Economic Commission for Europe

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
2. Economic Cooperation of the UNECE
3. The Committee on International Trade
4. The Integration Division of the Economic Commission for Europe

The aims of the subject “The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)” are the following:

1. To understand the purposes, functions, and institutions of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
2. To analyse its role in cooperation, economic integration, and transport
3. To know how to use the Socioeconomic information provided by UNECE

Sample of the subject - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe:

Description of the Subject: Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE):

In 1947, the ECOSOC (United Nations) created the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the objective of promoting the pan-European economic integration of international trade.

1. The Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) consists of fifty-six countries and is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations (*)
2. The Committee on International Trade of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) works to develop closer economic relations among the member economies
3. The Economic Commission for Europe region: covers 47 million square kilometres and has the 20% of the world's population

(*) Others regional commissions of the United Nations are the:

1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
2. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
3. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
4. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

The Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) belongs to the European Economic Area of the Western Christian Civilisation.

Member States of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE):