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15 November 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR has been collaborating with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) since 2015 to assist African countries with their capacity building for sustainable development. To pursue this fruitful partnership, UNITAR-UNOSAT delivered the face-to-face training on “Strengthening the Project Monitoring Capacities of the BADEA” from 4 to 8 November 2018, in Khartoum, Sudan. Following the successful first edition taking place in December last year, the course was rolled out for the second time, dedicated to the BADEA projec...
09 November 2021, New York, USA – UNITAR New York Office joined efforts with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) to develop a hybrid event, “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change: Learning and Practice Opportunities”. The session was attended by approximately 93 participants virtually, and the discussion focused on how climate change intersects with the Sustainable Development Goals., Ms. Naiara Costa, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG), UN DESA, welcomed the participants ...
22 April 2025, Malaga, Spain – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Malaga, Spain (CIFAL Malaga), announces the release of its 2024 Annual Report (Memoria Anual CIFAL Málaga). The report from the UNITAR-affiliated training centre showcases the centre’s major events and initiatives throughout the year, focusing on urban and social development, sustainability, governance, peace and security, sustainable tourism, technology and innovation, and environmental action.The United Nations House in Malaga hosted the official presentation of the report on M...
国連ユニタール「アフガニスタンの女性と若者を対象とした食料・経済安全保障促進のための起業家精神」研修事業の第3フェーズが、2025年2月22日から26日までカブールで開催されました。アフガニスタン18州から、50名の女性と30名の男性、計80名の若手起業家がワークショップに参加しました。本研修は、参加者が地域の食料安全保障と経済安定の強化に貢献することを目指し、財務および起業に関する実践的なスキルを身につけることを目的として、日本政府による支援の下で2024年8月から2025年2月にかけて実施されました。, 2025年4月14日、カブール - 2025年2月22日から26日にかけて、アフガニスタン・カブールにおいて、「アフガニスタンの女性と若者を対象とした食料・経済安全保障促進のための起業家精神」研修事業の最終第3フェーズが開催されました。民間セクター、現地の市民社会組織、国際機関、学術機関など、多様な分野から集まった80名の有望な若手起業家が参加しました。この5日間のワークショップでは、ビジネスの実践的な運営に焦点を当てたもので、これまでのオンライン第1フェーズおよび第2フェーズの参加者の中から選ばれた、女性50名、男性30名が対面式の研修に参加しました。参加者はアフガニスタン全34州のうち18州から集まり、ビジネス事業の強化と同...
24 January 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division for Prosperity, together with UNITAR Association, will hold the public forum “UNITAR Nuclear Disarmament and Sustainable Peace” on 10 February 2024 (10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. JST) at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Memorial Hall. The event seeks to foster the public’s understanding of current geopolitical disputes and nuclear disarmament and encourage participants to consider how to build sustainable peace.
Panellists will include Ms. Elyne Whyte, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to...
UN CC:Learn Partners with Jordan and EDAMA to Provide Climate Change Knowledge in Arabic
07 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The UN CC:Learn Secretariat recently signed a letter of collaboration with the Ministry of Environment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the EDAMA business association, agreeing to work together for the dissemination of climate change learning in the Arabic world.
The collaboration includes the following elements:
Translation of the UN CC:Learn introductory e-course on climate change into Arabic
Organization of a launch event in…
UNITAR Convenes South African Cities to Discuss how to Improve Road Safety and Transport Systems
22 - 23 March 2017, Durban, South Africa - UNITAR in collaboration with the eThekwini Municipality, the Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Durban, and with the support of Diageo hosted a two-day workshop to facilitate knowledge exchange on measures that improve road safety and to discuss how to mainstream road safety into sustainable mobility and transport infrastructure planning and design.
Through…
UNITAR Workshop Multilateral Negotiations: Sustainable Development and Peaceful and Inclusive Societies
26 - 27 March 2015, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office carried out a workshop on Multilateral Negotiations, focusing on Sustainable Development and Peaceful and Inclusive Societies. A two-day workshop was organized in a framework of the "UNITAR Levelling the Playing Field Negotiations series". This workshop aimed to widen the understanding of links between peaceful and inclusive societies and the sustainable…
Climate Classroom @ NAP Expo 2018
10 April 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - After COP22 and COP23, the most recent edition of the Climate Classroom took place at the NAP Expo 2018. This is an outreach event, which was held on 4-6 April 2018 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to promote experience sharing and collaboration on how to advance National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
Session 1: Skills “POKER” for Advancing NAPs
During this class, participants had a teaser on how a new and fun skills assessment tool developed by the NAP Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP) – skills…
UNITAR and AGFUND Commit to Strengthen Financial Inclusion in Africa
15 November 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen capacity building and technical support for Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa during their bilateral meeting held at the AGFUND Headquarters in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on November 13, 2018.
The meeting was attended by the Executive Director of AGFUND Mr. Nasser B. Al-Kahtani and Mr Alexander Mejia, Director of the Division for People and Social…