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26 March 2019	Technology as a tool to make cities safe and combat violence against women	The Arab region is witnessing an unprecedented urbanization boom accompanied by diverse challenges including sexual violence and harassment of women in public spaces.
11 December 2014	King of Jordan Meets ESCWA Executive Secretary	King Abdullah II of Jordan met the UN Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf and congratulated her on assuming her new position. During the meeting, the Jordanian monarch hailed ESCWA efforts in supporting programs and plans to achieve human, economic and social development in Western Asia, especially in the Arab region, citing areas where cooperation between Jordan and ESCWA could be strengthened and increased.
24 May 2016	Implementation of the Istanbul Plan of Action (IPoA): Perspectives from African and Arab LDCs	The objective of the side event is to provide a platform for African and Arab LDCs to brainstorm and craft concrete proposals on an integrated and coherent approach to the implementation of the Istanbul Plan of Action (IPoA).
20 May 2015	Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the Arab Countries, 2007	The sixth issue of the Annual Review analyses the extent to which Arab countries are integrated into the global economy and the degree of economic integration among those countries. It draws particular attention to foreign direct investment, tourism and World Trade Organization negotiations. The publication concludes with a set of recommendations on how issues related to Arab regional integration and globalization can best be tackled.
5 October 2018	Regional Training Workshop for Developing Vital Statistics Reports from Civil Registration	This workshop aims to present the new UN Guidelines on Quality Evaluation of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, review national experiences, provide technical support to improve civil registration procedures and strengthen capacity to produce high-quality vital statistics reports.
20 May 2015	Report of the Expert Group Meeting on the Interregional Transport Linkages between ESCWA, ECE and ESCAP, under the United Nations Development Account Project on Capacity-Building through Cooperation in Developing Land and Land-Sea Interregional Transport
4 May 2017	Prototype model for Sustainable Development Goal simulation	ESCWA has developed a prototype of a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model that can be used as a quantitative tool to link Sustainable Development Goals among each other and with various economic, fiscal, environmental, and social variables and to integrate SDGs in economic planning.
16 April 2019	Trade performance and structure profiles: Qatar	This profile aims at assessing the trade performance and structure of Qatar since 2000 based on a wide range of indicators, including those recently calculated using highly granular, product-level merchandise trade data.
10 January 2017	Consultative Expert Group Meeting on “Violence against Women in the Arab Region: What is At Stake?”	The EGM aims to review a study on the topic currently under development by the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) in partnership with UN-Women and the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University.
20 May 2015	Environmental Standards and Competitiveness of Key Economic Sectors	While some analysts consider environmental standards as a valuable mechanism for improving production efficiency, others argue that compliance with those standards is an additional and costly burden that affects competitiveness. This study examines the relationship between the two factors by assessing the scope of the impact of environmental standards on competitiveness, and provides examples from both sides of the debate.

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