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26 April 2023, Hangzhou, China. Tremendous amounts of data generated every day represent significant opportunities for National Statistical Systems (NSS) to improve the timeliness, granularity and quality of information about our societies. Yet, many NSOs, particularly in developing countries, struggle to ensure they have sufficient staff with relevant competencies to harness these opportunities or at times even to produce basic statistics. Building sustainable statistical programs at the national level can help strengthen the capacities of staff of the NSOs and NSS o...
26 June 2018, Paris, France/Geneva, Switzerland - For the first time, UNITAR partners with a private company to build a core set of knowledge that will help promote conservation, restoration and safeguarding of our planet, while encouraging Danone employees to take concrete action. Through UN CC:Learn, UNITAR and Danone will develop a learning program on climate change for Danone employees. This core set will be integrated into a larger internal learning platform with extensive resources related to Danone’s vision and goals. Overall, this partnership nourishes the glob...
24 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – In February 2019, the CommonSensing project was officially launched in Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands and the project has now moved forward to Phase 2: Addressing Needs. CommonSensing aims to support three selected Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with improving national climate resilience through the use of satellite remote sensing applications. Bringing together eight organisations with world-leading expertise in satellite remote sensing, sustainable development, business analysis, data analysis and modelling, as we...
On the 12th February 2025, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Sovereign Order of Malta at UNITAR’s headquarters in Geneva, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), establishing a strategic partnership aimed at addressing the global challenge of human trafficking through collaborative efforts over the next five years.The five-year strategic partnership seeks to leverage the respective expertise and resources of both entities to prevent, the rehabilitation of survivors, and the strengthening of international networks against human traff...
A Global Partnership for Knowledge Sharing: An Interview with UNITAR’s Angus Mackay
Mr. Angus Mackay, Head of the UN CC:Learn Secretariat, talks about UN CC:Learn during an interview with journalist Jason Schwartz at COP21. The article is originally published on the CEB Secretariat website.
13 January, Paris, France - Talk about climate change tends to focus on carbon emissions, adaptation projects, finance, or effects on ecosystems. However the importance of knowledge and skill-sharing cannot be overstated. If we are to lessen the impacts of climate change and…
Innovative Applications for the Humanitarian Community
29 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Over the course of the past several weeks and months, UNOSAT has been working with partners to develop innovative applications for the humanitarian community by integrating geographic data into new systems. The idea behind these initiatives is to empower end-users by providing them with actionable information and/or in user friendly formats to improve impact from their job.
Examples of such innovations at UNOSAT are Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR & AR). Led by the video…
20 October 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – To mark its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched the 'SDG4Kids' initiative, a series of interactive educational experiences linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at engaging Geneva’s young minds to create positive change for a better future., As part of the 60th-anniversary celebrations, UNITAR is organizing a public photo exhibition in Geneva from 2 to 27 October, displayed on the Rotonde du Quai du Mont-Blanc, illustrating 60 years of history as well as s...
UNITAR, HYPREP and RSSDA/Songhai Held Stakeholders Workshop and Presentation of Certificates to Women Cooperative Farmers
It was an event of epoch making significance on 16th of December 2020 when the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Programme (HYPREP) and the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA)/Songhai jointly organised a 1-day stakeholder workshop and presentation of certificates to 20 Cooperative Associations formed by women from Ogoni land, Rivers State, Nigeria who recently benef...
Every human being in the world can have a positive impact on others. Everyone has the potential to make a difference, create positive change, drive progress and contribute to making the world a better place.As our world’s most pressing challenges are global in nature, they also require global solutions. Therefore, a critical way to make the world a better place is through strengthening the spirit of international cooperation, also known as multilateralism.For this reason, UNITAR designed a series of trainings on the most important multilateral institution, the United Nation...
Core Diplomatic Training (CDT) lies at the core of UNITAR’s mandate, established in 1965 to strengthen multilateral diplomacy through practical, high-impact learning. As UNITAR’s longest-standing training portfolio, CDT has evolved from foundational courses for diplomats from newly independent UN Member States into comprehensive programmes serving a broad spectrum of stakeholders – including diplomats, government officials, international civil servants, and representatives from civil society and the private sector UNITAR’s Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice is th...