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10 March 2024, Jeju, South Korea – the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders In Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) is pleased to announce its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2024 Progress report. The publication is centred on the 2024 theme “Inventive Minds, Sustainable Solutions: Driving SDG Achievements in the Asia-Pacific" as the activities and theme underscore CIFAL Jeju’s consistent commitment to transform communities with innovative approaches to build a more inclusive and resilient future for all. CIFAL Jeju was established in 2010 and continues to grow....
25 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and UNESCO, in collaboration with a group of universities, have launched a new initiative “Leaders in Higher Education Alliance and Programme – For Accelerating Sustainability Transformations” (LEAP-FAST) aimed at creating a movement of committed sustainability leaders in higher education to advance deep transformations and enable HEIs to fulfil their potential with regards to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Higher education is not just a place of learning, but is a powerful driver of sustainability and re...
The Board of Trustees is the Institute’s governing body. The Board formulates principles and policies to govern the Institute’s activities and operations; approves the work programme; adopts the budget; reviews the structure and composition of staffing and performs other statutory functions, including considering the methods of financing the Institute with a view to ensuring the effectiveness of its future operations, their continuity and the Institute’s autonomous character within the framework of the United Nations., The Board is composed of a small, yet highly diverse gr...
UNITAR launched the second phase of the "Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security" (FOIP) training programme on 10 September 2024 in Jakarta.The second phase began with the opening ceremony for a 10-Day Jakarta Workshop, which welcomed around 80 participants from 12 countries across Asia. High-level representatives from the government of Indonesia also attended the ceremony. The aim of the second phase of the programme is to equip leaders and officials from Asia’s public and private sectors through in-person workshops with the skills and strateg...
Countries in South East Asia are already spending significant amounts of their national budgetary resources on climate change-related matters. For example, up to 6.7% of Nepal’s national budget is climate relevant expenditure according to 2012 analysis carried out by UNDP/Overseas Development Institute. However, most countries do not yet have a sufficient understanding of how to track their climate expenditures and lack mechanisms to align domestic resources with international financing sources. Sectors also lack the skills to prepare and justify budgetary su...
10 March 2025, San Salvador, El Salvador –In partnership with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, UNITAR kicks off its Airports and Economic Development Training Programme multi-regional workshop series in San Salvador, El Salvador on 4-5 March 2025.With a strategic focus on Artificial Intelligence, technology, and cybersecurity, the inaugural training workshop titled “Future-Proofing Airport Development: Leveraging Technological Innovations, AI, and Cybersecurity” brough...
24 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - Responding to the new international policy context, the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) is supporting countries in addressing learning priorities relevant to their National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) through the development and implementation of climate change learning strategies. UN CC:Learn is currently operating in 30 countries, either bilaterally or through regional programmes.
In order to build synergies with other like-minded national and international institutions,&...
Universidad de Guadalajara is a public and autonomous university system in the Mexican state of Jalisco, that combines a global scope and vision with a strong commitment to society. A tradition of constant innovation and quality has made UdeG one of Mexico’s leading institutions of higher education. The university’s high school, undergraduate, graduate and research programmes are designed to promote a sustainable and inclusive social development at the local, national and global level. Therefore, a profound and ongoing institutional transformation is taking place in order t...
When Mr. Isaac Nkusi participated in the “impact for peace” Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, he had just started Success Through Perspective, a personal money management company, after working for an internationally funded development project. He recalled, “I was not sure that the training would be useful for the challenge of managing my own company.”
Mr. Nkusi was one of 10 Rwandan young adults who participated in the TOT workshop, which aimed to teach experienced young adults, between the ages of 25 and 38 from Rwanda, how to train their younger counte...
27 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - In 2023, UNOSAT faced challenges and achieved milestones. Our mapping team was activated for complex emergencies over 107 times in 60 countries worldwide and provided 634 products and services. Across the globe, our emergency mapping service has provided life-saving information to devastated areas affected by conflicts and disasters triggered by natural hazards., In 2023, we went on leveraging our expertise to address multipolar crises and crosscutting issues in different thematic areas, from defending human rights to safeguarding end...