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27 January 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and SICPA SA have signed agreement to issue digital certificates for hackathons.
The Letter of Intent was signed by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth, and SICPA's Chief Commercial Officer, Richard Budel, in December 2021.
The pilot agreement establishes a new cooperation between the two organizations to provide secure digital certificates of participation to future partic...
12-13 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop on “Regional Integration: Key Negotiation Challenges Moving Forward”, which was directed by Dr. El Hadji A. Diouf (Executive Director, African Agency for Trade and Development) and Dr. Christian Häberli (Senior Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland) had 23 participants from 16 Sub-Saharan African countries. Senior trade experts from UNDP, South Centre and World Trade Organization also made presentations on specific issues and shared their insights with the participants in the thematic…
Fifty participants from 18 Asia-Pacific countries have embarked on a 12-day workshop in Japan from Awaji Island (Awaji-shima), to Hiroshima, Chiba and Tokyo, as the final phase of the “Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security Training Programme”, funded by the Government and People of Japan.The workshop officially launched in Awaji Island, Hyogo, with representatives from Pasona Group Inc., a key partner in organizing the training sessions in Awaji Island, also in attendance.Through expert lectures and study visits, participants will gain practical k...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges and caused an exceptional economic downturn. It is foreseen that the global economy will shrink by 3-6% in 2020, resulting in losses of manufacturing production, an increase in unemployment, and rising poverty. An estimated 71 million people are expected to be pushed back into extreme poverty according to the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020, with decades of precious development progress potentially being reversed.
UNITAR is a founding member of the Partnership for Action on Green Economy’s (PAGE) an...
13 April 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - Flooding is the most frequent type of disaster, affecting more than 2 billion people in the 20 years between 1998 and 2017 alone. When disaster hits, it is of vital importance to quickly know which areas have been affected in order to assess the potential damage and inform humanitarian relief efforts.
Within the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) supports teams on the ground to assess the impact of floods through its rapid mapping service. How this...
Under this joint effort, UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) will build upon the training resources (case studies and exercises) developed under the UNITAR administered project, Climate Change Capacity Development (C3D) to develop a joint module on vulnerability and impact assessment.
This new module will then be included as a new chapter into the UNEP Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) training manual that seeks to help build capacity for forward looking integrated environmental assessments and has among its target audience, facilitators who…
21 October 2011, New York, United States of America – The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a two-day workshop on Environmental Negotiations and Climate Change Diplomacy on the 20 and 21 of October at the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, as part of the 2011 Negotiation Series “Towards a level playing field” organized in collaboration with the Olof Palme Memorial Fund. Through participatory and simulation exercise, developed by Yale University professors, the workshop helped participating…
Forum of Small States Interactive Session Held in New York
16 June 2016, New York, USA - The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Sweden, organized an Interactive Session between the Forum of Small States (FOSS), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT). The session aimed to determine the countries' needs and collect feedback from FOSS countries in order for UNITAR to provide the best level of training possible.
Singapore’s…
Paris Statement Calls for Up-Scaling Learning for an Inclusive Green Economy
29 January 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - What is green economy learning? Why do we need to invest in it? And what have we learned from existing initiatives? These questions and many others more were explored at the 1st Global Forum on Green Economy Learning which took place in December 2015 at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Headquarters in Paris. As a key outcome, UNITAR along with the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), OECD, the Green Growth…
Malawi, September 2014 - Providing tools to support teachers is essential in order to promote climate change education in schools. As part of their effort to integrate climate change education in Malawi’s primary school curricula, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Malawi recently launched a publication called Climate Change Sourcebook for Primary School Teachers. The book was developed by specialists from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Malawi Institute of Education (MIE), the Environmental Affairs Department, academia, practising…