Lebanon: ESCWA to Offer Integrated Water Management Training

— The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will hold workshops to train members of Lebanese chambers of commerce, industry and agriculture on ESCWA's integrated water management system. ESCWA acting executive secretary Atif Kubursi proposed the training sessions during a meeting with three representatives of chambers of commerce industry and agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, Tripoli and North Lebanon, and Sidon and South Lebanon. During the meeting, Kubursi said ESCWA's priorities in the region were dealing with water scarcity, oil abundance, gender issues and armed conflicts...