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In addition to training and e-Learning courses, UNITAR provides the opportunity to gain knowledge through post-graduate courses. We partner with academic institutions such as the Open University of Catalonia, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Copenhagen to offer diplomas and certificates in areas such as peacekeeping, development policies and geo-information in disaster situations.
Different Masters Programmes have different requirements and admission process. For more information, please check each degree page in the Mas...
Mr. Tariq Rauf, former Head of Verification and Security Policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency, shares his message, “The Dawn of a New Era: Entry-into-Force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty.” Since 2015, he has lectured and led workshops for the UNITAR Hiroshima (Division of Prosperity) Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation which will complete its current cycle in March 2021. , 21 January 2021, Vienna, Austria - As the day breaks on the morning of 22nd January 2021, a new era will dawn in which nuclear weapons will be prohibited – finally ...
Register Now - CLICK HERE! , Are you curious about what it takes for young women, like yourself, to lead in the male-dominated field of peace and security? Do you want to gain practical and professional skills to master effective leadership for peace? Or are you looking for an opportunit...
Four months after arriving in Geneva, in January 2015, Mr. Poem Mudyawbikwa was called into his Ambassador’s office and asked if he would be willing to attend a training course on Negotiation Skills and Techniques from UNITAR.
“Initially,” he recalled, “I was skeptical of what I might learn at the workshop because at that time I had already been working as a negotiator in business, and in fact I had written articles about negotiating.” After some research into UNITAR’s Diplomatic Training…
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella is a non-profit institution founded in Buenos Aires in 1991 by the Torcuato Di Tella Institute and Foundation. With the mission of training new generations of business, academic, social and political leaders, it has become an environment for teaching and basic and applied research, based on pluralism of ideas, academic excellence and equal opportunities.
Currently, it offers 11 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs, forming a vibrant academic community at the service of society, through the promotion of human values, intelle...
6 and 10 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UNITAR Executive Director, Carlos Lopes, visiting Singapore and Malaysia next week for a series of high-level meetings, was invited to deliver public lectures on challenges to multilateralism by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) on 6 June and Malaysian Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations on 10 June.
The lectures will discuss a qualitative change in international order over the past two decades and a new discourse that has gained prominence in the international relations theory and that emphasizes…
A validation workshop on Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Countries is being held in Geneva, Switzerland in partnership with UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme (PTP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). The course will be held from February 17 and February 18, 2010.
The workshop is based on current research that suggests that over the last sixty years, at least 40% of all intrastate conflicts have had a link to natural resources. The potential security implications of…
As the new United States Administration defines its foreign policy priorities and partnerships, UNITAR is revamping its collaboration with the U.S. Administration by extending its expertise in sustained capacity development, expertise which has been welcomed as a “soft power” approach to international cooperation within the region and beyond.
During his visit, UNITAR’s Executive Director, Dr. Carlos Lopes, met with Congressmen William Delahunt, James McGovern, John Lewis and Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee responded…
In the wake of the past eLearning Africa 2009 Conference (Dakar on May 27-29, 2009), UNITAR takes stock of past achievements in reaching out African participants through technologically intensive learning techniques such as e-Learning.
The percentage of African participants is quite significant. Despite logistical and technical difficulties, numbers show that e-learning is on an ascending trend as an educational means in Africa. UNITAR has been able to take measures of this growth.
According to 2008 internal statistics, the percentage of African participants among…
CIFAL Shanghai Launches Seminar on e-Government and Information Technology for Officials from Guyana
CIFAL Shanghai Launches Seminar on e-Government and Information Technology for Officials from Guyana
12 July 2017, Shanghai, China - The aim of e-Government is to provide efficient dissemination and management of information to the citizen, as well as to provide better service delivery to citizens, business partners and employees. Adopting e-Government through the use of technology not only enhances services delivery but also empowers citizens through participation in public policy decision-making, while strengthening trust in government.
With the objective…