United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was established on 9 August 1973 pursuant to Economic and Social Council’s resolution 1818 (LV). Its purpose was to stimulate economic activity in member countries, strengthen cooperation between them promote development.
In recognition of the social component of its work, the Commission was renamed the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) under Economic and Social Council resolution 69/1985 of July 1985. ESCWA was initially located in Beirut (1974-1982), moved to Baghdad (1982-1991) and Amman (1991-1997), and subsequently returned to Beirut, its permanent headquarters, where it has remained to this day.
During phase 1 and 2, ESCWA developed the online platform "Manara", a smart search engine that links and references all existing documents to MSME related themes.
ESCWA also produced the first vision of the MSMEs Toolbox and organized and facilitated several workshops to disseminate the Toolbox's knowledge and materials. In addition, ESCWA produced the materials of 7 online courses to be uploaded on the MSMEs Toolbox first release.
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