UNITED NATIONS E ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ESCWA MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN 2016 (Tentative) Date and venue First quarter 11-12 January 14 January 19-26 January 20-21 January Muscat, Oman 25 January 26-28 January 27-29 January 28 January 31 January - 5 February EGM to discuss the Arab report on housing and sustainable urban development Launch of the 2015 Situation Report on International Migration: Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region The 2 nd Regional Workshop on the 2016 PPP Production in Western Asia The Seventh Session of the Committee on Women Sub-regional CPI Harmonization in Western Asia Region Second Workshop for the implementation of a Regional 2016 PPP Production round in Western Asia Region Syria: Workshop on Constitution Related Issues Closed Session on Challenges of Peace and Reconstruction in Yemen I-PSM II: Capacity Development Workshop on Good Governance and Sustainable Development Goals 31 January-10 February Consultation Meeting to Discuss Overall Scope and Set-up of an Arab- Good Agricultural Policies (GAP) 18 February Rabat 9-11 February National Workshop to Establish a Working Group for the Project on Establishing National Technology Development and Transfer Systems in select ESCWA Member States Training Workshop for the Development of the Palestine National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325
First quarter (continued) 15-17 February 15-18 February Tunis 16-18 February 19 February 22-23 February 22-23 February 25 February 28-29 February Abu Dhabi 2-3 March 3 March 8 March 9-10 March Khartoum 10 March 16 March 17 March Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools Institutional Capacity-Building for Arab Parliaments and Other Stakeholders to Implement Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security Expert Group Meeting on Short Term Economic Statistics in Western Asia Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation Solutions for the Green Sectors of Selected Zones in the NENA Region Consultative Meeting on Yemen s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation EGM to finalize the Arab report on housing and sustainable urban development WebEx conference call on 47 th session of the Statistical Commission International Partnership Conference on the implementation of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the Near East Region Preparatory Meeting for the 60 th Session of the Committee on the Status of Women Workshop on Legislative Bodies in Lebanon Workshop on Legislative Bodies in Egypt National workshop on population priorities in Sudan: Framework and methodology development for in depth-studies related to selected priority areas The Commemoration of 2016 International Women s Day Regional economic situation and prospects 2016 EGM on regional economic situation and prospects 2
First quarter (continued) 22-24 March Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in the Environmental Sector Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools 28-29 March IAEG meeting on Gender Statistics for the Arab Countries 29 March Syria: Round Table on Humanitarian Impact and Consequences for the Future of the Country 30 March -1 April Workshop on Gender Statistics: Training of Trainers 30-31 March Second quarter 3-7 April Rabat 4-6 April Kuwait 5-7 April Ankara 6-7 April Ankara 6-7 April 12-13 April 12 and 15 April 14 April 14-15 April 18-19 April EGM on Deeping Regional Economic integration through the liberalization of trade in Services in the Arab Region 6 th Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries, back-to-back with the Workshop on Climate Finance and Technological Needs MENAREC 6 Conference Arab Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics Arab Regional Conference on Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics in support of the Post-2015 Development Agenda 3 rd AWARENET Regional Training Course on Water Integrity (or other thematic area) Expert Group Meeting on the Water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ESCWA WFP Validation Workshop of the Strategic Review for the Country Programme in Lebanon Preparatory Meeting for the Arab Forum on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Environment Assembly EGM on Promoting Market-driven Access to Modern Energy Services in Arab Rural Regions (UNDA Project on Building Capacities in Developing Appropriate Green Technologies for Improving the Livelihood of Rural Communities in the ESCWA Region Promoting market-driven access to modern energy services in the Arab rural regions 3
Second quarter (continued) 19-21 April 3-4 May Rabat 3-4 May 9-10 May Dead Sea, Jordan 11-13 May 11-13 May Dead Sea 16 May 19-20 May 22-24 May 24-25 May 24-25 May Expert Workshop on Developing the Capacities of the Health Sector for Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Health from the Climate Change Effects on Freshwater Resources Regional Training on Renewable Energy projects development, finance and business planning Regional Training in Renewable Energy Project Development, Finance and Business Planning UNDA Project on Promoting Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development 4th Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on Gender Statistics in the Arab Countries Training of trainers workshop on gender statistics curricula Training of Trainers (ToT) -Workshop on Gender Statistics Curricula EGM on Arab Development Outlook 2017 Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2016 Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Human Settlements Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools Promoting Green Energy Technology Markets in Rural Areas Workshop on Appropriate Green Technology for Rural Development Financing Access to Renewable Energy in the Productive Rural Sectors 24-25 May Expert Group Meeting on Enhancing Environmental Protection on Waste Management and Green Technologies in the Arab Region 25-26 May 25-27 May Expert Group Meeting for Stabilization and Sustainable Peace Building in the Syrian Arab Republic: Assessment of Direct needs, short term policies and concrete projects Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in the Economic Development Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools 4
Second quarter (continued) 25-27 May 4 th Week of May Nairobi 29-30 May 31 May -1 June 31 May-1 June Tunis 1-2 June or 2-3 June Tunis 28-30 June Expert Group Meeting to Review and Approve the Proposed Arab-Good Agricultural Policies (GAP) Scope and Set-up and Elect Members of a Coordination Committee ESCWA-UNEP Side Event, during the United Nations Environment Assembly-2 of UNEP, under the theme Delivering on the Environmental Dimension of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, to be held during the period 23-27 May 2016 First Consultation Meeting on Component I of the Food and Water Security Project: Criteria for Selecting Geographical Coverage of the Project Expert Group Meeting on the Scope and Setting up of an Arab-Good Agricultural Practices Framework Workshop on the Arab Customs Union Third Arab Forum for Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) EGM on deepening regional economic integration through the liberalization of trade in Services in the Arab region (prospects, requisites and implications) ESCWA - ACSAD ACCWAM Coordination Meeting Third quarter 19-20 July 1-20 August Online 8-10 August 30-31 August August-September (TBC) Tunis ( To be confirmed/tbc) August (TBC) Regional workshop on conditional cash transfer programmes Online Consultation Meeting to Discuss Overall Scope and Set-up of an Arab-Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Conference on Towards Prioritizing Women, Peace, and Security on the Arab Agenda Working group meeting of the SDGs sub-committee National workshop on population priorities in Tunisia: Framework and methodology development for in depth-studies related to selected priority areas Dialogues on justice issues in the Arab region 5
Third quarter (continued) August-September August-September 28 August-2 September Muscat 4-5 September 5-8 September 16 September 21-23 September 25-29 September (TBC) 27-29 September (TBC) September (TBC) September (TBC) September 26 September-1 Rabat September- Expert Group Meeting on Enhancing Environmental Protection on Waste Management and Green Technologies in the Arab Region Training Workshop on the Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation in Palestine Sub-Regional training on the toolkit for building national capacities in the design and implementation of social protection policies using a participatory approach Training Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity Systems AIGF2020 Capacity Building workshop and 2nd Meeting of the AIGF2020 Technical Cooperation Working Group Launch of the Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region 2016 Back-to-Back: - Project Final Conference on Promoting Modern Green Energy Technologies for Enhancing Rural Livelihood: Green Energy for Enhanced Productivity - The 7th International Energy Forum 7 th Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries Advisory group on Social and Demographic Statistics Annual meeting of the inter-sessional working group on disability Workshop on Environmental-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in Iraq The comprehensive cost of Israelie Occupation on Palestinian People Training of trainers on partnership in democratic governance Arab Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI) 6
Third quarter (continued) September or 16 16 16 TBD 18-21 Baku, Azerbaijan 26-28 (TBC) Paris (TBC) or (TBC) Riyadh Expert Group Meeting on Energy Efficiency in Energy Intensive Industries September: Session during the LCEC meeting on 21-23 Sept. 2016 Developing Economic Governance Standards Second Regional Workshop on the ACU for the Arab west asian countries: CET and fiscal challenges Annual Poverty Training Workshop 2016 Regional Workshop on Regulatory and Policy Requirements to Attract and Implement Renewable Energy Investment Workshop with Stakeholders to Put into Practice the Agreed Upon Arab-Good Agricultural Policies (GAP) Framework RICCAR Partners Roundtable and Expert Group Meeting to Review the Integrated Assessment Findings on Climate Change in the Arab Region Innovation Policy for Inclusive Sustainable Development Working Group on Population and Housing Censuses Mitigating the Ramifications of Conflict through Development Governance, Fragility and Sustainable Development. (ECRI/Basel Fuleihan Financial Institute) High-Level Launch of the MDG+ Initiative 2016 Report National workshop on older persons in : Framework and methodology development for related in depth-studies Regional Policy Workshop on the Water Energy Nexus ESCWA KAPSARC Coordination Meeting re Presentation of Joint ESCWA-KAPSARC Project Outputs on Energy Productivity in the Arab Region GCC 7
Third quarter (continued) September or (TBC) 3-4 16 (TBC) 16 (TBC) 16 (TBC) 16 16 TBC 14-17 14-19 Khartoum 25 28-2 December Tunis Doha COP-22: Side Event Workshop on SDGs in the Arab Countries and Preparation for COP-22 Women, Peace, and Security: The Role of Institutions at Times of War and of Peace in the Arab Region International Conference on banking for sustainable development in the Arab region EGM on transport connectivity and regional value chains Substantive servicing of the seventeenth session of the Committee on Transport 2016 Expert Group Meeting on Regional Financial Integration Workshop on Regional impacts of armed conflicts in the region AIGF2020 Capacity Building workshop and 3rd Meeting of the AIGF2020 Technical Cooperation Working Group National training workshop on analysis and measurement of socioeconomic inequalities Round table discussion: International Day of the Prevention of Violence against Women National training workshop on analysis and measurement of socioeconomic inequalities Arab LDCs and Conflict Competitiveness: Opportunities and Challenges facing Arab Countries in the next Decade (ECRI/ARADO) Side Event at UNFCCC COP-22 on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus RICCAR Side event at COP-22 8
Third quarter (continued) Muscat or or Khartoum (TBC) 7-8 December Tunisia 12-16 December Muscat 16 December Turin 16 December Casablanca or Marrakech, 16 December Casablanca or Marrakech, 20-22 December Dubai TBD, December December December December (TBC) Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Back-to-Back: - EGM on Monitoring Food Security at the Regional Level; - A Regional Intergovernmental/EGM on Institutionalizing Coordination between the Agriculture and Water Sectors Equality for the promotion of social justice in the Arab region Workshop with Stakeholders to Put into Practice the Agreed Upon Arab-Good Agricultural Policies (GAP) Framework EGM and Workshop on Disability Statistics EGM/Joint activity with the ILO on Promoting Inclusive Growth and Decent Work: Implementing the SDGs in the Arab states Third workshop on impact analysis of the ACU Workshop on Rules of Origins Workshop on Promoting Digital Economy and Domain Name Industry in the Arab Region on the Occasion of Launching the Arab & ÚÑÈ. TLD Ecosystem - UAE TRA Preparation of the publication on Women's Leadership and Participation in Public governance in the Arab Region Regional Technical Training Workshop on the Water Energy Nexus EGM on Prospects for Enhanced Cooperation on Food Security in the Arab Region Horizon 2030 National Capacity Development Workshop on Designing Gender Sensitive Development Policies - Palestine 9