Resources and Tools
Members of the network will share available resources and make them available to all members. Besides the collaboration in joint research projects and programs, co-organized events, and students and faculty members' exchange, ESCWA will grant access to members to leverage from the UN-ESCWA knowledge & learning products and tools. All these products and services shall be made available via the ANDD HUB and includes:
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- MANARA: Scheduled for launch in March 2022, Manara is an online platform and a smart search engine that includes all UN knowledge products related to sustainable development. https://manara.inmind.ai/
- The SDG Data Portal: UN's data hub for the Arab region that allows access to full repositories of data and pre-created comprehensive visualizations, available to all network members via https://data.unescwa.org.
- The Arab SDG Monitor: Helps national statistical offices collect relevant data, and is a useful tool for researchers on SDGs data availability; http://arabsdgmonitor.unescwa.org/
- The Arab SDG Gateway: Contains eight SDG- related applications, which include four SDG statistics-related products, like the "Leave No One behind" collection of dashboards, the E-Handbook on SDG Metadata, the "Finance for Development" platform, etc. It is accessible via http://arabsdggateway.unescwa.org/
- The Learning Portal: It aims at providing free, online learning opportunities in the subjects related to the 2030 Agenda and public policy in Arabic. The portal is available through https://learn.unescwa.org/ and will use the CLANED platform to make these interactive courses available to everyone. ESCWA is currently translating into Arabic several training courses from renowned UN and non-UN sources and working on internally developed courses supporting the implementation of the SDG's and public policy.
- Universities/ Centers Resources:The network shall facilitate the usage and sharing of the resources offered by Qatar University and other members, which fosters the collaboration in joint research projects and programs, co-organized events, students and faculty members' exchange, access to infrastructure and research equipment, etc.
