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The UNITAR Hiroshima Fellowship for Afghanistan programme, a seven-month-long capacity building initiative undertaken in partnership with the Hiroshima Prefectural Government, the Singapore International Foundation and other international partners including Microsoft Corporation, was recently concluded with the graduation of 32 Fellows and Coaches.
This capacity-building initiative aims at developing expertise within a core group of Afghan public officials to further facilitate the reconstruction process of Afghanistan. This, the sixth annual Cycle began last April and…
The United Nations for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the High Level Panel on Human Rights and Trade which UNITAR has organized together with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The panelists will be the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay and the Director General of the WTO, Mr. Lamy. The panel will also include Ambassadors and senior civil servants.
The panel will discuss the bridge-building process between human rights and trade. It will offer new perspectives on…
The recent visit of the Secretary-General to the UNOSAT team set the tone of the new management phase at UNOSAT, which is now a recognised centre of excellence within the United Nations system in the areas of satellite analysis and geospatial information. While the visit of the Secretary-General confirms this recognition and is a reward to the staff, it also shows the gradual gain of importance of satellite derived information for the work of the UN. UNOSAT has spearheaded innovation in satellite analysis since its creation in 2000.
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Antwerp, Belgium, 5 June 2012 - A group of 30 participants from the diamond sector participated in the first of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Meet-up in Antwerp.
This session was organized by UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, through the Antwerp International Training Center for Corporate Opportunities (Antwerp ITCCO) in collaboration with the Antwerp Management School and the Global Compact network Belgium and was hosted by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.
It took place ahead of a "Meet & Greet” session (see photo) held during a…
9-10 July, Antwerp, Belgium – With a third of the world’s population migrating from villages to cities in the 21st Century, local leaders must be at the forefront of incorporating diversity into all aspects of city planning. As part of its work in the area of human mobility, UNITAR is hosting its first Expert Meeting in the City of Antwerp to define the parameters of its novel “Learning Platform on Human Mobility: Capacity Development for Local Leaders”.
A global, face2face training platform for local leaders, UNITAR’s Learning Platform on Human Mobility will broach…
5 February 2013, Lusaka, Zambia — A national workshop on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was held on 5 February 2013 in Lusaka, Zambia. The workshop brought together 59 participants from government, industry, civil society, and academia; representing the sectors related to the GHS, as well as a resource person from UNITAR. The workshop was an opportunity for participants to review the progress made by Zambia in terms of GHS implementation. It included the launch of the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) website…
Hiroshima, Japan - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will organise a Roundtable on Diversity and a Knowledge-Based Society.
The Institute is delighted to have as speakers two leading scholars, Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and former Special Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan; and Dr. Shigeru Miyagawa, Professor of Linguistics and Japanese Language and Culture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
This roundtable will take place on Friday 26 June 2009 from 18:00 to 19:45 at the Hiroshima…
As president of the managing committee of the International Training Center for Local Actors in Curitiba (CIFAL Curitiba) and president of the Paraná State Industry Federation, Rodrigo da Rocha Loures congratulated Itaipu Binacional’s president, Jorge Samek, for receiving the Americas Award 2011, which highlights public initiatives and officials that contribute for economic and social development in the Americas.
Itaipu won the award in the Environmental Sustainability category for its Cultivando Água Boa (cultivating good water) programme. Binacional organizes and…
27 October 2011, Nairobi – Kenya held its National Forum on chemicals management on 27 October 2011 with the participation of UNITAR. The project “Strengthening Capacities in Kenya for National SAICM Implementation” is implemented at the national level by the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR), with technical support provided by UNITAR and financial support from the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management’s (SAICM) Quick Start Programme Trust Fund.
Some seventy participants from civil society, public, and private sectors were given an…
November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) completed a two-day workshop on Diplomatic Protocol from 3–4 November 2011. The training brought together members of Permanent Missions accredited to the United Nations Office at Geneva, delegates of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and other government officials as well as international civil servants, representatives of international, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations. The workshop helped the participants strengthen the skills required to function in an international,…