ESCWA Web Governance

The ESCWA website is the first place people go for ESCWA publications and other information products. They also go to the website for information about meetings and information about the Arab region.

All visitors to the ESCWA website should find it useful, interesting, easy to navigate and consistent with ESCWA's vision, mission and brand.

These guidelines ensure a consistent look and feel for ESCWA's digital presence through standard processes, roles, responsibilities and practices, which strengthens the organization and supports our stakeholders.

It is important to note that all webpages under the unescwa.org are assets of the organization and not individual departments or divisions. Divisions and staff serve as caretakers of their webpages, experts in their content, and stewards of the ESCWA brand. 

The purpose of this document is to:

1. Present the Standard Operating Procedures for publishing content on ESCWA's website. No additional websites should be launched.
2. Provide a framework for the creation and maintenance of ESCWA public website/s. To ensure a high degree of usability, performance, consistency, and design, all staff are required to follow the guidelines, taking into account all aspects of design, content, infrastructure, and maintenance. The framework also ensures ESCWA’s corporate identity is consistently projected. 
3. Establish roles, responsibilities, and processes for the entire webpage lifecycle.
4. Support the continued development of an information hub that has a consistent layout, uses standard technology and provides timely and relevant information to users everywhere with a view to showcase the work done by ESCWA globally and in the region.

UN Web governance

UN Web Style Guide

Creating websites at the UN

Definitions

• ESCWA website: ESCWA's public website https://www.unescwa.org
• Subsites: Set of interconnected web page not necessarily developed by ESCWA, e.g. a publication site, a special event site, a project site.... A list of sub-sites and visual captures can be found in the List of ESCWA Subsites section (all existing sub sites are being migrated to the new templates with the same brand and design)
• Content Management System: A system that facilitates the use of reusable components or customized software for managing Web content.
• Drupal: A free and open-source content-management framework written in PHP
• Core title: The title used to identify the work and summarize the contents. (In come ESCWA titles, the core title is before the : and sometimes it is after the :.  The core title should pique the reader's curiosity.
• Subtitle:  An explanatory or alternate title.