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After two years of virtual training, the UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day is set to resume its in-person training on 7 March 2023.
Grounded on the Sendai Framework, the 5-day training programme aims to teach women professionals about Disaster Risk Reduction leadership and management.
Participants will participate in study tours for community and site immersion.
Together with the women-led organization in Sendai City, Japan, the participants will virtually commemorat...
Hemispherical Discussion about the Challenges of Education in the Americas
15 April 2015, Panama City, Panama - The Decentralized Cooperation Programme of UNITAR joined the discussion with over 500 presidents of the most prestigious universities from the 35 countries in the Americas to present public policies on education in the region, in order to reach educational equity.
The inaugural Forum of Rectors of the Americas took place in Panama City in the framework of the Seventh Summit of the Americas hosted by His Excellency Juan Carlos Varela, President of Panama, on 10…
26 October 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, Franklin University Switzerland (FUS), and Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) Switzerland sign a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the first SDG Management School (SDGMS) in Geneva.
The SDGMS is the first Business School in the world to put the UN mission for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into practice at the forefront of education. The SDGMS will foster global leadership, by providing innovative and creative education to students, based on the cooperative partnership between the Parties, operating in Europe and ...
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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…
9 November 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Road Safety Global Training Initiative successfully concluded its Learning Webinar Series on Management Practices for Safer Roads, reaching 895 participants from the public and private sectors, academia and NGOs from 89 countries around the globe.
The Webinar Series included six learning online activities held between 17 June and 3 November 2020 in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese languages to cater different regions of the world.
The learning activities were hosted in partnership with renowned organizations includin...
QCPR Module 2- Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review
29 April 2016, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) New York Office partnered with the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) for the “Second Module of the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review” on 29 April 2016. The workshop was attended by approximately 50 delegates from several Permanent Missions in New York.
Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Senior Advisor and Acting Head of the UNITAR…
Forum of Small States Interactive Session Held in New York
16 June 2016, New York, USA - The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Sweden, organized an Interactive Session between the Forum of Small States (FOSS), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT). The session aimed to determine the countries' needs and collect feedback from FOSS countries in order for UNITAR to provide the best level of training possible.
Singapore’s…
10 July 2025, Quezon City, Philippines - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines of UNITAR - CIFAL Philippines, hosted by the University of the Philippines, has launched the 2025 edition of the Professional Course on Global Migration (PCGM). Launched in 2019, the Professional Course on Global Migration (PCGM) is now entering its seventh batch in 2025, reflecting its continued relevance and growing impact among migration practitioners globally. Delivered entirely online, the course consists of 22 short sessions over 14 ...
16 March 2022, Doha, Qatar - UNITAR and its long-standing partner, The Rule of Law & Anti-Corruption Center (ROLACC), have officially inaugurated CIFAL Doha, one of 24 highly specialized international capacity-building centres, on Wednesday 16 March during a formal high-level ceremony in the city of Doha, Qatar. The newly established CIFAL centre will leverage the synergetic areas of expertise of UNITAR and ROLACC and will empower leaders and young professionals in the Gulf Region in the areas of anticorruption and transparency, sustainable economic development, social ...