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| 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. |
| 12 July 2016 |
Drafting Bilateral Investment Treaties |
ESCWA organized a national workshop on drafting of bilateral investment agreements during the period 11-15 March 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon. The purpose of this workshop was to familiarize participants from various government agencies and institutions that play a role in the negotiation of bilateral investment agreements, on how to draft various items contained in the bilateral investment agreements, drafting techniques of treaties, and understand the basic concepts in the formulation of international conventions relating to investment. |
| 5 February 2014 |
ESCWA Documentary About Eco-driving in Lebanon |
This documentary shows how modern lifestyles have created the energy consumption problem in the Lebanese transport sector. |
| 20 April 2021 |
Series of Webinars on selected SDG Indicators for the Arab Region: ESCWA-FAO SDG2.1.1 and SDG2.1.2 |
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 |
Workshop on Legal Informatics - An Arabic Perspective |
The workshop emphasizes the essential role of legal informatics in enhancing access and dissemination of legal information, in particular the information within the possession of governments and necessary for informing the public as to their rights and obligations, or that would assist them in doing so. The objective of the workshop is to create an ICT enabling environment to facilitate the administration of justice and harmonization among different judicial and legislative codes at the national level, as well as at the regional and international levels. |
| 20 November 2014 |
Emerging Channels of Public Participation after the Arab Uprisings, policy brief, No. 3 |
This brief explores the transformation of civic engagement and participation leading up to and following the Arab uprisings, as well as the challenges and potential of the new channels of participation. |
| 12 November 2014 |
Governance and Conflict Issues |
Conflict and instability in the region have caused great loss of life and the displacement of millions of people in the Arab region. Protracted conflicts in several countries and decades of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory have also had a detrimental effect on development in member States not directly caught up in fighting. Conflict has a profound impact on socioeconomic development and countries torn apart by war can take up to 15 years to recover their pre-conflict growth trajectory. |
| 9 February 2017 |
Arab IGF Process – Phase II: 2017-2020 |
Based on the output of the AIGF2020 initiative, efforts to improve the Arab IGF process would be directed to the formulation of a new Charter (a Technical Cooperation Framework) for the second phase of the Arab IGF that is expected for the period 2017-2020. The output will also be the basis for the development of the Regional Roadmap for the four-coming years. Contact: |
| 4 November 2020 |
Committee on Transport and Logistics, 21st session |
The 21st session of the Committee on Transport and Logistics will be held online over two days, on 24 November 2020 and 8 December 2020, via WebEx |
| 23 May 2016 |
Promoting Green Energy Technology Market in Rural Areas |
Promoting Green Energy Technology Market in Rural Areas is the title of a workshop ESCWA is organizing on 24-25 May 2016, at the UN-House in Beirut. The Workshop, which will open at 9:30 tomorrow Tuesday 24 May 2016, aims at building the capacity of the public sector in Arab countries in order to enhance the sustainability of renewable energy penetration in rural areas by fostering sustainable renewable energy markets. The Workshop opens with remarks by Radia Sedaoui, Chief of the ESCWA Energy Section. |