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The JRC, UN and the World Bank issue a comprehensive building damage atlas for Haiti

A comprehensive atlas of all damage caused in Haiti by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on 12 January 2010 is now available to help planning recovery and reconstruction measures. The Haiti building damage atlas was produced by the United Nations' Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)/Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT), the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), and the World Bank in support to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) process led by the Government of Haiti.

More than 1000 participants at the Africa Carbon Forum points to the eagerness and potential for offset projects in Africa

More than 1,000 participants from both the private and public sector from Africa and other parts of the world turned up for the second Africa Carbon Forum that took place at the United Nations, Gigiri complex 3-5 March 2010.

The Forum organized by the Nairobi Framework Partners sought to build interest in the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Africa, by bringing together all stakeholders of CDM in Africa (such as CDM national designated authorities, project developers, buyers and service providers from both the private and public sector) in order to catalyze CDM activity on the continent in areas such as Agriculture, Forestry and Land use.

UNITAR is turning its attention to e-learning in Spanish/UNITAR se vuelca con el aprendizaje on-line en español

Spanish has become a priority language as regards the e-learning courses that UNITAR is offering to officials and professionals from developing countries and economies in transition. This year, with the aim of offering greater training and learning opportunties to Spanish speakers around the globe, the Public Finance and Trade programme is launching eight new online courses.

El español se ha convertido en un idioma prioritario en la formación on-line que UNITAR promueve por todo el mundo, con especial énfasis en los países en desarrollo o con enconomías en transición. Este año, con la intención de conectar a todos los hispanohablantes de cualquier parte del globo, el programa de Finanzas Públicas y Comercio estrena ocho cursos online.

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