Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Climate Resilience through Regional Cooperation

Advancing the integrated management of natural resources for sustainable development

2022 – Ongoing

Artificial Intelligence Budgeting

Revolutionizing public financial management with cutting-edge AI-powered tools

2022 – Ongoing

Arab Financing for Development Scorecard

Empowering economic progress

2022 – Ongoing

Resilient water solutions against climate change in Jordan and Lebanon

Increasing the resilience of displaced persons and host communities to climate change-related water challenges

2021 – Ongoing

Arab Financing for Development Gateway

Advancing evidence-based financing solutions for informed decision-making

2021 – Ongoing

A family and their sheep in rural Syria. Photo: UNDP

Addressing multidimensional poverty

Enhancing the capacity to monitor and evaluate progress

2020 – Ongoing

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plant bloom in hand, over a pile of coins, representing financing climate action

25 Jan 2021 | Press release

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Amman, Jordan

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Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Featured initiatives

Climate Resilience through Regional Cooperation

Artificial Intelligence Budgeting

Arab Financing for Development Scorecard

Resilient water solutions against climate change in Jordan and Lebanon

Arab Financing for Development Gateway

Addressing multidimensional poverty

Related news

Urban monitoring framework and VLRs in the Arab region

With regional and international support: ESCWA & the Saudi Program Push for a Unified Development Vision for Arab LDCs in the 2021-2030 Decade

ESCWA Executive Secretary Urges the International Community to Increase Funding for Climate Adaptation

Number of passenger flights reduced by more than half in the Arab region due to COVID-19

Related publications

Conflict in the Arab region degrading the land, threatening the future

Practical guidelines for Voluntary Local Reviews in the Arab region

Dynamics and unintended effects of unilateral coercive measures against the Syrian Arab Republic

Arab Sustainable Development Report 2024

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Third Regional Steering Committee meeting on Resilient Water Solutions Against Climate Change in Jordan and Lebanon

Second Arab Forum for Enhancing Transparency and Good Governance

Capacity-building on integration costs of wind and solar power

Inter-agency taskforce of Tunisia on debt swap