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| 20 May 2015 |
Promoting Participatory Democracy in the ESCWA Region |
The Arab region is aware today that the path to democracy is long because of the upheavals that changed their political landscape and led to gross violations of human rights, lack of rule of law and suppression of civil liberties and freedoms. This bulletin represents the link between participation and democracy and brings a wider understanding of the concept, benefits and challenges of the participatory democracy. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Social Exclusion in the ESCWA Region |
The EGM is an opportunity to discuss ESCWA's region-specific definition of social exclusion and to review the findings of its qualitative field work. Regional and international experts attentive to the problems facing excluded groups as well as to the nuances of introducing such a concept into developmental and institutional policies and analyses will come together for the two-day EGM. |
| 17 February 2015 |
Towards Better Measurement of Poverty and Inequality in Arab Countries: A Proposed Pan-Arab Multipurpose Survey |
The paper proposes a pan Arab Survey that can serve as an effective tool to compute money metric and multi-dimensional poverty for the same households. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 7 |
This issue is dedicated to partnerships in information and communications technology (ICT) projects, and focuses on partnerships between the private and public sectors which accelerate the implementation of such projects, distribute the risk between the two sectors and contribute to the creation of employment opportunities. The issue also presents an overview of developments in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, and reviews ESCWA activities over a six month period. |
| 8 October 2020 |
Capacity Building Workshop on Digital Technology and Employment |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor in Lebanon is conducting a three-day capacity-building workshop on "Digital Technology and Employment" from 14 to 16 October 2020. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Workshop on “Social Protection as Development” |
Beirut, 24 September 2010 (UN Information Service) — Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Saleem El Sayegh, ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader AlDafa and the Head of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Lebanon Samir Farah will open a workshop on “Social Protection as Development.” The workshop is scheduled to open at 09:30 on Tuesday 28 September 2010 at Bristol Hotel in Beirut. |
| 2 January 2015 |
Advisory Bodies and Focal Points |
The Advisory Committee The Advisory Committee was established under ESCWA resolution 175 (XV), of 18 May 1989, to bolster the work of the Commission. It is made up of heads of diplomatic missions in the host country, and a high-level representative of that country. The Committee plays a consultative role and facilitates contact between member States and the ESCWA Secretariat, and among member States themselves, on matters requiring attention between the Commission’s biennial sessions. It meets every four months at ESCWA headquarters in Beirut. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on Data and Metadata |
The Expert Group Meeting, held in Amman Jordan from 16 to 18 July 2011, brought together participants from Arab national statistical offices to discuss the following main topics:
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| 20 May 2015 |
Project Planning and Performance Management: Participant’s File |
This document includes the themes addressed by the training workshop entitled "Project Planning and Performance Management". The first day developed the topic of modern methodology in project management as well as the topic of project model, key project stages and project planning. The second day included the feasibility study of projects as well as the components of project management and control. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Training for trainers on Energy Statistics and Balance GCCSTAT – ESCWA – IEA - UNSD |
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