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Title: Senior Marketing Manager
Country: Argentina
Course: Climate Change: from Learning to Action
“I had a series of ‘awakenings’ throughout my life”, reveals Bárbara A. Smith straightaway. One of the most impactful was when she scuba dived for the very first time. “When we submerged, I discovered a myriad of colours in the corals, an unbelievable variety of fishes, sea turtles, and immense peace. It was as if I found ‘another world within ours’. I cannot put in words what it feels like to discover such an environment for the very first time, but I believe it must be a ve...
2 October 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – Last week, UNOSAT delivered the Advanced Training on Earth Observation (EO) and Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) for Climate Resilience in Fiji and Vanuatu. This week-long training was delivered as part of the capacity development activities of the CommonSensing project* that aims to improve climate resilience in the Pacific small island states. Adjusting to the COVID-19 preventive measurements in partner countries, UNOSAT adopted a blended-type of delivery method., The Advanced Training on EO and GIT for Climate Resil...
Clinical conditions requiring surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia (SOA) services amount to 30% of the global disease burden, yet over 70% of the world’s population cannot access safe, timely and affordable SOA care when they need it (1). In many corners of the globe, in the words of Paul Farmer and Jim Kim, surgery has remained the “neglected stepchild of global health” (2). Nevertheless, the year 2015 was a landmark year for global surgery, drawing international attention to the scope and seriousness of the surgical di...
7 July 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - On 5 July 2021, UNITAR's Division for Prosperity launched a training programme for Iraqi youth entrepreneurs and is seeking applications from enthusiastic and motivated candidates. The “COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme: Mobilising Resilient Entrepreneurs to Address Food Insecurity, Public Health, and Unemployment – For Youth in Iraq” is part of UNITAR’s commitment to aid Iraq’s recovery from COVID-19. One hundred and fifty young entrepreneurs and innovators will learn how to create new businesses or scale existing busin...
Toronto, Canada, 31 May 2021– As a leader in the effort to build a more socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable world, York University and UNITAR are proud to announce the establishment of Canada’s first Centre International de Formation des Acteurs Locaux (CIFAL).
CIFAL centres provide innovative training throughout the world and serve as hubs for the exchange of knowledge among government officials, the private sector, academia, and civil society.
York Region was selected as the new home of this global initiative. York’s Markham Centre Campus will be th...
, CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR INTEREST!, This project takes a multidisciplinary approach that emerges as essential to help better understand the complex dynamics of the global economy, diplomacy, the evolving geopolitical landscape, and their association. This comprehensive framework addresses the multifaceted impacts of globalization, diplomati...
, CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR INTEREST! , This research project aims to explore the complex relationship between resource extraction and conflict, focusing on strategies for effective resource governance and conflict resolution in the extractive industries. Collaborating with Technological University Dublin, this PhD pr...
Here’s what the UNITAR Division for Prosperity has been working on, from late June to August 2025. 日本語はこちらから , UNITAR Executive Director Michelle Gyles-McDonnough Visits Japan From 3 to 8 August 2025, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, UN Assistant Secretary-General and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Executive Director, visited Japan for the first time since taking office in February. She spoke in UN Pavilion events at Expo 2025 Osaka, attended the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony and moderated a youth dialogue with local p...
Greetings! This quarter, UNITAR Division for Prosperity launched programmes under its key pillars in social innovation and entrepreneurship, leadership and inclusion, digital futures, and finance and trade.
We have attended exhibitions featuring our programmes and alumni testimonies in the Pacific and Hiroshima. Thank you to all our learners, partners, and supporters for your commitment towards achieving our goals and making an impact in your communities., New Head of Hiroshima Office
On 8 November 2023, UNITAR Hiroshima Office welcomed Ms. Chisa Mikami as the new head of...
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the UNITAR Division for Prosperity Newsletter for February 2024!
This quarter, our initiatives achieved milestones around the world, from developing digital skills for African women and youth in Nairobi to training Ukrainian women evacuees in Warsaw. We also empowered entrepreneurs from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and South Sudan and fostered discussions on nuclear disarmament and sustainable peace in Hiroshima.
Additionally, women and youth from Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe were immersed in mentoring sessions with experts and gained insigh...