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Education for Sustainable Development: The Tunisian Experience as an Example Year of publication: 2006 Author: Fatima Al-Tarhouni Corporate author: Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World The author in this article is giving analytical description of education for sustainable development. She uses the Tunisian experience as an example of implementing education for sustainable development.

التربية من أجل التنمية المستدامة التجربة التونسية أنموذجا Year of publication: 2006 Author: Fatima Al-Tarhouni Corporate author: Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World يقدم المؤلف في هذه المقالة وصفا تحليليا للتعليم من أجل التنمية المستدامة. تستخدم التجربة التونسية كمثال على تطبيق التعليم من أجل التنمية المستدامة.

ESCWA Water Development Report 8: The Water-related Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: UN. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN. ESCWA) Water-related SDGs have a central role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. While the dedicated goal on water (SDG6) aims to ensure availability and the sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, pursing this goal supports the achievement many other goals. Regional monitoring and reporting of the water-related SDGs thus supports a better understanding of water across the sustainable development agenda and provides insights on the progress and challenges facing the Arab region as it aims to achieve the SDGs and associated national targets under conditions of water scarcity and increasing water stress. This eighth issue of the Water Development Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) examines the water-related SDGs from the perspective of water security and scarcity in the Arab region. It identifies ways to assess and address present and projected water scarcity at the regional and national levels for various climate change scenarios. It reviews regional and national water strategies and action plans coherency with global water-related goals and targets. The study analyses how the water-related SDG targets and indicators can guide the development of policy measures to tackle water challenges in the Arab region. Proposed policy interventions include measures to conserve and protect water resources and generate additional nonconventional water resources. Selected policy options are quantified and analysed for two climate scenarios for the future period 2030-2050 in view of informing sustainable planning and appropriate decision support systems to optimize and rationalize water use. The report also provides insights on institutional mechanisms in place for monitoring and implementing water-related SDGs at various scales.

Achieving Social Justice Through a Demographic-driven Initiative: Responding to the Unique Needs of Youth, Women and Refugees Year of publication: 2017 Author: Nader Said-Foqahaa | Nicholas Hyman Corporate author: International Labour Organization (ILO) The Arab world is currently going through a period of great socio-economic change, unprecedented since the revolutions and wars of independence more than half a century ago. The issue of social justice, which has been a challenge to Arab states over the past decades, is a matter of particular concern. The authors attempt to establish a conceptual background of social justice, and to discuss its linkage with youth, children, women, and refugees. The paper concludes with recommendations on social justice in the Arab world.

تحقيق العدالة الاجتماهية من خلال مبادرة ديموغرافية: تلبية الاحتياجات الفريدة للشباب والنساء واللاجئين Year of publication: 2017 Author: Nader Said-Foqahaa | Nicholas Hyman Corporate author: International Labour Organization (ILO) يمرّ العالم العربي حالياً بفترة من التغيير الاجتماعي الاقتصادي الكبير، الذي لم يسبق له مثيل منذ الثورات وحروب الاستقلال منذ أكثر من نصف قرن. وتُعتبر مسألة العدالة الاجتماعية التي شكّلت تحدياً للدول العربية على مدى العقود الماضية، مسألة مثيرة للقلق بشكل خاص. يحاول المؤلفون لوضع خلفية مفاهيمية للعدالة الاجتماعية، ومناقشة ربطها بالشباب والأطفال والمرأة واللاجئين. تنتهي الورقة بوضع توصيات حول العدالة الاجتماعية في الوطن العربي.

What's Left of Spring? A Long Path towards Social Justice In the Arab Region; Case Study: Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) “What is left of the spring? A long path towards achieving social justice in the Arab region” is the first in a series of social development reports that ESCWA intends to publish. It comes two years after the publication of “Spring Promises: Citizenship and Civic Participation in the Paths of Democratic Transition,” the study that reviewed the general context surrounding the so-called Arab Spring and addressed the challenges facing achieving social justice, consensus and maintaining social cohesion during political transitions. This report is also issued the day after the international community adopts a new global path for development, which is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, of which social justice is the main pillar.

ماذا تبقّى من الربيع ؟ : مسار طويل نحو تحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية في المنطقة العربية : دراسة حالة : مصر وتونس والمغرب Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) "ماذا تبقّى من الربيع؟ مسار طويل نحو تحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية في المنطقة العربية" هو التقرير الأول من سلسلة تقارير عن التنمية الاجتماعية تعتزم الإسكوا إصدارها. وهو يأتي بعد مرور سنتين على إصدار "وعود الربيع: المواطنة والمشاركة المدنية في مسارات التحول الديمقراطي"، الدراسة التي استعرضت السياق العام الذي أحاط بما سُمي الربيع العربي وتناولت التحديات التي تواجه تحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية والتوافق في الآراء والحفاظ على التماسك الاجتماعي أثناء التحولات السياسية. آما يصدر هذا التقرير غداة اعتماد المجتمع الدولي مساراً عالمياً جديداً للتنمية هو خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام 2030 التي تشكل العدالة الاجتماعية ركيزتها الأساسية.

Annual SDG Review 2023: The Private Sector and The SDGs in The Arab Region Year of publication: 2023 Author: Mario Jales | Jana El Baba | Hania Sabbidin Dimassi Corporate author: UN. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN. ESCWA) The ESCWA Annual SDG Review 2023, the second in the series, explores the contributions of the private sector to the realization of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in the Arab region. Building on limited available data on the subject, the report offers an indicative reading of existing trends and gaps in the region. The analysis is guided not only by the Agenda’s goals and targets, but also by the whole-of-society and rights-based approaches and the principles of universality, leaving no one behind, combating inequality and promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.The Review examines the contributions of the private sector to sustainable development in the Arab region from three lenses: delivering the SDGs through business action, mobilizing private finance for the SDGs, and engaging the private sector in SDG planning and coordination. Each chapter assesses evidence for private sector engagement in the delivery of the SDGs in the region and provides guidance on actions needed to address current gaps.

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