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Here is a roundup of UNITAR Division for Prosperity’s programmes and activities from June 2024 to August 2024., 2024 Youth Ambassador Asia-Pacific ProgrammeUNITAR, in partnership with ITS Education Asia, invites young people from the Asia-Pacific to apply for the “2024 Youth Ambassador Asia-Pacific Programme”. The programme will run every Saturday for 8 weeks, from 12 October to 30 November. Focusing on “Local Solutions for Global Challenges: Youth Empowerment and Community Impact”, participants will learn about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sharpen their entrep...
In October 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) jointly launched its first Arabic edition of the e-Learning course on 'Trade and Food Security'. This initiative aimed to support government representatives and related authorities in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region who are directly involved in shaping and executing agricultural policies and programmes. The course, which lasted for four weeks and was led by experts, was designed to help participants better understand the challenges an...
Communications campaign and interactive conference to mark the International Day of Peace and the UNITAR Division for Peace Advisory Board side event in the wider context of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations organised under the theme “Shaping Peace Together”
Click here to watch the full recording. The video in English and Spanish as well as a written summary of the discussion will follow in February.
The global campaign “UN75 – Shaping Our Future Together”, intended to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, was launched in January 2020 and aimed t...
On 27 September 2019, in partnership with the Executive Committee of the National Oversight Mechanism, UNITAR hosted the International Conference on Peace and Investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region.
Held in New York, USA, the Conference aimed to consolidate the progress and process of effective implementation of the Peace, Security, and Cooperation Framework in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by encouraging regional and international partners, technical and financial partners to deliver on their promise for the economic d...
This is the first issue of the UNITAR Division of Prosperity quarterly newsletter. The newsletter will update you on the progress of our various programmes and initiatives. It will be available through the UNITAR website and social media and shared via email. To subscribe or send us questions/comments, please email: prosperity_communications@unitar.org., Dai Tamesue, a two-time World Championship bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles, was appointed UNITAR Goodwill Ambassador in July 2021. A third-generation atomic-bomb survivor from Hiroshima City, Mr. Tamesue is the first J...
The “Strengthening Crisis Management Capacities of Malian National Police, Gendarmerie and National Guard during Elections” project was implemented from July 2021 to December 2022. The project’s overarching objective was to support national authorities in Mali to transition towards democratic governance and the rule of law, contributing to peace and development in the country.
The project expected to achieve its objective by developing training packages targeting strategic, operational and tactical levels of the national police, gendarmerie and national guard, as well as c...
17 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland. On 17 March 2022, UNITAR, the University of Geneva, and Open Geneva hosted the fourth edition of the Geneva Trialogue under the theme of Open Innovation for Education, launching the 2022 Open Geneva Festival.
In a novel hybrid format, 12 lead partners from academia, international organizations, and the private sector from Geneva and around the world, brought their sustainability challenges under the 2022 theme, and developed practical outcomes of new educational and learning approaches that culminate in positive social and environm...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) located in the Pacific are severely exposed to the negative impacts of climate change due to their fragile natural environments, biophysical settings, and ecosystems. Pacific Island countries experience up to four times greater sea-level rise than the global average, amplifying the risk of coastal hazards. Environmental degradation and food insecurity have led to the relocation of several low-lying coastal communities, but also exacerbate the economic and sustainable development challenges faced by SIDS. Today, the investments requ...
The CommonSensing project aims to strengthen the capacities of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in reaching important sustainable development objectives and particularly Goals 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure) and 13 (Climate action) under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Beginning in 2018, the project has been implemented by a consortium of partners specialising in satellite applications, geospatial technologies and remote sensing, and was funded by the United Kingdom Space Agency through its International Partnership Programme.
In June 2021, a pro...
UNITAR Global Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) programme provides a rare opportunity for students to learn about diplomacy from diplomats themselves. Although there is no shortage of courses on global politics and policies, few (if any) provide this education in the context of the first-hand experience – experience the United Nations is uniquely situated to provide.
Through this immersive approach, students will not only gain a profound understanding of current global issues but will also witness the shaping of future events as they unfold. Our instructors, who are current and f...