative. Member countries have shown a growing interest in assessing the impact of climate change, including extreme weather events, and socioeconomic vulnerability. |
| 24 September 2013 |
The Role of Renewable Energy in Mitigating Climate Change in the ESCWA Region |
This study contains a wealth of information related to the field of energy and climate change, namely on the production of electrical power from renewable energy sources, including solar and wind energy, which are abundant in ESCWA member countries, as well as on geothermal and mechanical applications that do not require electrical power. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Report of the Regional Implementation Meeting of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
This report reviews the progress achieved in the implementation of obligations and objectives at the regional level relevant to five clusters, namely agriculture, rural development, land, drought and desertification. It also assesses the challenges and constraints facing the Arab region in the implementation of those objectives and sheds light on possible actions in priority areas for the next stage. |
| 30 August 2018 |
Case Study on Policy Reforms to Promote Renewable Energy in Morocco |
The growing energy demand in Morocco, coupled with a high dependency on imported fossil fuels is increasingly challenging the country’s sustainable energy management. |
| 28 June 2018 |
ESCWA concludes 30th Ministerial Session, adopts Beirut Consensus |
Beirut, 28 June 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)—On Thursday, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) concluded the ministerial segment of its 30th Ministerial Session on Technology for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region under the High Patronage of the President of the Lebanese Republic, Michel Aoun. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Regional Economic Forecast - 2009 |
This study presents estimates and forecasts for GDP growth for the ESCWA region for the period 2009-2010. |
| 9 March 2020 |
Supporting the Monitoring and Implementation of the SDGs in the Arab region: Transboundary water cooperation SDG 6 Indicator 6.5.2 |
The workshop is jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), ESCWA and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in the framework of the UN Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6. |
| 26 February 2015 |
Bolstering Food and Water Security in the Region |
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