Rabat, 7 June 2015 (ECA): The Economic Commission for Africa will organize on 9-11 June in Cairo (Egypt) a capacity-building workshop on the theme “Reducing Human Exclusion for Structural Transformation: The African Social Development Index (ASDI)”.
Rabat, 1st June 2015 (ECA): The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa, and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) will organize a North Africa Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting on 3-4 June 2015 in Rabat (Morocco).
Several international organizations, including AfDB, FAO, UNDP, ILO, UNIDO, IDB, UNESCO ISESCO, ICDT and IOM will take part in this event. Participants will take stock of actions undertaken since the Mechanism was set up in 2014, identify projects for the 2015-2016 period and consider options to strengthen it further.
Rabat, 21st April 2015 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organized on 19-20 May in Rabat (Morocco), with the collaboration of the Ministry in charge of the Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs and in partnership with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia(UN-ESCWA), a meeting on regional experiences in migrant fund transfers in North Africa and how t
Rabat, 22 May 2015 (ECA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) General Secretariat met on 20 May 2015 in Rabat (Morocco) for a mid-term review of the 2014-2015 multiyear programme (MYP).
Casablanca / Addis Ababa, 22 May 2015 - The Economic Commission for Africa will hold a panel discussion on the current edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2015, launched in March this year on the theme, Industrializing through trade. The session will take place during the Global Development Network’s Annual Conference, to be held in Casablanca, Morocco, 11-13 June 2015.
Rabat, 15 May 2015 (ECA) - In partnership with the Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs as well as the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), the Sub-regional Office for North Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organizing an expert group meeting on Capacity building to optimize the impact of remittances on development in North Africa. This event will take place in Rabat (Morocco), from 19 to 20 May 2015.
The general objective of the meeting is to help speed up the regional integration process in its dimension of ‘the development of intra North African trade’. The specific objective will be to propose on the basis of a preliminary study, the outline of a regional plan for the facilitation of trade and in particular of inter State transport and transit in the North African space.
The meeting mainly aims to take stock of the progress made in terms of the vision and national policies on green economy in North Africa, on the one hand, and to analyze perceptions, practices and business expectations relating to green economy, on the specific objectives of the meeting are to:
• Raise awareness and enhance understanding of green economy issues and benefits;
• Share knowledge on policies and ongoing initiatives in the region, and promote dialogue between the public actors, private operators and development partners;
The Office for North Africa in collaboration with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), will organize in Tunis (Tunisia) on 21 and 22 April 2015, a workshop on the contribution of remittances migrants to economic development.