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How can UN agencies support country-driven, results-based and sustainable climate change learning in Member States to address climate change, through One UN collaboration? This question was at the center of the discussion at the 2nd Meeting of UN CC:Learn Steering Group, 7-8 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. During the meeting, representatives from more than 15 UN agencies reviewed progress made and agreed on action to advance the three Programme Areas of UN CC:Learn, the One UN Training Service Platform on Climate Change, which is hosted by UNITAR. The three areas include…
Megan Davis, an Aboriginal woman of the Cobble Cobble clan from Warra in South West Queensland was waiting at the gate of the Palais des Nations on a Saturday evening in July 2000 to board the bus to go to a small village outside Geneva to take part in the first UNITAR Training Programme to Enhance the Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking Capacities of Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives.
“I met the coordinator and told her that I was so happy to be selected for this training programme and…
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Bonn, Germany from 10-12 June 2009 – UNITAR's Climate Change Programme and partners presented African and Asian scientists' and local communities' results on transforming scientific research on climate change into actions that address the impacts of a changing climate. This collaboration was made possible under the umbrella of the Advancing Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA) project.
Some of the ACCCA project outputs showcased included, the development of risk communication materials to educate and raise awareness about climate change…
Heat, Heart and Hospitality: UNITAR’s PELP team visit Islamabad during a June heatwave
6 June to 4 July 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan – We arrived during an extended heat wave. The temperatures were still in the mid 40s Celsius and the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, also known as Ramadan, had just started. Fasting from dawn until sunset, most Pakistanis went home by 2 or 3 o’clock in the afternoon and left Islamabad’s wide streets and parks deserted. Yet our worries started to dissolve as we entered one of the most lively UN hubs in the country, the Serena…
A Joint UNITAR-IEFPA Initiative: First Cohort of 30 Argentinean Officials Graduates from 2017 Programme for Trainers in Transnational Fiscal Transparency
21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland. To mark the successful conclusion of the 2017 Programme for Trainers in Transnational Fiscal Transparency the Public Finance Institute of Argentina (IEFPA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held a graduation seminar on 18 September 2017 at the United Nations European Headquarters, Palais des Nations in Geneva. The following day participants…
The Special Role of Technology in the New DRR Framework
23 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - For the third time in some 20 years, UN member states gathered to discuss and approve a global strategy to reduce the risk of natural disasters and increase the resilience of communities in the face of natural hazards. On 18 March 2015, at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, delegations adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which follows 11 years after the Hyogo Framework for DRR, adopted by the second WCDRR in early 2005…
Call for Registration - World Heritage Nominations: Justification for Inscriptions Workshop
15 February, 2016, Hiroshima, Japan - Registration will be closing soon for the 2016 workshop of the UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites, entitled World Heritage Nominations: Basics and Justification for Inscription. Held in Hiroshima, Japan between 18 and 22 April 2016, the workshop will equip participants from around the globe with a deeper understanding of not only the basics of World Heritage Nominations, but also the crucial area of…
Lecture on Climate Change for Sustainable and Green Development
19 April 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) New York Office partnered with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations for a seminar on “Climate Change for Sustainable and Green Development” on 19 April 2016. The workshop was attended by approximately 20 delegates from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the Small Island Development States (SIDS). Following the opening remarks by Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Senior Advisor and…
UNITAR Hosts Diploma Ceremony for Spring 2018 Programmes
25 May 2018, New York USA- The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) hosted a joint Spring 2018 Diploma Ceremony for the participants in the International Relations and Global Diplomacy Programme with Collegiate Congress, and the Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Negotiation series with Columbia Law School. This closing ceremony was attended by participants and faculty of both programs. The attending faculties from the programs included Dr. Angel Angelov, Dr. Narinder Kakar, Mr. Fernando Luque…
Signing Ceremony of Partnership Agreement between UNITAR and BHOS
19 June 2018 Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has recently signed an agreement with the Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) in Azerbaijan to provide 15 Nigerian students with education and training. They will be trained and qualified in Petroleum Engineering receiving a bachelors degree at the end of their 4 year study. During the course of their studies, they will be involved with practicums to ensure job placement and gain practical skills in the petroleum…