Improving social protection in Tunisia

ESCWA and CRES held meetings with members of the steering committee for the development of a comprehensive national social protection country profile for Tunisia

ESCWA and the Center for Research and Social Studies (CRES) of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) in Tunisia held a series of meetings between 6 and 17 March, to implement the Social Protection Rapid Assessment Framework (SPP-RAF), developed by ESCWA to assess the quality of national social protection databases. Participants…

Ahead of the Fifth Global Conference on the Least Developed Countries: A New Report Monitors the Challenges of Arab Countries

ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti reiterated her call for considering the humanitarian, development and peace nexus as a foundation for all interventions, especially in countries affected by chronic conflict

Arab least developed countries (LDCs) members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),  namely Mauritania, Somalia, the Sudan and Yemen, have been facing dire economic challenges, instability and bleak growth prospects. The situation was exacerbated in 2020 by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conflicts…

Casablanca Hosts Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Waste Management in Arab Region

On 29-30 September, The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa’s Sub-regional Office for North Africa (ECA/SRO-NA) and the Moroccan Cleaner Production Center (CMPP), organizes a regional workshop at the Golden Tulip Farah Casablanca Hotel, Morocco, entitled “Innovative Technologies…