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17 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries (ITTLLDC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support capacity development needs of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs).
The MoU was signed in Palais des Nations at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) by Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive Director of UNITAR, and Mr. Dulguun Damdin-Od, Executive Director of ITTLLDC.
The sig...
23 December 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – On October 7, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) signed a collaboration and cooperation memorandum. The two institutions aim to strengthen their cooperation through development projects in entrepreneurship and digital technology.
To provide UNITAR trainees and alumni, APU students, and others with new learning opportunities, we will share practical knowledge and promote exchanges.
, Upcoming Projects
APU faculty and students will participate in UNITAR’...
May 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - The vision of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research is to achieve a world in which individuals, institutions, and organizations are equipped with the knowledge and skills to overcome truly global challenges. In spite of the strains imposed by the current global pandemic, UNITAR remains committed to equip professionals with key capacities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
With this mission in focus, UNITAR has partnered with INCAE Business School and University for Peace (UPEACE) to launch the INCAE -UNITAR Execut...
Since 2014, UNITAR together with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) have been implementing in Geneva an annual blended training course on the International Human Rights System for National Human Rights Institutions from various countries of the world.
The course aims to strengthen the capacity of National Human Rights Institutions to protect and p...
In May 2019, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered a facilitated online course entitled Agriculture in International Trade Agreements. The course was part of an ongoing collaboration, with an earlier, self-paced version of the course having been launched in 2018. The 2019 course targeted policy-makers in eleven European and Central Asian countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The course was designed to cover not only global trade issues but con...
22 April 2019, UNITAR New York Office, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office hosted a workshop with the Maryland-based organization Trees for the Future on the topic of diversifying nutrition and income sources. This was the final workshop of the three-part series on Using Agroforestry to Meet Sustainable Development Goals sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Sweden’s programme “Leveling the Playing Field”.
Mr. Pelayo Alvarez delivered the welcoming remarks and opened the International Mother Earth Day Special Workshop...
1 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - International affairs and diplomacy are fields that are becoming more relevant as the world grows and interconnects through migration, commerce and business, social media, and mutual concerns about global environmental issues. In this context, we are particularly proud to announce the launch of the joint United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Seton Hall University (SHU) Online Master’s Programme in International Affairs and Diplomatic Practice, a new postgraduate programme which will allow mid-career professio...
24 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – In February 2019, the CommonSensing project was officially launched in Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands and the project has now moved forward to Phase 2: Addressing Needs. CommonSensing aims to support three selected Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with improving national climate resilience through the use of satellite remote sensing applications. Bringing together eight organisations with world-leading expertise in satellite remote sensing, sustainable development, business analysis, data analysis and modelling, as we...
UNITAR has recently inaugurated the Prosperity Alliance centres in Beijing and Shanghai.On 18 June 2024, The Prosperity Alliance Beijing Center was officially launched, jointly initiated by UNITAR, Huacai Wentou (Beijing) Cultural Technology Co., Ltd. and the National Institute for Development and Governance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). On 20 June 2024, UNITAR signed an agreement with Shanghai Climate Week to establish the Prosperity Alliance Shanghai., 8 July 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR has recently inaugurated the Prosperity Alliance cent...