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4 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - Strategy consultants from Simon-Kucher & Partners visited UNITAR over the summer to explore and assess new income streams for growth. Simon-Kucher is a global strategy consulting firm focusing on strategy, marketing, pricing and sales, with more than 1400 employees in 39 global offices. Simon-Kucher provided its services to UNITAR on a pro-bono basis as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative. Brook Boyer, Director for Strategic Planning and Performance, welcomed the engagement with Simon-Kucher, as UNITAR is review...
John Ladu Simon Jacobさんは、南スーダンのまだ未開拓である農業の可能性を活かし、食料不安に立ち向かうために尽力しています。大学の学位は持っていないものの、Johnさんは実務経験とリーダーシップの素質を買われ、農業企業のマネージングディレクターに採用されました。会社では、Johnさんがトラクターのレンタルサービスを管理しており、地元の農家が低価格でより多くの土地を耕作できるように支援し、南スーダンの輸入依存を減らすことを目指しています。Johnさんは、2023年の国連ユニタール「グレート・アイデア・スペース 2023 ：南スーダンの食料安全保障のための起業家精神とイノベーション」研修を修了しました。この研修を通じて、Johnさんは自身のビジョンを明確にし、実践的な解決策を練り上げ、効果のあるプロジェクトを牽引するためのツールと自信を習得しました。彼の長期的なビジョンは、南スーダンを世界でも主要な農業国にし、農民と国全体を支える持続可能な経済を創出することです。, 2025年2月28日、広島 – John Ladu Simon Jacobさんは、南スーダンの農業を変革するために使命を持っています。農業企業のマネージングディレクターとして、彼は自国の最大の課題の一つである食料不安に取り組んでいます。彼のビジョンは、南ス...
John Ladu Simon Jacob is working to tackle food insecurity in South Sudan by transforming its untapped agricultural potential.Despite not having a university degree, John was recruited to managing director of an agricultural enterprise based on this practical experience and leadership potential.At his company, John manages a tractor rental service that allows local farmers to cultivate more land at a low price, countering the country’s reliance on imports.John completed the 2023 Great Ideas Space for South Sudan: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Training for Food Security pr...
7 February 2024, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Costa Rica to the United Nations and the Simon Institute for Long Term Governance, hosted a day-long seminar entitled 'Training course on AI governance for UN missions in New York' on both 6 and 7 February 2024. Over 60 participants from dozens of countries attended this series aimed to enhance engagement in negotiations of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the Pact for the Future.
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In the aftermath of the Cancun climate change negotiations last December, UNITAR is preparing to relaunch its e-learning course on Climate Change Diplomacy, for which applications are already being received and places are being filled-up fast! The course is due to start on the February 21st and will run for a duration of eight weeks, providing professional training for diplomats, negotiators and other high-level officials prior to the climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, later this year.
Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of our time.…
1 November 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - Following the launch and success of UNITAR’s new Women’s Leadership Programme, UNITAR and the UN Women Training Center committed to strengthening their cooperation in the field of capacity building and women’s empowerment.
At the occasion of UNITAR’s forth Women’s Leadership workshop, for delegates to the ITU’s WRC-15 conference, UNITAR’s Executive Director and UN Assistant Secretary General, Mr. Nikhil Seth, and the Director of the UN Women Training Center, Ms. Clemencia Muñoz-Tamayo, signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding, manif...
Women’s Leadership in Climate Diplomacy Networking Reception
3 June 2015, Bonn, Germany - UNITAR’s Women’s Leadership Programme partnered with the Women’s Environmental and Development Organization (WEDO) to co-host a side event at the UNFCCC Forty-second Sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 42) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 42), as well as the June session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP2-9)
The reception brought together both women and men involved in the negotiations...
Gender Day at COP 20/CMP 10: Announcing Womens' Leadership Programme for 2015
9 December 2014, Peru, Lima - For 2015, UNITAR, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, with the support of UN Women, announce the launching of a Womens’ Leadership Programme, recognizing womens’ role in addressing climate change issues and seeking to build leadership skills to ensure gender equality in critical weather and climate contexts.
Marking Gender Day at the 20th session of the…
UNITAR is preparing to launch its highly anticipated e-learning course on Climate Change Diplomacy which is due to start on the October 4th and will run for a duration of eight weeks. The course is set to provide high-level, diplomatic training for diplomats, negotiators and other high level officials prior to the climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, later this year.
Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Understanding the climate change problem is a work in progress for the scientific community, however the risks that it…
UNITAR Executive Director joins International Geneva Gender Champions Network
25 November 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - On 23 November 2015 UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR’s Executive Director, Nikhil Seth, was proud to announce his support for the Geneva Gender Champions initiative of Michael Møller, United Nations Office at Geneva Director-General, and H.E.Ambassador of the United States of America, Pamela Hamamoto.
The International Geneva Gender Champions Network (IGGC) was launched in July this year, bringing together Permanent Representatives and Heads of…