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UNITAR and BADEA Assess the Private Sector Development Training Needs of Anglophone African Countries
22 December, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR organized a three-day seminar for Anglophone African countries in Kigali, Rwanda from 13 to 15 December 2016 with the sponsorship of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The Centre Africain pour le Commerce, l’Intégration et le Développement (ENDA CACID) provided technical support. This seminar was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda and the Rwanda…
Regional Dialogue on Road Safety and Sustainable Transport Systems
21-22 February 2017, Lagos, Nigeria – UNITAR in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Transport of Nigeria, the University of Lagos and with the support of Diageo hosted the regional workshop “Road Safety and Sustainable Transport Systems” bringing together over 250 government officials and representatives from academia and the private sector from Nigeria and West Africa to exchange good practices on improving road safety and transport systems, thus contributing to building safe and sustainable cities…
Transforming Lives and Lifestyles through Education and The Green Economy
19 September 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - There can be no question that Mongolia has international visibility and a reputation that far surpasses what might be expected from a country with a population of little over 3 million and a per capita national income of 3,800 dollars. It is remarkable, that is, until you actually visit for the first time.
Mongolia is cold, it is vast in size and, not so long ago, inherited a Soviet industrial complex ill-equipped for a more socially and…
24 June 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland & SEOUL, South Korea – On 11 June 2020, UNITAR participated in the launch of a new system for university ranking, the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI). The launch event was co-hosted in partnership with three other institutions: the Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness (IPSNC) of South Korea, the Hanseatic League of Universities and the Franklin University of Switzerland. UNITAR was represented at this event by the Director for the ...
New UN CC:Learn Resource Guide Promoting Advanced Learning on REDD+
18 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UN CC:Learn and UN-REDD have launched a learning guide for advanced learning on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), in an exemplary collaboration between two One UN global programmes.
The UN CC:Learn Resource Guide for Advanced Learning on REDD+ has been produced with technical advice from the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD Programme)…
UN CC:Learn Annual Meeting Promotes Knowledge and Experience Sharing among UN CC:Learn Partners
15 March 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The 6th UN CC:Learn Annual Meeting took place from 23rd to 25th February 2016, in Geneva, Switzerland. It brought together representatives of 8 partner countries and 16 UN agencies. Participating agencies included: the CEB Secretariat, FAO, ILO, IMO, UNDP, UNECA, UNEP, UNESCO, the UNFCCC Secretariat, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNSSC, WHO, WMO, and the World Bank. The meeting comprised three different events.
Country Exchange Workshop…
国際および地域社会に貢献し、国連ユニタールの専門家と広島の人々との交流を促進するため、国連ユニタール広島事務所では、学者、外交官、政治家、市民活動団体などによる講演会（公開セッション）や公開セッション（広島レクシャーシリーズ）を定期的に開催しています。
公開セッション・公開講義を開催した回数－127回
公開セッション・公開講義参加者－7,024人
（2003年～2015年7月）
過去の講義のテーマについては、以下をご参照ください。（敬称略）, 2017
アフガニスタンの現状と今後の展望 － 日本の支援の役割
（2017年4月27日 於：広島）
基調講演:
駐アフガニスタン日本国大使 鈴鹿 光次 氏
ご挨拶:
アフマド・バシャ・ガフォーリ 氏 （駐日アフガニスタン大使館一等書記官）
川野 徳幸 氏（平和科学研究センター長）
隈元 美穂子 （国連ユニタール広島事務所長）
2016年
「世界津波の日」に考える防災と女性の役割 ー日本と大平洋諸国の知見からー
（2016年11月7日 於：東京）
基調講演：二階俊博氏（自民党幹事長）
パネリスト：
山中 燁子氏 （外務省世界津波の日特別大使）
タニア・ラウマヌルペ・ツポウ氏（駐日トンガ大使）
茅根創氏（東...
Before she participated in her first UNITAR training, Ms. Syeda Bushra Binte Amin was working at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), a regional organization focused on disaster preparedness in Bangladesh.
Ms. Bushra was working on Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessments Project, which analyses the impacts of 8 hazards including flood, landslide, tsunami, cyclone, earthquake, and others. As a Geographical Information System (GIS) consultant at ADPC, her work was to perform analysis for risk assessments of 5 components - housing, livelihood,…
UNECE joins the UN CC:Learn Partnership!
“By transforming global goals into practical norms, standards and conventions, UNECE is a driving force in combating climate change in the pan-European region and beyond.”
7 December 2016, Geneva, Switzezrland - Climate change is a global phenomenon, and all regions of the world are contributing to it and are likely to be affected by it. It is for this reason that the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has been working for several year on the issue.
Aware that education is a key factor to curb down…
UNITAR Elected New Partner of the UN-EC Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI)
12 January 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – In light of its work in the field of migration and local governance, UNITAR was recently elected official partner of the six-member Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI). A global inter-agency programme funded by the European Commission and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the JMDI comprises IOM, ILO, UNHCR, UNFPA, UN Women and now also UNITAR.
It seeks to maximize the potential of migration for local…