The 8th Meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) is taking place in Amman, Jordan on the 15th of November 2018. The Board is comprised of official representatives from 13 Arab countries. During the Board meeting, the implemented work program of ETC during 2017/2018 will be presented. The work program includes organization of intergovernmental and expert group meetings, and publication of several technical studies and reports.
The Board will also discuss the outcome and recommendations of the 6th ETC Technical Committee (TC) meeting held in October 2018 in Amman, Jordanand will review the outcome of the 30th ESCWA ministerial Session and “Beirut Consensus on Technology for Sustainable Development in the Arab Region”.
Finally, the proposed ETC work plan for 2019 will be presented, reviewed and discussed for approval by the Board.