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30 Argentinean Officials Graduate from 2016 IEFPA - UNITAR Programme for Trainers in Transnational Fiscal Transparency
24 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The Public Finance Institute of Argentina (IEFPA) and UNITAR successfully concluded the 2016 Programme for Trainers in Transnational Fiscal Transparency with a seminar held on 17 October 2016 in Geneva. On 18 October participants undertook a study visit to Bern where the Head of the International Financial Affairs Section at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE) Mr. Alexander Renggli briefed the…
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on Realizing Post-2015 Aspirations for Migrants and Migration
16 - 17 October 2014, New York, U.S.A. - At the United Nations Headquarters in New York, UNITAR and the Global Migration Group (GMG) of which UNITAR is a member, organized a technical meeting on “realizing post-2015 aspirations for migrants and migration”. With the Final Report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its first reference for possible migration targets and indicators within the new development agenda after 2015 (replacing the…
15 July 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed within the context of UNITAR’s Global Surgery Initiative and the development of the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF).
KidsOR is a charity which aims to improve the quality of children’s medical procedures. It works to install operating rooms and deliver local surgeons’ medical equipment in order to save children’s lives in regions where children are denied access to ...
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...
27 September 2018, Atlanta, United States - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) in partnership with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (HJAIA), the World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosted the 7th Annual Atlanta Conference on Global Health. This Conference focused on global health and the environment, with a specific look at the impact of Hurricane Maria.
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 pivots on health and calls to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. Even though this ...
06 August 2019, Quezon City, Philippines – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization and UN Women launched the Global Migration Professional Course at the School of Statistics, University of the Philippines Diliman.
The main objective of this course is to exchange knowledge through a comparative and pragmatic approach on the challenges in migration management. This one-month-course is comprised of 7 modules distrib...
13 January 2022, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to welcome the Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme to the UNITAR family.
After 27 years under the United Nations University (UNU) and following the signed Memorandum of Understanding between UNITAR and UNU, the former UNU programme has successfully completed its transition to UNITAR as of 31 December 2021. Presently, the SCYCLE team has been integrated within UNITAR’s Division for Planet, located at the UNITAR Office in Bonn, Germany.
SCYCLE’s mandate is to...
27 July – 30 July 2020 | Budapest, Hungary
This course is organized by the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) agencies UNIDO, UNEP, UNDP, ILO, and UNITAR in cooperation with the Central European University (CEU).
In many countries, industrial production and consumption patterns outpace the renewal capacity of natural resources and governments' capacity to manage waste products. These trends in resource use and energy consumption indicate that current forms of industrial production are not sustainable in the long run, and risk undermining the social and economi...
11 April 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - UN CC:Learn and the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education Project (MECCE) are shedding light on the state of online climate change learning among adults worldwide.
Building on a collaboration that was established in 2022, UN CC:Learn and the MECCE Project, an international research initiative bringing together over 100 leading scholars and agencies hosted by the University of Saskatchewan, have developed a new global indicator that gives a proxy measure of the engagement of adults in online learnin...
24 January 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – On this International Day of Education, UNITAR underscores its commitment to education as a human right and a driving force for global development. Aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 4, we strive for inclusive and equitable quality education by 2030.
Education stands as the cornerstone of UNITAR's 60-year history, reflecting our dedication to shaping leaders of the future. Established in 1963 during a period marked by hope and a shared vision for international collaboration, UNITAR emerged with a unique purpose — to ...