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CIBJO, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the City of Antwerp have announced at the 2011 CIBJO Congress in Porto, Portugal, that a UNITAR-affiliated training center for Corporate Social Responsibility in the Jewellery and diamond industry will be formally declared in Antwerp on May 23, 2011.
"Centres of Excellence" aim to advance the UN's social and economic development goals. To date, most of the Centres of Excellence linked to the UN have been national or regional, but the Antwerp facility is planned to address the needs of the business…
Hiroshima, Japan - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will organise a Roundtable on Diversity and a Knowledge-Based Society.
The Institute is delighted to have as speakers two leading scholars, Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and former Special Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan; and Dr. Shigeru Miyagawa, Professor of Linguistics and Japanese Language and Culture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
This roundtable will take place on Friday 26 June 2009 from 18:00 to 19:45 at the Hiroshima…
07 June 2024, Paris – On 3 June 2024, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) unveiled its ground-breaking e-learning programme to strengthen systems to counter money-laundering and the financing of terrorism in Colombia. The programme was developed in close collaboration with the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy, the Financial Information and Analysis Unit of Colombia (UIAF), and the University of Antioquia.The programme was launched at the 30th annual Egmont Group Plenary within the framework of the Te...
UNITAR-IEFPA Programa Internacional de Formación sobre la Tributación
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25 de marzo de 2015, Ginebra, Suiza. El Instituto de las Naciones Unidas para la Formación y la Investigación (UNITAR) se complace en anunciar que la inscripción para el "Programa Internacional de Formación sobre la Tributación" está abierta. Este programa será, implementado conjuntamente por UNITAR y el Instituto de Estudios de las Finanzas Públicas de Argentina (IEFPA), con el apoyo técnico del Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributarias (…
3 July 2023, Lima, Peru – Reflecting on the relevance of strengthening capacities to collecting and analysing data on road traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries, UNITAR and the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) join forces to strengthen the capacity of road government institutions responsible for collection and analysis of data to advance road safety in the Andean Community (CAN).
UNITAR in close collaboration with the SGCAN has launched today the “Road Safety Virtual Dashboard” that aims to enable road safety professionals in CAN member countries to cons...
Collaboration Agreement Signed between ITAérea, UNITAR and CIFAL Mérida
16 May 2018, Madrid, Spain - the signing ceremony for the extension of the collaboration agreement between the ITAérea Aeronautical Business School (https://www.itaerea.es/), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and CIFAL Mérida (Mexico) (http://unitar.org/dcp/cifal-merida) took place at the ITAérea headquarters in Madrid.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Alejandro Mejía, UNITAR's Director of the Division for People and Social Inclusion, Senior Manager of the Social…
Exploring Geneva Through the Lens of the United Nations: First UNITAR-UOC Master Field Trip
25 – 27 July 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was pleased to welcome a group of students to Geneva for a Field Trip as part of the Online Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy, held jointly with the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). This was the first ever field trip for the Master Programme, in which students were able to explore the functions of different agencies of the United Nations and deepen their…
30 October - 1 November 2017, Cartagena, Colombia – UNITAR teamed up with the Governments of Colombia and Spain, ECLAC, UNDP and UNDESA to hold a Latin American learning conference on the holistic implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 30 October to 1 November 2017. The Conference for more than 70 participants featured strategic thinking sessions with the participation of several Ministers of Planning from the region and international and regional experts from the UN family, and a session with the private sector representativ...
Geneva 21 March: Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters and UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes signed an implementation agreement further to the decision taken by the Flemish Government last Friday to provide financial support over the period of 2011 to 2013 to the future UNITAR-affiliated International Training Center on Corporate Opportunities (ITCCO).
This agreement represents a milestone for the establishment of ITCCO, an Antwerp based center of excellence to engage global business communities in finding constructive, inclusive and innovative solutions to global…
On 8 June, UNITAR led by the Manager, Mr. Craig Boljkovac of the Chemicals and Waste Management Programme (CWM), welcomed a Chinese delegation from Anhui Province’s Environmental Protection agency to discuss and further their understanding on advanced chemical management, in particular on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
The Delegation included high-level government officials who planned to use the knowledge acquired during the tour to implement and raise awareness upon their return to Anhui, China. The Head of the Delegation, Mr. Ni Fake, Vice Governor of Anhui Province,…