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11 December 2014 |
Needs of Arab States the Focus of UNESCWA Brainstorming Session |
Challenges facing the future of the region and the role of UNESCWA in light of them are the focus of a two-day meeting that began today at the UN House, Beirut. Arab officials and highly skilled experts and intellectuals gathered to brainstorm on the “Role of UNESCWA in Servicing its Member States, the Next Five Years.” |
5 December 2014 |
Final Meeting of the Project on "Promotion of the Digital Arabic Content Industry Through Incubation" |
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21 September 2019 |
ESCWA holds first regional meeting on transport statistics and road safety |
Beirut, 16 September 2019 (ESCWA)--Today, ESCWA held the first Regional Workshop on the Development of Transport Statistics and Transport-related Sustainable Development Indicators in the Arab Countries, in cooperation with the Arab Institute for Training in Statistics (AITRS). |
5 December 2014 |
UNCTAD XII |
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11 December 2014 |
On Ageing in the Arab World |
In April 2002, delegates of 160 governments, intergovernmental institutions and NGOs came together at the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid, Spain, in order to revise the Vienna Plan on Ageing and establish a long-term strategy for aging populations. The Assembly adopted a document entitled the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), which commits governments to integrate the rights and needs of older persons into national, as well as international, economic and social development policies. |
11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Participates in First LAU - UN Day |
ESCWA participated in a UN Day organized by the UN Information Center (UNIC Beirut) and the Lebanese American University (LAU) at the latter's Beirut campus 27 April in which 17 UN agencies and programs participated. A ceremony launching the event was attended by ambassadors, diplomats, media representatives, UN officials as well as faculty members, students and alumni of LAU. |
11 December 2014 |
Yemen Hosts UN-ESCWA 25th Session |
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11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Launches Socioeconomic Developments Survey |
A United Nations ESCWA annual survey on the Economic and Social Developments for 2010-2011 was released on 31 January, reflecting the dramatic changes the region has witnessed while moving from the first to the second decade of the 21st century. The survey made observations, provided data to understand and explain the dynamics of regional, sub-regional and country-specific social and economic trends. Its objective is to provide a snapshot of the current socioeconomic situation and an outlook for 2012. |
15 March 2016 |
Two Resident Sub-Regional Workshops on Building Capacities in the Participatory Research Approach for Social Development |
Two resident sub-regional workshops on “Building Capacities in the Participatory Research Approach for Development” were conducted by ESCWA in Amman, Jordan, during the period 4-7 April, 2011. |
16 March 2021 |
National Meeting on Disability Statistics in Iraq |
The meeting will aim to achieve the following goals:
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