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Viktoria Podvoiskaさんはウクライナからの避難民であり、母国への本格的な侵攻が始まった時にポーランドに移住しました。彼女は、国連ユニタールの「生計強化のためのポーランドのウクライナ人女性避難民向けデジタル・リスキリング」研修を受講し、地理情報システム（GIS）に焦点を当てたサブトラックを選択し、無事修了しました。彼女は将来キーウに戻り、ウクライナの再建に向けて自分のスキルを活かせる日を心待ちにしています。同研修は、日本政府の支援を受けて実施され、GISサブトラックは、日本のスタートアップ企業との提携のもとで行われました。, 2024年11月14日、広島 - 2022年2月24日の朝早く、Viktoria Podvoiskaさんはキーウに最初の爆弾が落ちるのを目撃しました。彼女はすぐに家族全員を集め、「戦争が始まった。私たちは去らなければならない」と伝えました。Podvoiskaさんたちはまず地方に避難しましたが、到着直後にそこでは戦闘がさらに激しくなっていることを知りました。不安のなかで2週間を過ごした後、Podvoiskaさんは下の息子と、周りの母子を車に乗せてポーランドへ出発することにしました。彼女の夫と上の息子は残ることになりました。, 紛争状況が悪化するにつれ、Podvoiskaさんの夫は彼女に戻ってこないようにと告げ...
Amaraa Erdenebaatar, a diplomat of Mongolia, learned skills to become a better negotiator in the 2021 UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Mongolia is the only country in the world with a self-declared nuclear-weapon-free status. Their status has been recognized internationally.
The online UNITAR training combines theory with practice. The theory is taught by world-renowned experts. Participants also meet with hibakusha (atomic bombing survivors).
The course ended with an online conference simulation. Participants negotiated...
Avoiding an ‘ecological credit crunch’ requires training and education for new skills and a change in attitudes to enable countries to leapfrog towards sustainable consumption and production practices. Children in Bhutan are proving to be valuable agents in this process.
By Sara Tchaparian// 18 November 2016 // Sustainable Consumption and Production
Twelve-year-old Meghna Pradhan is not your average adolescent. She switches off the light when she leaves the room, picks up rubbish in her path, and turns off the tap when she’s brushing her teeth. At her…
By Pilar Lagos
Originally published on the PAGE website.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, originally from Mongolia, studied at the University of Manchester, where he obtained a Master of Science in Environmental Economics in 2010. He gained his PhD in Agricultural Economics at the Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany in 2016.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa teaching Sustainable Development Goals in the Development Economics course among undergraduate students. / © Sainjargal Zorigtbaatar 2018
Since then, he has become a Senior Lecturer at the Mongolian…
Far from bragging about it, 25 years old Hasan might be too modest to acknowledge he's part of Iraq's best chances for a brighter future. Born in Baghdad one year after the end of the first Gulf War, he grew up in a family of engineers that definitely nurtured his own interest for science. “This is a field I've always felt a huge interest for, just like some of my brothers and sisters.”
In 2010, Hasan entered University of Technology - Baghdad, where he became a specialist in Electrical Engineering. He also had the opportunity to study in Columbia College and University of...
I’m passing on what I have learned from UNITAR. Hopefully [the learners] will go and transfer this knowledge to other people and bring a positive change in their communities,” he says. “As an educator, I will pass on every tiny amount of information I have to make a positive impact on anyone’s life.
Khamis first came to Hiroshima in 2019 for a UNITAR training programme on entrepreneurship and leadership. Inspired by Hiroshima’s history, he now studies post-conflict transition at Hiroshima University.
Khamis volunteers as a coach for the UNITAR Building Bridges: Entrep...
Fiona Meke, an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Fisheries Studies at the Solomon Islands National University, is actively engaged in environmental research and conservation efforts in the Solomon Islands and the Pacific region. Passionate about marine ecosystems and coastal communities, Fiona's career path has been guided by her drive to understand and address the most pressing environmental challenges, particularly those affecting her own home in the Solomon Islands and the broader Pacific region. Recognising the relevance of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in ...
ティム・コーリー（Tim Caughley）氏は、国連軍縮研究所（UNIDIR）の非常駐上級研究員であり、2015年からアジア各国の外交官や軍事顧問を対象に、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）の核軍縮・不拡散広島研修事業の研修顧問・講師を担っています。核軍縮に関する研修に相応しい歴史的背景を持つ広島で実施されるこの研修事業は、外交官にとって特別な機会を提供します。核戦争は今後20年間、脅威として残り続けることが想定され、コーリー氏は、外交官が核軍縮と不拡散を実現するためのスキルを習得する必要があることを強調しています。, 2023年5月16日、広島 - ティム・コーリー氏は、国連軍縮研究所（UNIDIR）の非常駐上級研究員です。UNIDIRでの勤務以前は、在ジュネーブの国連軍縮部長、ジュネーブ軍縮議会の副議長、在ジュネーブ・ニュージーランド国連代表部の大使及び軍縮大使を務めました。2015年以降、ティム・コーリー氏は、国連ユニタール核軍縮・不拡散広島研修事業を通じて、アジア各国の外交官や軍縮に携わる政府職員を指導しています。国連ユニタール広島事務所が20周年を迎える中、世界で活躍してきた核軍縮の専門家として、広島からの外交官研修の重要性について振り返ります。, 長年にわたり核軍縮分野に携わってきたコーリー氏は、国連ユニタールの同研修は、外交官が...
Dr. Josephine Jere is a Zimbabwean plant pathologist and lecturer whose current research bridges between waste management and agriculture.Dr. Jere participated in the programme “Developing Green Livelihoods for Women and Youth in Africa: Strengthening Food Security, Supporting Climate-Resilient Economies.”Dr. Jere was invited to join the study tour and workshop in Japan as part of the cohort. She benefited from the UNITAR training which mainly focused on the development of a business plan., 19 August 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – For most people, organic waste is a problem ...
Title: Law School Professor; PhD in Law, PhD in Political Science
Country: USA/Spain
Partnership: Gender Equality in the International Human Rights Framework Building Back Stronger
Academic institutions undeniably play an essential role in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Primarily, it is in academia that the creative thinking needed to solve some of the most pressing challenges of our world is developed. Sometimes, however, it is not easy to bring together academic institutions and other sectors of society to work around some of these challenges...