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2 September 2025, Locarno, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) co-hosted Diplomacy Day at the 78th Locarno Film Festival together with the Wyss Academy for Nature and the City of Locarno, marking the centenary of the Locarno Treaties.The event convened around 200 leaders from government, international organizations, civil society, and the arts to reflect on the intersection between peace, people, and planet, and to explore how cinema can serve as a catalyst for mutual understanding and sustainable peace. , UN Assistant Secretar...
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on "Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of SDG 13"
27 of June 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research organized a course titled “Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of Sustainable Develoment Goals (SDGs) 13 (Climate Action)”. The course focused on three main points; first - raising awareness of behavioural insights and it’s applications toward the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development SDG 13. Secondly, another section of the course focused on building the…
Inter-agency Capacity Development Proposal at the UNEA-2 in Nairobi
25 May 2016, Nairobi, Kenya - The second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) is currently taking place at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya (23 – 27 May 2016). This year’s UNEA theme is focused on “Delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The Assembly represents the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, and serves as the environmental parliament that adopts resolutions for action to address the…
Government of Yucatan committed to support densification in the City to address urban sprawl
6 September 2016, Merida, Mexico – CIFAL Merida, the Municipality of Yucatan, the University of Yucatan jointly with the Secretariat of Habitat III hosted the “Urban Morning” aimed at providing a venue for discussion on policies that support sustainable urban growth.
As part of the preparatory process towards the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), UNITAR and CIFAL Merida were pleased to collaborate with the Habitat III…
New e-course on Water Diplomacy (7 November - 4 December 2016)
12 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - With unprecedented population growth, new emerging economies and the effects of climate change, pressures on our finite freshwater resources are increasing. Meanwhile, the ability of some nations to secure their water requirements is being severely challenged, causing great and legitimate concern that tensions around water hotspots will intensify. Yet, water holds an immense potential for cooperation which is yet to be fully understood and utilized. Water is, and will…
28 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - Global leaders in higher education and sustainable development convened during a dynamic side event at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to reaffirm higher education’s vital role in addressing the challenges of our century. Organized by UNITAR, UNESCO, and Majmaah University and CIFAL Saudi Arabia, the side event “Innovating across higher education space for more inclusive and sustainable future for all” spotlighted the momentum behind the Leaders in Higher Education Alliance Programme – For Accelerating Susta...
国連ユニタールイラク奨学プログラムは、イラクの社会経済の安定に貢献する地域に根ざしたビジネスの発展と強化のために、若手起業家の育成とリーダーシップスキルの向上を図る研修プログラムです。本研修の目的は、ハードスキル（理論・手法・ツールなど）とソフトスキル（自己および対人関係に関するスキル）の両方を強化することです。ハードスキルとしては、事業立ち上げや実施に必要な計画立案、ビジネス／収益戦略、ニーズアセスメント、営業・マーケティング戦略、モニタリング評価の手法などについて学びます。ソフトスキルとしては、事業運営に必要なチームワーク戦略、コミュニケーションやプレゼン、リーダーシップ、課題の特定と解決に必要なスキルなどを学んでいきます。
本プログラムは2016年度に開始し、毎年約6か月間に海外で2回、イラクで2回ワークショップを行い、起業に必要なスキル、プロジェクト運営やリーダーシップスキルを学び、若手起業家の育成を図ります。研修生は各ワークショップで課題を与えられ、次のワークショップまでに課題を仕上げ、メンターやイラク在住のコーチのアドバイスを受けながら、最終的には個人の事業計画書を作成します。2017年度から、優秀な研修卒業生はコーチとして次年度の研修にボランティアで参加できる制度を設け、研修生をサポートしています。, 本プログラムは開始以来、...
Dr. Bachelet, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), gave the opening speech of the workshop. She encouraged women to speak up, no matter what the situation. A panel on “The Creation of UN Women and the Role of Women Diplomats” brought together Ambassador Puri of India, Ambassador Ogwu of Nigeria, Ambassador Burgstaller of Sweden, Ms. Charlotte Bunch of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership and Ms. Sarah Taylor of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. The session on UN Women was chosen…
UNITAR PHPO Delivered Training Course on Flood Emergency Management
Participants selected from Rivers and Delta states have participated in a 5-day training titled Flood Emergency Management in a Changing Climate, which held from October 5-9 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The training was aimed at creating a flood resilient society through capacity strengthening for emergency coordination management, recovery and reconstruction programmes in the event of a flood disaster, and instill a proactive approach for preparedness for possible…
UNITAR Organizes Course on Multilateral Negotiations
16 February 2018, New York, USA – UNITAR organized a training course on “Multilateral Negotiations: Strategies, Techniques and Results”, taught by the Yale University Professor Roy S. Lee and attended by over 70 delegates.
The seminar focused on the ways of reaching a consensus to accommodate divergent interests and concerns. Drawing on his experience at the United Nations for nearly half a century, Professor Lee stressed the need to “find the right language that would cover different concerns”. He gave the…