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Title: Inter-Regional Adviser on Statistical Training and Capacity Building, United Nations Statistics Division
Country: USA
Partnership: Global Network of the Institutes for Statistical Training
SDGs are the starting point for making sure countries work together in a coordinated way - respecting each country’s particularity - with the purpose of protecting our planet and its resources and making life better for all. The action plan for achieving these goals, also known as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, provides a framework to connect local efforts on sustain...
28 May 2025, Geneva, Switzerland – During the 8th United Nations Global Road Safety Week and its theme “Streets for Life: Making Walking and Cycling Safe”, UNITAR hosted a global webinar titled “AI for Safer Roads” bringing together over 100 participants, including government officials, urban planners, road safety experts, civil society actors, and private sector partners, to explore the potential of data-driven technologies in protecting vulnerable road users, particularly motorcyclists.The virtual event included a dynamic panel featuring experts who shared insig...
Sara El Koussa from Lebanon started an online platform to support cancer patients and caregivers after her mother’s battle with breast cancer.Sara aims to fill gaps in the cancer community with free services and a new crowdfunding branch. To date, her work has reached over 1,500 students and supported 65 cancer patients.Sara took part in the UNITAR programme Great Ideas Space 2023: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Promoting Health Security and Economic Development in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, where she learned new strategies and ideas to enhance her project., 17 January 2025...
Behavioural science is a powerful enabler for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. By examining how people make decisions in real-world contexts, shaped by cognitive, social, and environmental factors, this field delivers insights that drive more effective, human-centred policies and programmes.Central to this work is addressing the intention-action gap, the common discrepancy between what people intend to do and what they actually do. From climate action to road safety, even the best-designed programmes can fall short if the desired behaviours are not adopted. Beha...
6月7日、国連ユニタールは、5か月間のハイブリット型研修「国連ユニタールSDGsとデジタル未来：AIとデジタル・ストーリーテリングで切り拓く変革」を開始しました。広島県およびアジア各地域から、意欲ある若者たちが参加しました。この研修では、AIの概念および倫理について紹介し、若者は、デジタル・ストーリーテリングのためのAIツールの使い方を学びます。研修終了時には、参加者はAIの基本的なツールを使用できるようになり、デジタル・ストーリーテリングや持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）の推進におけるAIの役割を理解できるようになります。この研修は、広島県および広島市の支援とMicrosoftの協力のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所が運営します。, 2025年6月16日、広島 — 国連訓練調査研究所（UNITAR）は、「国連ユニタール SDGsとデジタル未来：AIとデジタル・ストーリーテリングで切り拓く変革」と題した5か月間のハイブリッド型研修を開始しました。参加者は、アフガニスタン、バングラデシュ、香港、インド、インドネシア、ネパール、フィリピン、ベトナム出身及び広島県の若者です。この研修は、広島県および広島市の支援とMicrosoftの協力のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所が運営します。本研修は、15歳から28歳の若者を対象に、持続可能な開発目標（...
若き環境活動家Bryan Sinatraさんは、バリ島を拠点にマングローブの再生と保護に取り組むNGOの代表です。彼は2024年の国連ユニタール「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成研修：海洋と人間の安全保障」を修了しました。Bryanさんはこの研修で学んだ知識を活かして、自身の団体が製造するマングローブ由来製品の販売拡大に取り組んでいます。また、環境の持続可能性におけるマングローブの重要性を広く伝えることも目指しています。彼は、マングローブ保全を沿岸生態系全体の視点で統合的に捉えるホリスティック・アプローチの導入に意欲的です。, 2025年6月03日 広島 – 美しい自然で名高いインドネシアは、一方で災害の多い国でもあり、深刻な環境問題に直面しています。こうした状況を変えるべく立ち上がった若き環境活動家Bryan Sinatraさんは国連ユニタールの「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成研修：海洋と人間の安全保障」に参加しました。, Bryanさんの環境への情熱は、サンゴの収集から始まりました。それがきっかけで、沿岸部の暮らしを守る必要性を強く感じるようになりました。この情熱に導かれ、2023年にはマングローブの再生と保護に特化したバリ島拠点の非政府組織（NGO）のCEOに就任しました。同団体は、地域の漁師たちを支援し、技術とコミュ...
6 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - Chemicals can be beneficial in many ways, supporting, for instance, agriculture and water purification. However, if they are not managed properly, they can be very harmful and have negative effects on both human health and the environment – affecting particularly the most vulnerable populations. In this context, are women and men exposed to the same risks? How is gender relevant when dealing with chemicals? If you want to learn more, register to the new free Online Module on Gender, Chemicals and Waste! , The module has been launched at th...
22 May 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – On 6 May 2024, UNITAR and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and implement training programmes and organize summits, webinars, workshops and training sessions, as well as align efforts for resource mobilization. The two expect to collaborate in thematic areas such as leadership and inclusion, social innovation and entrepreneurship, digital futures, finance and trade, anti-corruption and combating crime, and business and public administration.
FGV is the first partner in Brazil for t...
The Board of Trustees is the Institute’s governing body. The Board formulates principles and policies to govern the Institute’s activities and operations; approves the work programme; adopts the budget; reviews the structure and composition of staffing and performs other statutory functions, including considering the methods of financing the Institute with a view to ensuring the effectiveness of its future operations, their continuity and the Institute’s autonomous character within the framework of the United Nations., The Board is composed of a small, yet highly diverse gr...
Through the specialized Pre-deployment Training and Advisory Team, the Division for Peace provides training and advisory services to Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs), Police Contributing Countries (PCCs), Countries Contributing Corrections Officers and civilian peacekeepers during deployment to peacekeeping missions.
As an example of our work in this area, we invite you to read the article on well-being in peacekeeping operations (available for download below in English, French and Spanish), written for issue no. 4 (2019) of the Center of Excellence for Stability Polic...