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ESCWA Web Governance

These are the standards and guidelines for managing and maintaining the ESCWA website. All content entered after 1 May 2016 should follow the guidelines set here and page revisions for existing pages should be made in accordance with the timelines provide

Standards for Synopsis/Abstract

This is text on the webpage.

  • Maximum 300 words (including spaces)
  • Focus on what the publication has to offer (rather than a long description of the Arab region)
  • Write simply and clearly, so your words to be understood by the largest audience possible. If you make web text complex, you lose readers, because it is difficult to follow. Organize your text into a simple structures. This will give your words context, and meaning. The encourages the use of less formal styles of presentation and language than are normally used in United Nations materials (see United Nations website guidelines)
  • Explain, use with discretion and use only when widely recognizable abbreviations, acronyms and technical terminology
  • Same language as the webpage (both English and Arabic required)
  • Key words and phrases that quickly identify the content and focus of the work.
  • Suggested Structure
  1. The most important information in the first sentence. (Search engines may select the first sentence to include as a description under the link)
  • This study examines the economic patterns in conflict-affected countries in the Arab region
  • This study finds….
  • This paper reviews the....
  • This workshop/training/event [main purpose or topic]… (future tense for upcoming events, past tense for concluded events)
  1. Your methods or data sources/datasets (1-2 sentences)
  2. What is distinctive to your own theory position or intellectual approach? (1-2 sentences, if applicable)
  3. Your bottom-line findings ( i.e. what 'new facts' have you found? Or what key conclusions do you draw?
  4. The value-added or originality of your work within this field? (1-2 sentences, if applicable)
  • Language: in English and Arabic

Why are synopsis/abstracts important?

Abstracts help people decide what to dowload to read. If the abstact is in their first language, they will be more quickly able to decide whether to read the document or get translation.

And, it helps search engines learn what is on the page so it can match the page with the searchers.

2015 Situation Report on International Migration

The Arab region, lying at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and Europe, has long witnessed the ebb and flow of international migration, one of the main factors driving social and economic changes in the Arab region. 

The 2015 Situation Report on International Migration is published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with member agencies of the Working Group on International Migration in the Arab Region. 

The study aims to address a deficit in knowledge about migration issues in the Middle East and North Africa by providing a multidisciplinary and comprehensive overview of migration trends and its economic and social consequences in the Arab region. 

Within the report, three key trends are discussed: (a) regular and irregular migration; (b) forced migration; and (c) mixed migration flows. Demographic and policy data have been compiled through extensive review of data available from a diverse range of sources, while policy recommendations highlight the need to coordinate holistic responses to forced migration across areas, such as health, education, environmental sustainability, labour markets, human capital, remittances and social cohesion. 

2015 Situation Report on International Migration

While international migration is one of the main factors driving economic and social change in the Arab region, the continuing displacement of populations occurring in several countries of the region remains one of the most pressing issues of today. In order to understand and make the most of the positive effects of migration – and to mitigate its potential downsides – a new approach, underpinned by good practice, human rights and a long-term development perspective, is needed.

This report aims to provide exactly this. It also fills gaps in knowledge by providing a multidisciplinary and comprehensive overview of trends and patterns in international migration and displacement, and their economic and social consequences for the Arab region. The report draws on the expertise of the member agencies of the Working Group on International Migration in the Arab Region and highlights the need for coordinated and holistic responses to current challenges associated with human mobility.

 

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