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UNITAR took part in the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a large event gathering in Geneva from 16 to 19 June the global disaster community of stakeholders.
The following is the transcript of the formal statement delivered to the plenary session of the Global Platform.
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is very pleased to take part in this important event. The Institute considers Disaster Risk Reduction as a central set of principles and guidelines of great importance in all the main goals of the global…
30 July to 28 September 2012, Social Media Tools, e-learning course.
UNITAR is pleased to announce the opening of registrations of the sixth session of the Innovative Collaboration for Development course from 30 July to 28 September 2012.
Jointly developed by UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the ICfD is an e-learning course on social media tools, which has been awarded the 2011 international Open ECBCheck Quality Standards.
The overall goal of the course is to empower development professionals to recognize the…
CIFAL Bengaluru and UNITAR Promoting Youth Participation in the Advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals
20 - 21 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Engaging young people in international debates is a major priority of the UN. Youth participation in the advancement of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is of critical importance, as young people will make up the future: and it is they who will most experience the impact of the Agenda’s success or failure.
With the objective of engaging youth in discussions…
Implementing the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development: Education and National Transformation
15 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – In partnership with Global Hope Network International (GHNI), UNITAR co-hosted the 7th Annual Conference of the Geneva Institute for Leadership and Public Policy (GILPP), held at the United Nations European Headquarters (the Palais des Nations) and the Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG) on 16-19 May, 2017. GHNI, a Geneva-based NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), was founded by…
Protecting One of the World’s Most Important Resources
10 December 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Groundwater makes up the majority of the volume of freshwater which is available and easily accessible for people, and is particularly attractive as a source for potable water because it is typically relatively pure. The demand for groundwater is likely to increase in the future in order to offset declining surface water availability, as well as increased consumption and climate change. However, it is vulnerable to both over-exploitation and contamination, which may remain…
Registrations for e-Learning Course on Social Media for Development Now Open
27 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for “Innovative Collaboration for Development” (ICfD), an e-Learning course on social media for development. The English session of the course will be held from 15 June to 14 August 2015. The French session will run from 29 June to 28 August 2015.
The course, which is the fruit of a partnership between UNITAR, the Food and Agriculture Organization…
SDG-Fund Launches 2016 Report with UNITAR in Attendance
12 November 2016, New York, USA - The Sustainable Development Goals Fund launched their 2016 report on “Universality and the SDGs: A Business Perspective”.
Ms. Paloma Duran, Director of the SDG-Fund, gave the welcoming remarks and brief introduction of the SDG-Fund and the report. She mentioned that one year into the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the report aims to grapple with the concept of universality and the opportunities and challenges it creates for the private sector as partners in…
UNITAR Introduces Tools to Promote Diplomacy
January 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the introduction of two new tools for diplomacy. The Rules of Procedure Repository Platform and Alan Hunt’s book ‘Public diplomacy. What it is and how to do it’ will help diplomats improve their mastery in and around UN topics to better meet global challenges in the 21st century.
United Nations Rules of Procedure Repository Platform
The United Nations, through its principal organs and more than 50…
BADEA and UNITAR Partner to Build Capacity for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
20 January 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – An Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) mission consisting of H.E. Dr. Sid Ould Tah (Director General) and Mr. Mohamed El Aïchouni (Head, Technical Assistance Division) visited UNITAR’s Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 20 January 2016. The Director General of BADEA and the Executive Director of UNITAR signed an aide-mémoire outlining their cooperation strategy.
The purpose of the visit was to review the results…
22-23 January 201, Nairobi, Kenya - Over 70 participants coming from the member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), international organizations, UN agencies, the private sector, academia and the media met in Nairobi to discuss how to strengthen the action of IGAD and its member states to build resilience and response to disasters in the region. The event was organised by IGAD together with UNITAR/UNOSAT and Wilton Park, with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The conference comes at an exciting juncture between two key…