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UNITAR and BADEA Organize Two-Week Training Session for Officials of the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Madagascar
21 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme conducted a two-week training session for officials of the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Madagascar in Antananarivo (Madagascar) from 3 to 14 October 2016 with the support of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).
The objective of the training session was to strengthen the capacities of the Ministry in three key areas: financial negotiation,…
UNITAR hosts the XIII Annual Meeting of its CIFAL Global Network
21 October 2016. Quito, Ecuador - The CIFAL Global Network serves government authorities and key actors mainly from local and sub-national levels by providing training on how to tackle issues ranging from road safety to migration and development, leadership and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to name a few.
UNITAR’s global network of affiliated training centres is comprised of 16 “International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL)” Centres located across Africa, Asia-Pacific,…
UNITAR Organizes Climate Change Diplomacy Orientation Programme Ahead of COP21
November, Geneva, Switzerland - The Climate Change Diplomacy Orientation Programme for Diplomats in Geneva took place on the 3 – 4 November 2015. This two-day workshop was the third in a series of ten activities comprising UNITAR’s Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice, and was held ahead of the upcoming 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, scheduled in Paris for later in the month.
Drawing on the wealth of knowledge of main speaker Mr. Frederic Gagnon-Lebrun,…
ICCM4 nano side event – UNITAR/ Switzerland/ OECD
On 28 September 2015, UNITAR, in close cooperation with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and OECD, organised a side event on nanotechnologies and manufactured nanomaterials at the recent International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4), in Geneva, Switzerland.
This was a very good opportunity to share lessons from the recent, successful regional workshops on nanosafety that took place in Zambia, Colombia and Thailand, organised by UNITAR, OECD, and the Government of Switzerland. Representatives…
UNITAR and Asa Baako Plan to Organize Trainings Together for Creative Professionals
Geneva, Switzerland - 15 January 2016. Sustainable and inclusive growth is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Through creativity and innovation, the Creative Economy Initiative aims to generate a growth of micro and Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing and Least Developed Countries, boosting job creation, especially for women and youth.
In the scope of this Initiative, UNITAR and Asa Baako – One Dance, a Ghanaian music festival, plan to organize trainings…
Graduation Ceremony For Executive Master Degree in Development Policies and Practices
25 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – Civil servants from the Ministry of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan received degrees certifying their completion of the Executive Master Degree in Development Policies and Practices (DPP). The graduation ceremony commemorated the achievement of 55 students from around the world in completing the Executive Master Degree Programme. The students hailed from South America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Francophone Africa and…
January 2014, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR is pleased to announce that a new Head of Hiroshima Office, Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, took office from January 2014.
Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto has over 18 years of professional experience in the development cooperation field and has been with the United Nations for 12 years. Ms. Kumamoto started her career at Kyushu Electric Power Company in Japan where she coordinated training programmes and while there, she discovered that her passion was in helping people to help themselves, specifically through human development and development cooperation…
08 May 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Heavy rains that begun in April in northern Afghanistan have caused flooding and one catastrophic landslide that killed an unknown number of people. Additional flash floods and landslides continue to affect tens of thousands of people in many parts of the northern region while forecasts indicate more bad weather is to be expected.
UNOSAT started to monitor the situation using satellite imagery when heavy rains set in as part of seasonal rains in the last week of April. A first map published by the Team on 1 May showed evidence of…
UNITAR High Level Seminar: Implementing the Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment
15 December 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and its Women’s Leadership Programme is organizing high-level seminar on Overview and Next Steps: Implementing the Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment. The event is taking place on Tuesday 19th December, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, at the Club Suisse de la Presse, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 – Genève.
The public panel discussion comes as a follow-up…
CIFAL Atlanta Contributing to Empower Youth from Southeast Asia
31 January - 30 March 2018, Atlanta, USA – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) in partnership with Kennesaw State University (KSU), hosted 21 young leaders from nine countries in Southeast Asia including Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam who participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
The YSEALI is a U.S. State Department programme that aims to build the leadership capabilities…