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| 10 June 2021 |
Capacity-Building Workshop on “Projects Design, Drafting Proposals, Feasibility Studies, and Managing Projects in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus” |
Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Municipalities of Akkar Al-Atika and Chaqdouf, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Projects Design, Drafting Proposals, Feasibility Studies, and Managing Projects in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus”. |
| 7 December 2017 |
The Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurement: Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection |
The Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurement: Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection (Beirut, 7-10 June 2005) was organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Arab Regional Office and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS). The Workshop was the first on building the capacity for statistical measurement of the information society in Western Asia and the Arab region. |
| 11 December 2014 |
First Arab States Regional South-South Development EXPO |
The first Arab States Regional South-South Development Expo was held on 18 to 20 February 2014, hosted by the State of Qatar and co-organized by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States. The Expo bore the motto “Solutions to Action”. The main objective of the Expo was to serve as a platform for matching capacities of the solution providers with the needs of the solution seekers, which will potentially lead to practical exchanges of South-South solutions and experiences in the region. |
| 30 September 2019 |
Review of the regional progress report on implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action |
Beirut, 26 September 2019 (ESCWA)--About 50 Arab and global experts concluded today at ESCWA discussions of a regional report on progress made by Arab countries in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which will be launched on 28 November. |
| 27 October 2020 |
Regional arts competition for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence open for submissions till 27 November |
Beirut, 27 October 2020--The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Institute for Women (AiW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) launched today their annual regional youth arts competition on the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based |
| 29 May 2016 |
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2016 |
ESCWA, in cooperation with the members of Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) and the League of Arab States (LAS), will organize the 2016 Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, in hotel Kempinski, Amman, from 29 to 30 May 2016.
The Forum opens at 10:00 AM, Sunday 29 May 2016, with speeches by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf, Deputy Secretary General, League of Arab States Ahmed Ben Helli, Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, H.E. Imad N. Fakhoury. |
| 1 March 2019 |
Rethinking inequality in Arab States |
Beirut, 20 February 2019 (ESCWA)--Work is underway to issue a report on ‘Rethinking Inequality in Arab States’. Regional and global experts discussed the findings of the report, prepared jointly by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Economic Research Forum (ERF). |
| 15 December 2020 |
Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Refugees in the Arab Region |
This publication examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees in the Arab region. It focuses on several relevant areas including health, income security, the economy and education. It also addresses return and voluntary repatriation, and trafficking in persons during the pandemic. The paper and its accompanying policy brief present a set of actionable short- and medium-term policy recommendations to guide countries’ responses to these issues.
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| 11 August 2015 |
Arab region cooperative framework necessary to address ongoing conflict |
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal today called for policy-makers to consider a broad, inclusive, interdisciplinary and systematic framework to better understand the impact of protracted conflict and violence in the West Asia region, at an expert group meeting organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute. |
| 11 August 2015 |
Executive Secretary Says Occupation is Assault on Dignity and Negation of Freedoms |
ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf today said, “Occupation is Assault on Dignity and Negation of Freedoms.” Khalaf was speaking in a side event organized by the UN regional commissions on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. The side event was attended by ministers from the different world regions, as well as civil society organizations and UN agencies. |