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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…
On 16-17 August 2012, CIFAL Jeju hosted its first training to bring to South Korea The Green Dreams Around the World Campaign, which represents the voice of the "My Green Dream" project. The Campaign aims to activate youth worldwide to collect citizens' feedback by training them to be ‘dream-catchers’ and map the priorities of urban citizens into 14 categories. ‘Dreams’ lasting up to 1 minute are recorded using cameras or smart phones and uploaded on a YouTube Channel and website. These dreams are then presented in ranked form to local decision makers encouraging them to…
Building Capacities for Inclusive Green Economy through Collaboration with North-West University, South Africa
5 - 7 April, 2017, Potchefstroom, South Africa - “Many officials lack good understanding of what the Green Economy means in practice and in the context of their work. It will be very useful for them to have the concept linked to the key priorities and sectors in the country, as well as concrete measures and projects they are involved in.” – says Ms Najma Mohamed, National PAGE Coordinator in South Africa. To answer to demand for foundational training on green…
1-3 June, 2011, Asaba, Delta State Nigeria. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Nigeria Office in collaboration with Delta State of Nigeria Government has recently organized a three-day training program on Participatory Budgeting and Revenue Generation in Asaba, Delta State. The workshop arose out of the need to include citizenry and stakeholder participation in effectively deciding what projects are priorities to their communities on one hand and the need to generate adequate funds to execute projects to promote sustainable development in the…
The DAE, under the Ministry of Agriculture in Bangladesh, has more than 25,000 workers in their department and is the largest ministry in the country. For more than 23 years, Dr. Mazharul Aziz has worked with the DAE to disseminate information and technologies developed at several national research institutes, directly to farmers at a grass root level. In his department, much of the work has traditionally been done manually. For instance, flood assessments, disaster assessments, land coverage and agricultural disease mapping were all analyzed and estimated without the help…
UNITAR Office in Port-Harcourt - Nigeria became operational with effect from 26th March 2006, and committed to bringing the huge institutional capacity development programme and initiatives of the Institute to the easily accessible benefit of relevant public and private sector operators in the country. However, activities in the past three and half years have been concentrated with public and private sector partners in the Niger Delta Region. Ever since its inception, the Office has built sustainable partnerships, acquiring unique field experience and knowledge of…
Capacity development and systematically strengthening the skills of individuals is a prerequisite for achieving other important climate change objectives, for example in the area of climate change financing and adaptation. This message was one of the key conclusions of the One UN COP-15 Side Event on Climate Change Capacity Development, co-convened by UNDP, UNEP, UNITAR and the UNFCCC on 10 December 2009 in the margins of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
Welcoming more than 400 participants, Olav Kjorven, UNDP Assistant Secretary-General and…
16 July 2013, United Nations, New York - The High Commissioner for Refugees was among the UN high level speakers who briefed the UN Security Council on the degradation of the humanitarian situation in Syria. The Chief of UNHCR said: “We have not seen a refugee flow escalate at such an alarming rate since the Rwandan genocide.” Lebanon and Jordan bear the heaviest burden, while the impact on Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey is also very high. The total of Syrians who have fled violence in their country is now estimated at 1.7 million people, according to OCHA figures.…
26 August 2013, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Under the framework of the 2013 UNITAR Fellowship for Afghanistan, Workshop II was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 22 to 26 August. The objectivesof the workshop were to:
enhance participants' understanding of leadership and organisational development as tools for maximizing performance within organisations;
review participants' Individual Needs Assessments and assess their progress;
assist groups in selecting a group project from the Individual Needs Assessments presented;
strengthen…
25 September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Following recent heavy monsoon rains in Baluchistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces in Pakistan, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) activated the UNOSAT rapid mapping service to obtain satellite derived maps of the affected regions. To carry out the work UNOSAT triggered the Space Charter to bring to the UN the advantage of fresh satellite data provided free of charge by the space agencies participating in this international mechanism. Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) is supporting the work of UNOSAT analysts in…