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| 15 April 2016 |
Demographic and Social Statistics |
The Social Statistics and Indicators team compiles statistics on population, labour force, education, gender, poverty, health and vital statistics. It maintains databases in specialized fields of social statistics gathered from national and international sources, provides advisory services and training to help member countries improve social statistics collection, and strives to enhance regional harmonization in social statistics classifications, definitions and measurement. |
| 1 July 2016 |
Committee on Transport, 3rd session |
Further information and details are available in the documents of the 3rd session of transport committee here attached. |
| 1 December 2017 |
Macroeconomic Simulations for MDG Achievements |
The Workshop aimed at reviewing the most recent and effective techniques that may help the policymakers in designing and implementing pro-poor economic and social policies. |
| 29 September 2017 |
Executive Secretary Receives Sudan’s Interior Minister |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim received on Wednesday 28 September 2017 Sudan’s Minister of Interior Hamid Mannan Mirghani at the UN House in Beirut. Both officials discussed enhancing cooperation between ESCWA and Sudan. The meeting was also attended by Sudan’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Al-Sadeq Ali; Director of the Immigration Department, Brigadier-General Mahmoud Suleiman Mohammed; and Sudan’s Secretary-General for Migration Korar Tohwamy. |
| 1 July 2016 |
Committee on Transport, 2nd session |
Further information and details are available in the documents of the 2nd session of transport committee here attached. |
| 9 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary visits Labour Minister |
Beirut, 8 August 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited Lebanese Minister of Labour Mohammad Kabbara. Both sides discussed cooperation between ESCWA and the Ministry. The meeting was attended by Secretary of the Commission Karim Khalil and ESCWA Chief of Modeling and Forecasting Section Mohamed Hedi Bchir. *****
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| 18 May 2017 |
Expert Meeting on Disability Measurement in Support of SDGs |
This meeting presented several sessions which discussed the following: Disability-related SDG indicators for global monitoring; Disability statistics and/or policies and programmes in the ESCWA region: An overview; Overview of ongoing international initiatives on standards for disability measurement; Overview of questions used in 2010 census round to identify persons with disabilities; Approaches used to measure disability through censuses: National experiences; Measurement of disability through sample surveys: National experiences; Censuses, household sample surveys and administrative dat |
| 15 January 2015 |
Governance |
ESCWA provides members States with analysis, policy advice, technical assistance, capacity-building and knowledge sharing on a host of governance matters, including political reform and transition, crisis and conflict management, and damage and loss assessment. |
| 9 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary Meets Labour Minister |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited on 8 August 2017 Minister of Labour Mohammad Kabbara. Both sides discussed cooperation between ESCWA and the Ministry. The meeting was attended by Secretary of the Commission Karim Khalil and ESCWA Chief of Modeling and Forecasting Section Mohamed Hedi Bchir. |
| 5 May 2017 |
Session 4 on Digital Development: issues related to Media and Cultural Diversity |
This session will address (1) Cultural identity and cultural heritage; (2) Linguistic diversity and its harmonization; (3) Role of media in the Information Society, its pluralism and independence; and (4) Convergence between ICT and media and social media in the Arab World. |