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The recent floods in Vietnam have cause massive destructions and provoked a humanitarian situation in extensive areas in the country. The Province of Quang Tri has been particularly affected. The UNOSAT team has already posted on 1 October a first satellite derived map of flood affected areas which is used by national authorities and international relief entities to organize and coordinate relief efforts.
As always in case of humanitarian mapping, UNOSAT makes its maps available to the general public as well. The map is available for download here, as well as on GDACS and…
2021年5月3日・ジュネーブ － 国連ユニタール持続可能な繫栄局・広島事務所は、全6週間のオンライン研修「インクルーシブな第四次産業革命（4IR）を牽引する：デジタルスキル向上によるアフガニスタンの女性のエンパワーメントを目指して」を、2021年5月31日に開始します。受講者を5月26日まで募集しています。
情報格差や新型コロナウイルスのパンデミックの影響などにより、アフガニスタンでは賃金格差が拡大しています。本研修は、起業のアイデアをもった参加者たちが、それぞれの社会の課題解決を目指してコミュニティに働き掛けていけるよう、必要なデジタルスキルを身に付けアイデアを実現させていくものです。
現地のニーズを踏まえて研修内容をカスタマイズしているほか、オンラインでの自主学習と専門家やメンターなどによる指導、双方向のウェビナーや研修生同士の討論を組み合わせた研修となっています。プログラミングやコーディング、デジタル・リテラシー、ソフトウェア開発、サイバーセキュリティや人工知能などのトピックを予定しています。研修を締めくくるのは、オンラインの「ハッカソン（『ハック（Hack）』＋『マラソン（Marathon）』」と呼ばれるイベントで、短期間に集中的に開発作業を少人数又は個人で同時に行い、優秀者を選抜します。, 本研修は、スウェーデン国際開発協力庁...
UNOSAT is gradually integrating collaborative mapping and crowd sourcing into its work. In the case of the floods in Colombia, UNOSAT is reaching out to disaster managers and field staff in the country to assist with validation of the flood extent analysis and by sending in geographic position tagged photos. The application being used for this operation has been developed within the EU funded GEO-PICTURES project in which UNOSAT works with AnusR Technologies of Norway and numerous other partners....
The National Environment Agency of The Gambia, with the support of UNITAR, launched a new project to “Strengthen Capacities for Implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management (SAICM) and support GHS capacity building” at a workshop in Banjul on 18 August 2010.
Speaking at the workshop, The Gambia’s Minister of Forestry and the Environment, The Hon. Jatto Sillah, said that the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is a new international tool that can be effectively used as a basis for developing…
9 February 2012, Hiroshima, Japan - Mayor of Hiroshima Kazumi Matsui had a first meeting with members of the Green Legacy Hiroshima (GLH), led by Tomoko Watanabe and Nassrine Azimi. The Mayor expressed his love of trees and his full support to the initiative. He stated that the 5,000+ members of the Mayors for Peace network could also be interested to learn about this original and far-reaching idea, and reassured the GLH team that City staff would assist them in any manner possible, including with the procedural aspects related to certification and international dispatch.…
Vienna’s Diplomatic Community Builds the Negotiation and Leadership Capacities
4-5 May 2015, Vienna, Austria - Authority is not enough to get things done. Both negotiators and leaders must learn to empower and motivate their teams and lead in situations where they may not have any formal authority. They must know which decisions are the right ones and how to make them. Key to becoming an effective negotiator is the ability to listen. When building their vision and goals, negotiators must create a process that includes all stakeholders, build coalitions and…
UNITAR and International Law Firm LALIVE Offer Online Course on Introduction to Investment Arbitration
July 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and the international law firm LALIVE are pleased to announce their upcoming online course taking place this fall on Introduction to Investment Arbitration. In this course participants will cover the broad areas that are relevant for an understanding of investment arbitration. Each area will be addressed in a module where emphasis is laid on issues that are specific to investment arbitration.
The course will take place…
UNITAR hosts the XIV Meeting of its Global Network of CIFAL Affiliated Training Centres
15-17 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – The CIFAL Global Network is UNITAR’s network of affiliated centres dedicated to provide cutting-edge training aimed at strengthening the capacities of local authorities and key change agents to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges.
The XVI Steering Committee of the CIFAL Global Network convened the Directors and teams of the 16 training centres at the Palais des Nations in Geneva for a two-day dynamic discussion on…
In partnership with Indonesia Youth Diplomacy (IYD), the UNITAR Division for Prosperity launched the “EmpowerASEAN: Youth Leadership Programme in the ASEAN Region” training programme on 8-15 June 2024. Participants included 27 youth participants from the ASEAN region.The opening webinar was held on 8 June to introduce UNITAR and IYD and provide the participants with an overview of the programme.The hackathon session took place on 15 June, featuring a group discussion with given topics related to SDGs and final pitches. UNITAR announced the winning team, who will b...
The Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) has entered a new phase of its research programme, focused on achieving results in the area of GIS using a collaborative thinking approach based on scientific methods. The centre is based on an international partnership between CERN, UNITAR/UNOSAT and the University of Geneva and a number of associated partners from amongst the leading academic institutions around the world.
HP Labs, an initiative of Hewlett-Packard, has a wide R&D line on Social Computing Research, which focuses on methods for harvesting the collective…