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January 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s International Law Programme has recently published the list of e-courses scheduled during the first semester of 2013. The course calendar (PDF) for the upcoming semester is currently accessible from our website. It comprises seven e-learning courses in English, one course in Spanish, and one in French. The first semester course calendar also includes the new UNITAR/University of Geneva Course on International Water Law.
During the second semester of 2012, UNITAR trained more than 150 participants on several current topics of…
Contemporary Challenges and New Developments in International Humanitarian Law
The registration is now open for a new edition of the online course
3 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - The registration is now open for a new edition of the course “International Humanitarian Law: Contemporary Challenges and New Developments” that will take place from 16 March to 10 April 2015.
This four-module course provides participants with an advanced knowledge of International Humanitarian Law and offers an innovative analysis of the legal uncertainties surrounding new-age military…
11 - 12 November 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s affiliated network of international training centres – the CIFAL Global Network- gathered in Geneva on the occasion of its eleventh anniversary. Since its inception in 2003, the Network has reached more than 30,000 beneficiaries through the delivery of over 470 training events.
The Directors from the CIFAL Centres met in Geneva to present their activity report for the year 2014, strengthen cooperation among the centres, set priorities for the next biennium and develop a common action plan.
This year’s meeting…
NORCAP and UNOSAT Partner for Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Services and Strategic Management
6 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT benefits from working with several organizations seconding expert personnel. Such collaborations include partners as varied as the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, the Algerian Space Agency, and the Norwegian Refugee Council. Through the deployment of expertise meeting competency needs, these partnerships are an invaluable source of improvement for UNOSAT. This is particularly the case with regard to our collaboration with NORCAP…
New Online Course on Gender and Environment
25 June 2018, Online - Do you want to find out why promoting gender equality can help deliver better environmental outcomes, and how you can do it? If so, access the new online course on gender and environment on the UN CC:Learn e-learning platform. The course is launched today at the at the sixth GEF Assembly taking place in Danang, Viet Nam.
This self-paced free course has been developed by UNITAR/UN CC:Learn, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the GEF Small Grants…
12 to 14 July 2011, Benin City, Nigeria. The Government of Edo State Nigeria and UNITAR organized a knowledge sharing workshop on climate change in the Niger Delta Region to enhance capacity and knowledge about the effects of climate change and promote actions to mitigate these effects. It is acknowledged that a lack of awareness among policy makers and other stakeholders on the issue of climate change oftentimes hinders the formation of important partnerships and synergies for action on climate change.
Forty representatives from the different state departments as…
UNITAR Delivers Course on Mediation and Human Rights
26 April 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a workshop entitled “Mediation and Human Rights” taught by two Columbia Law School Professors at the Singapore Mission to the United Nations in New York. The workshop began with a few opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo who thanked Professor Alex Carter and Professor Shawn Watts for all their hard work in preparation for the workshop. He gave participants a brief summary of what to expect from the workshop.…
ASEAN Member States Representatives Visit UNOSAT Office
20 May 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – On Friday 13 May we had the pleasure to welcome 12 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member state Ambassadors and Representatives for an information session on how Governments can benefit from UNOSAT’s support. Einar Bjorgo – UNOSAT Manager – presented our different areas of work:
Satellite Imagery Analysis
Training and Capacity Development
Research and Innovation
For each of the topics above, Mr. Bjorgo shared different examples from our work in Southeast Asia…
UNITAR Participates in Development of Quality in Digital Learning MOOC
18 December 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR is proud to announce that it will participate in the development and facilitation of the Quality in Digital Learning MOOC (quality4digitallearning.org), that will be held from 15 February to 25 March 2016. The MOOC will touch upon questions such as “How can quality be measured in digital learning?”, “Can the same criteria of traditional e-learning be used to measure the quality of new learning scenarios, such as mobile learning, gamified solutions…
Call for Registration – Collaborative Leadership and the 2030 Agenda
16 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – Registration will soon close for the February 2016 workshop entitled, “Collaborative Leadership and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
With the recent adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is expected that all actors involved in sustainable development understand the importance of effective collaboration. Achieving the objectives of this new agenda will clearly require multi-partner engagement, as the actions necessary are beyond…