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	ESCWA Annual Report, 2009 E/ESCWA/OES/2010/1 In 2009, which marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of ESCWA, the Commission has further intensified its efforts towards the achievement of regional economic and social integration, as well as... Arabic (1.5 MB) English (998.81 KB)
	Report of the Fifth Meeting of the ESCWA Consultative Committee on Scientific and Technological Development and Technological Innovation E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/WG.4/Report Arabic (238.01 KB) English (91.2 KB)
	Arab Regional Roadmap for Internet Governance: Framework, Principles and Objectives E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/Technical Paper.5 . Arabic (2.81 MB) English (796.04 KB)
	Development of Digital Arabic Content: Incubation Requirements and Training Needs E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/Technical Paper.3 . Arabic (1.46 MB) English (1.46 MB)
	Models for Business Plan, Marketing and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for the Digital Arabic Content Industry E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/Technical Paper.2 . Arabic (529.99 KB) English (529.99 KB)
	A Survey on Digital Arabic Content: Software, Applications and Needs Assessment E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/Technical Paper.1 This survey was conducted within the framework of the ESCWA project on ICT incubators to support the Arab digital content industry. The document included the results of the survey in the main... Arabic (1 MB) English (1 MB)
	Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 14 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/2 This issue of the Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia addresses the reality and prospects of the Free and Open Source Software in the Arab... Arabic (4.5 MB) English (4.5 MB)
	Review of Information and Communications Technology and Development, Issue 13 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2010/1 Information and communications technology plays a significant role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular in the areas of awareness-raising, capacity-building and... Arabic (4.34 MB) English (4.34 MB)
	ESCWA Annual Report, 2008 E/ESCWA/OES/2009/1 This Annual Report summarizes the accomplishments achieved by ESCWA under its seven subprogrammes in 2008. Using a results-based approach in reviewing those accomplishments, the report provides a... Arabic (1.71 MB) English (1.2 MB)
	Preliminary Feasibility Study for the Establishment of the Domain Name Registry for the “Arab” and “عربي” Generic Top Level Domains E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/Technical Paper.2 This Preliminary Feasibility study on Establishment of the Domain Name Registry for the “.arab” and عربي Generic Top Level Domains was developed by ESCWA through a team comprising specialized... Arabic (1.62 MB) English (1.62 MB)
	Request for Comments - Linguistic Guidelines for the Use of the Arabic Language in Internet Domains E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/Technical Paper.1 The objective of the ensuing RFC is to provide technical specifications for the use of Arabic in Internet domain names addressing Arabic-specific linguistic issues. It was first submitted as an... Arabic (120.81 KB) English (120.81 KB)
	Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 11 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/9 This issue tackles cyberspace legislation and its role in strengthening confidence in electronic services. It contains an overview of the status of cyberspace legislation in the ESCWA... Arabic (6.8 MB) English (6.8 MB)
	Internet Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the ESCWA Member Countries E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/7 One year before the conclusion of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (2006-2010), and shortly before the expiration of one of the most important and contentious global agreements shaping... Arabic (2.13 MB) English (1.13 MB)
	Building Trust in E-Services in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/4 The rapid pace of advancement in information and communications technology (ICT) and the increasing ICT application possibilities in the economic, social and cultural fields are accompanied, on... Arabic (1.96 MB) English (1.96 MB)
	Report of the Workshop on Delivery of E-Services in Civil Society E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/19 Arabic (192.52 KB) English (64.53 KB)
	Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 12 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/16 This issue contains a review and analysis of the status of the information society in the ESCWA region four years after the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) through a follow-up... Arabic (2.77 MB) English (2.77 MB)
	Impact of ICT on Community Development in ESCWA Member Countries E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/15 Measuring the multifaceted information society is a very complex task. In the past, measurement approaches were confined to simply aggregating a variety of data on selected information and... Arabic (6.35 MB) English (2.63 MB)
	Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia, 2009 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/12 The information society, in which information is processed efficiently, including the production, exchange, adaptation and use of information, is the appropriate environment for achieving... Arabic (41.38 MB) English (1.43 MB)
	Report of the Export group Meeting Towards Equity in Urban Social Policies: Social Guide for Urban Observatories E/ESCWA/ICTD/2009/1 Arabic (193.68 KB) English (193.68 KB)
	Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 10 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2008/7 This issue highlights the importance of promoting the knowledge society and the culture of knowledge exchange in the region through the information and communications technology (ICT) which... Arabic (3.64 MB) English (3.64 MB)

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