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Mongolian universities join forces to prepare students for a green economy
15 June 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Higher education is a competitive market. Universities find themselves in a race for staff, students, and research funds. While healthy to a certain extent, the American University Innovation Alliance warns that competition can “impede institutions' ability to achieve collective impact, diffuse innovation, and drive needed changes in higher education”. How does this play out in a country like Mongolia, where 16 public and 80 private higher…
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research mourns the tragic loss of life caused by the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last week. The Institute pays tribute to the dedicated United Nations personnel who gave their lives in the pursuit of peace and development.
Among those who made the ultimate sacrifice is Hédi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Since 2001, Mr. Annabi has contributed regularly to the Seminar for Special Representatives of the Secretary-General…
UNITAR Board meets as budget reaches historical landmark
Paris, 30 January 2009 - UNITAR held the 47th session of its Board of Trustees in Paris on 29 - 30 January. The session, hosted by the French government, took place in the prestigious Musée du Quai Branly. Board Members praised the excellent progress achieved by the Executive Director, Mr. Carlos Lopes, and his staff as the approved mid-term budget showed a 50.5% growth compared to the previous 2006 - 2007 biennium. The Institute's training activities in the area of Environment and the efforts to consolidate a…
South Africa’s Diplomatic Academy and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently held a six‐day regional training course on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiation for diplomats from Southern African Development Community countries (SADC). The course, attended by 29 representatives, took place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 15‐20 June 2009 and was run by a team of international and regional experts specializing in multilateral conference diplomacy training.
The course increased the knowledge, awareness and skills base of government…
UNITAR Hosts Road Safety Conference in Support of Safer Roads for Gurugram
27 - 29 August 2018, Gurugram, India - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in collaboration with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the apex body for Road Safety in the State of Haryana – Transport Department and the Safer Roads for Gurugram Initiative hosted the “Road Safety High Level Conference” in Gurugram, India. The Conference was officially inaugurated by Mr. Dhanpat Singh, Additional Chief Secretary of the State of Haryana Transport Department and Mr.…
5 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - Hosting 35 international organizations and more than 250 NGOs, Geneva offers itself a whole series of potentially formative experiences. The particularity of the city makes it one of the first poles of world governance where international commitments in favour of humanity are taken daily. Hence, getting immersed in this multilateral working environment represents a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of international cooperation.
The UNITAR-FuturED UN Immersion Experience is aimed at giving participants a full immersion into Geneva’...
31 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - “The pen is mightier than the sword.” This age-old saying has been repeated time and time again throughout history for a good reason. Even though our way of communication has been changed fundamentally by the advent of digital media and communications, the power of that speeches exert have not changed.
For the first time, the Division for Multilateral Diplomacy is offering a e-learning course on The Art of Speechwriting. The next edition of the course will take place from 14 October 2024 - 3 November 2024.
For reg...
16 March 2025, Victoria, Canada - CIFAL Victoria, a member of the CIFAL Global Network, is excited to announce the launch of its new Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Climate Science. This programme, grounded in the principles of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), is designed to equip students with the critical knowledge and skills necessary to address the pressing challenges of climate change. This is the first programme on North America's West Coast to receive UNITAR-CIFAL accreditation for delivering the UN sustainable development goals (SDGS).The...
1 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR jointly with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in York (CIFAL York, Canada), the International Social Marketing Association and AB InBev hosted a dialogue with 83 experts, officials, and representatives from the public and private sectors about lessons learned and challenges regarding COVID-19 vaccine deployment, as well as to present a new tool developed by UNITAR that offers practical examples of actions companies can make to contribute to help reduce the impact of this virus on the population by workin...
22 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Offered in Geneva by Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and hosted at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Programme on Global Policy and Governance is designed to expose future international policy leaders to the field of global governance and policy from an academic and experiential perspective. In addition to the ten week Geneva Policy Internships, a major element of the Programme is the course International Humanitarian Assistance: Policy, Law and Practice, which…