The session agenda contained several priority topics, including follow-up on the implementation of recommendations made by the Committee on Energy at its ninth session; progress made in the implementation of energy-related activities under the ESCWA programme of work between the ninth and tenth sessions of the Committee; sustainable energy in the Arab region, especially energy security and regional integration, technology adaptation policy and potential for local manufacturing of adequate renewable energy equipment and a regional agenda for the implementation of the United Nations Decade

ESCWA’s Social Development Division (SDD) is conducting a 5-day senior level workshop for national dialogue partners, in Sudan, from 22-26 February 2015, in cooperation with the Sudanese Ministry of Welfare and Social Security. The workshop’s objective is to explore innovative approaches to the expansion of social protection schemes to rural informal sector workers in Sudan, and to propose ways to formulate and implement social protections policies.  The workshop is organized in three different modules:



The meeting aims to build the capacity of rural development practitioners and policy makers to promote access to modern energy services in the Arab rural communities.