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The COVID-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis; it is an economic crisis, a humanitarian crisis, a security crisis, and a human rights crisis. This crisis has highlighted severe fragilities and inequalities within and among nations. Coming out of this crisis will require a whole-of-society, whole-of-government and whole-of-the-world approach driven by compassion and solidarity.
In this live webinar, academics from Oxford Brookes University and The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will come together to discuss the role of humanitarian action a...
21 October 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - During the 2021 World Data Forum (WDF), on the 6th of October 2021 in Bern, Switzerland, UNITAR, UN Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST), organized a hybrid session “Statistics and Data Smart: Innovative solutions for increasing statistical literacy of the general public”. Conversations focused on strategies and initiatives to improve statistical literacy of different stakeholders from childr...
15 January 2018, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Claremont Evaluation Centre – New York (Claremont Graduate University) launched the second phase of the Executive Leadership Programme in Evaluation and the Sustainable Development Goals, consisting of a week-long learning series that examines the power of evaluation and its various applications and how, through successful implementation, it can create a framework for achieving the SDGs.
Opening remarks were delivered on behalf of Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhi...
March 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - Franklin University Switzerland (FUS) is a worldwide leader in innovative graduate education. Its mission is to offer interdisciplinary, experiential programs that prepare its graduates to be collaborative leaders in an ever-changing global landscape. It is the only university in the world that is accredited in both the US and Switzerland, and it offers programs that combine American flexibility and hands-on experiences with Swiss rigour. The Master of Science in International Management (MSIM) with Emphasis on Responsible Management and Cl...
ガーナの起業家Destina Mensahさんは、2024年3月に国連ユニタール「アフリカの女性と若者のためのエッセンシャル・デジタルスキル開発：デジタル経済における雇用機会と生活向上の促進」研修を修了しました。ガーナの伝統的な料理に着想を得て、栄養を促進しつつ文化的な遺産を大切にする健康によいシリアルを扱うビジネスを立ち上げました。国連ユニタールの研修では、プロジェクトマネジメント、ピッチング、デジタルリテラシーの重要なスキルが身につき、ビジネスのスケールアップに役立ちました。本研修事業は日本政府の支援を受け、2023年11月から2024年3月まで実施され、アフリカ24か国の7,000人以上の女性と若者に、グローバルな労働市場での就業力と競争力を高めるために必要なデジタルスキルを提供しました。, 2025年2月28日、ジュネーブ - Destina Mensahさんは、ガーナの豊かな料理文化を守りながら、より多くの人々に栄養価の高い食を提供したいと考えています。ガーナで大切にされている伝統的な朝食、トムブラウンから着想を得て、現代生活と伝統文化の双方を取り入れ、健康的な食の選択肢を提供するビジネスを立ち上げました。2023年に参加した国連ユニタールデジタルスキルと起業家精神研修が、彼女のビジョンを明確にし、アイデアを実現する手助けとなりまし...
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持続可能な繁栄局・広島事務所は、10年以上に渡りアフガニスタンの人々、特に女性の学びへの支援を行っており、今後も継続して参ります。一方、研修生が安全に、安心して学べることが最優先であるため、2021年8月から一時的にアフガニスタンで履行されていたプログラムを中断していました。
2か月を経て、このたび、「COVID-19 対応・復興プログラム：食料不安、公衆衛生、失業に対応するためのレジリエントな起業家の結集-ア...
31 January 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Prosperity Division launched today an innovative training programme on ‘Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development: Unlocking Women’s Entrepreneurship through Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Afghanistan and Iraq’.
The 3-month training programme which was made possible through the support from the Swedish International Development Agency’s (Sida) towards the UNITAR Strategic Framework Fund (SFF) offers a unique opportunity for women from these countries to build the...
April 19th, 2024, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CEST, blended format in Varembé Conference Centre (CCV) , 9-11 rue de Varembé, CH-1202 Geneva and online.
In July 2023, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres announced the release of a new policy brief with a “New Agenda for Peace”. 30 years after the original “Agenda for Peace”, this new roadmap sets a new tone in a starkly different world: “We are now at an inflexion point. The post-cold war period is over. A transition is underway to a new global order”. Signaling a pivotal moment, the New Ag...
11 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21) was the perfect timing for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to launch its new Digital Finance Initiative with a virtual conference. The Initiative aims at supporting countries and organizations to harness digital technologies and to develop the essential digital and financial knowledge and skills of their people.
The conference generated forward-looking and future-oriented discussions on the future of finance in the context of the latest FinTech innovations, bes...
July 2020 - Over the next 6-18 months, it is estimated that countries will invest over $20 trillion to recover from the fallout of COVID-19. The make-up of these financial decisions will define the shape of our societies and economies for decades to come, including our ability to respond to greater environmental challenges lying ahead.
In an interview, Mr. Nikhil Seth, the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), discusses how education and learning can underpin a green economic recovery from COVID-19—as one that cuts CO2 ...