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Building Capacities in Cooperatives
19 May 2015, San Jose, Costa Rica – In the first week of May, CIFAL-Atlanta, in collaboration with the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU), CENECOOP, Fundepos University, Cooperative of the Americas (COOP), Confederation of Cooperatives of the Caribbean, Central America and South America (CCC-CA), and the Ministry of Labor of the government of Costa Rica, held a three-day conference in San Jose, Costa Rica on cooperative competitiveness and the digital economy.
There were a total of 74 participants…
Connecting the Community with the SDGs in Curitiba
17 - 18 October 2018, Curitiba, Brazil – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Curitiba (CIFAL Curitiba) partnered with the Federal Technological University of Parana to host the Conference on “Business and the Community” at the Francisco Beltrão Campus. This main objective of this event was to present to entrepreneurs, students and teachers the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the linkages between the community and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Mrs. Priscila Paz Da Viera,…
18 December 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - New satellite imagery analysis conducted by the United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) has uncovered distressing trends in the agricultural landscape of the Gaza Strip. Based on an assessment utilizing Sentinel-2 satellite imagery collected between December 2017 and December 2023, the findings illuminate the significant impact of the ongoing conflict on the health and density of crops.
Compared to the average of the previous six years, a staggering 18% of arable land in the Gaza Strip has experienced a substantial decline in health...
17 November 2022, Durban, South Africa – as part of UNITAR’s ongoing capacity-building efforts on Road Safety and ahead of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, a series of capacity-building workshops in different Provinces of South Africa on Strengthening National Road Safety Strategies: UNITAR’s Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit were held throughout the week.
In close collaboration with UNITAR’s affiliated training Centre in South Africa -CIFAL Durban- and the support of AB InBev, the workshops offered training to 348 law enforcement officials...
December 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - We are pleased to announce that UN SDG:Learn has new functionalities that allows users to register on the platform and get recommendations on the learning and make own learning lists. In addition, one get certified on SDG Primer test directly on the platform.
The recommendations are provided based on the learning preference around 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and three cross-cutting areas such as 2030 Agenda, Leave No One Behind and Breaking the silos which covers the topics of policy coherence, integrated planning and system...
June 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce its upcoming second edition of the “Online Certificate on Essential Professional Skills” taking place over four consecutive weeks from 30 August to 22 September. The online certificate will consist of a series of e-workshops (48 hours of training) targeted to working professionals and individuals seeking to improve their professional skills. The online certificate aims to reinforce individuals’ transferable professional skills, especial...
Collaboration Agreement Signed between ITAérea, UNITAR and CIFAL Mérida
16 May 2018, Madrid, Spain - the signing ceremony for the extension of the collaboration agreement between the ITAérea Aeronautical Business School (https://www.itaerea.es/), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and CIFAL Mérida (Mexico) (http://unitar.org/dcp/cifal-merida) took place at the ITAérea headquarters in Madrid.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Alejandro Mejía, UNITAR's Director of the Division for People and Social Inclusion, Senior Manager of the Social…
CIFAL Atlanta in partnership with Airport Council International (ACI) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (HJAIA) hosted its 42nd training seminar titled “Airports and Economic Development: Latin America and the Caribbean” on March 24-25, 2011 in the city of Atlanta, USA.
This seminar, designed around intensive two-day training provided a platform for business executives and airport leader from 37 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean to share knowledge and best practices. The utilization of airports as economic development tools to secure a…
21 March 2013, Beijing, People's Republic of China — The final review workshop for the project on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was held on 21 March 2013 in Beijing. The workshop brought together 17 participants from government, industry, civil society, and academia representing the sectors related to the GHS, as well as two resource persons from UNITAR.
The draft National GHS Implementation Strategy, as a key project document, was presented for discussion. This was followed by discussions on planning and developing…
19 November 2012, Tokyo, Japan - The UNITAR Diplomatic Training Series in Tokyo, run by the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, recently concluded its fourth session. Entitled Rio+20 and the Green Economy, the 4-day session saw representatives from 17 Embassies in Tokyo in attendance. With faculty members from UNITAR, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the session examined international developments leading up to, and in the aftermath of, the Rio+20 Summit earlier in 2012, as well as the concepts behind the Green Economy.
The specific objectives of the Workshop…