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Every million-dollar investment in establishing early warning system in developing countries could save somewhere between USD 3.75 million to USD 20 million in damages each year. Yet, early warning system capacity in the Pacific region is still in its infancy. Pacific Island countries face inadequacies in data, technology and human capacity related to multi-hazard early warning systems. Relying on information and technical expertise from developed countries has proven catastrophic, especially when information is delayed – such as in sudden-onset disasters. While the ch...
June 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - Empowering women to participate fully in economic life across all sectors and throughout all levels of economic activity is not only essential to establish more stable and just societies and to improve the quality of life for women, men, families, and communities but increasing gender equality is equally crucial to building strong, sustainable economies. Therefore, focusing on women empowerment and gender equality has a massive multiplier effect, including promoting peace and security, providing equal opportunities in society and the&nb...
25 November 2024, Manzini, Eswatini – In close collaboration with CIFAL Durban, the eThekwini Municipal Academy (EMA) and its Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), UNITAR officially inaugurated its workshop training series on “Management Practices for Safer Roads”. The inaugural workshop took place in Manzini, Eswatini, and will be followed by sessions in South Africa across Gqebertha (25 November), Rustenburg (27 November), and Mpumalanga (28 November).The workshops aim to strengthen road safety initiatives across the region by targeting government officials and law enfo...
17 April 2023, New York, USA - UNITAR & Columbia Law School conducted the last session for the Spring series titled “The Power of Asking the Right Questions & Giving Effective Feedback”. Pelayo Alvarez, Programme Manager at UNITAR New York Office, started by welcoming our in-person and virtual audience and then introduced Rebecca Price, Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the Columbia Mediation Clinic team.
Effective communication is the cornerstone of successful re...
Fega Ayu Pangestika, a disaster management analyst from Indonesia, became interested in disaster response after observing how her grandfather reacted during the 2010 Mount Merapi eruption. She noticed that spiritual leaders influenced people's actions during the crisis, prompting her to explore more culturally sensitive disaster management strategies. In 2023, Fega joined the UNITAR Women’s Leadership Training Programme to enhance her skills in disaster risk reduction and was among the top performers invited to a regional workshop in Tonga. Fega learned about...
Over 200 attendees joined the virtual conference Closing the Digital Divide: Strengthening Digital Literacy and Infrastructure on 24 March 2022.
The conference was hosted by UNITAR Division for Prosperity.
A diverse panel of digital-infrastructure developers, service providers, regulators, and facilitators of digital skills programmes talked about replicating and upscaling digitization initiatives in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Sahel region.
Marginalized populations need digital literacy and digital infrastructure to adopt and use digital technologies and reduce the digi...
22 August 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continue to expand its collaboration by launching its first online course on Trade, Food Security and Nutrition for officials from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This course will be fully delivered in Spanish and based on the flagship course developed by FAO which has been benefitted by hundreds of officials globally.
This course is designed to assist representatives from government and related authorities, who are directly involved in the formul...
Title: Entrepreneur
Country: Nigeria
Training: Ogoni Women Livelihood Programme
Ogoniland is a territory in the Rivers State of the Niger Delta region, Nigeria – the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. It is also home to many different ethnic groups, including the Ogoni people, an agricultural and fishing society that has lived there for over 500 years. Organized in close-knit rural communities, the Ogoni are closely connected to their land and water resources. Nevertheless, Ogoniland is less known for the attributes described above and more infamous for de...
2023年8月6日、ユニタールは広島県公立大学法人叡啓大学において「アイデアコンペ 平和×〇〇－核軍縮と持続可能な未来」を開催しました。
広島、長崎、東京から集まった若者39名が、核軍縮・不拡散と持続可能な未来についてプレゼンテーションを行い、上位に選ばれたグループがそれぞれのアイデアを専門家のパネリストを前に発表し、意見を仰ぎました。
パネリストらは、参加者全員が実りある議論と発表を行い、核なき社会と 持続可能な未来の実現に向けた第一歩を踏み出したことに称賛を送り、持続可能な理想の未来を実現するために、若者が行動し、メッセージを発信し続けることの重要性を強調しました。
, 2023年8月10日・広島 - 国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）は8月6日、広島県、へいわ創造機構ひろしま（HOPe）、国連軍縮部（UNODA）との共催で、広島県公立大学法人叡啓大学において、若者を対象としたのピッチイベント「アイデアコンペ 平和×〇〇－核軍縮と持続可能な未来」を開催しました。広島、長崎、東京の若者たちが、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）に基づいた持続可能な未来のための核軍縮・不拡散について、グループに分かれてアイデアを提示、その後選ばれたグループが専門家のパネリストの前で発表し、意見を仰ぎました。
パネリストは、中満泉 国連事務次長・軍...
July 1st 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - On 17 June 2021 the Division for Peace of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Al Sharq Forum (ASF) with the aim of strengthening targeted learning and capacity building offers in the areas of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, human rights promotion and gender equality. Al Sharq Forum's capacity-building platforms and its access to local grass-root networks, combined with UNITAR’s wide expertise and experiences of providing innovative learning solutions, will undoubte...