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When Mr.Jully Odhiambo Ouma was recommended by his director to attend the UNITAR training on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), he was a Master Degree student in Meteorology at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and a research assistant at Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (ICPAC) within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). At that time, he was making meteorological prediction maps about the probability amounts of rain, using a basic graphic software. The probabilities were presented in a way that was often difficult for local farmers and…
Name: Pierre Fallavier
Title: Senior Development Coordination Adviser, United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office
Country: Mauritius/Seychelles
Partnership: UNITAR-UNDESA “Integrated Recovery Planning and Policy Coherence Towards SDGs” Workshop
Mauritius and Seychelles are amongst the top paradise destinations that most people dream of visiting. These stunning islands with glorious white sand beaches and reefs bustling with exotic marine life are also known for having achieved considerable economic success. Although geographically isolated – Seychelles, for instance, wit...
Solomon Olusegun, Finalist of GEAR Cycle II Climate change and Gender equality (2021) Ibadan, Nigeria Solomon is pursuing a Bachelor’s in Psychology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and nurturing his tech savviness by exploring different projects outside his field of studies. He has always been interested in learning more about the interaction between humans and the environment, including how humans experience climate change. This made him keen to join the Donate Water team during the GEAR Cycle II of the Crowd4SDG project that focused on Gender Equalit...
A medical student in Cameroon, Marie-Claire Tohnain, joined the 2021 Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Programme.
Marie-Claire finds having a DRR mindset relevant to her study in medicine.
She is also affected by the crises in public health and armed conflict in the Northwestern region in Cameroon.
UNITAR Division for Prosperity runs the DRR training programme which is grounded on the Sendai Framework and its goals for an “all-of-society” inclusive approach.
, October 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – What happens when disasters strike ...
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...
Captain Stanley Osaba, working at the National Emergency Coordination and Operations Centre under the Department of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management in the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, experienced a significant professional transformation. This transformation was sparked by his participation in a UNOSAT training course that covered the introduction and advanced GIS training sessions, which is part of the broader "Capacity Building in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improving Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa (2021-2024)" project. Initially a...
Name: Pierluigi Sinibaldi
Organization: OXFAM America
Functional Title: Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist
Country: USA
Course participated in: 13th International Course on GIS for Disaster Risk Management
Pierluigi Sinibaldi is a Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist at OXFAM America. He took a course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT).
Pierluigi has worked in the humanitarian sector since 2002 in a variety of areas, including food security, emergency response, a...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organised a joint e-Learning course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” in May and June 2018 for representatives from government and related authorities involved in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and programmes in Central Europe and Asia.
The four-week course aimed to strengthen capacities to develop and implement evidence-based trade policies and to formulate and negotiate trade agreements taking into consid...
Name: Cesar Vidal Molina Gadea
Title: Renewable Natural Resources Engineer
Country: Nicaragua
Course: Minamata Initial Assessment (MIAs)
When it comes to environmental diversity, Nicaragua has it all! Beaches on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, volcanoes and lakes, tropical pine forests, wetlands and savannas. Nevertheless, like in so many other places, its rich biodiversity is endangered due to human activities.
This Central American nation is aware of that and is committed to implementing more assertive strategies to protect its natural resources. One of the s...
Carlos is a chemical monitoring officer in the Chemicals Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador. His unit focuses on the performance of administrative functions required under the implementation of international conventions related to environmentally sound management of hazardous chemicals and waste, such as the Rotterdam, Basel and Stockholm conventions, to name a few. His unit started working with UNITAR chemicals and waste management programme for the first time in 2023 to implement a globally harmonized system of classificati...