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Name: Nafissa Dia
Organization: Senegal Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Planning
Functional Title: Head of the Environmental Affairs Division
Country: Senegal
Course participated in: Private Sector Development course with PFTP
Nafissa Dia is Head of the Environmental Affairs Division at the Senegal Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Planning. She took a course on Private Sector Development organized by the Public Finance and Trade Programme (PFTP) at UNITAR.
Nafissa’s background is in International Commerce. She went to the International School o...
UNITAR’s Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda team has successfully brokered partnerships around two key initiatives that are expected to deliver greater impact for a high number of beneficiaries on the ground.
The first initiative titled UN SDG:Learn builds on the successful experience of UN CC:Learn while customizing the solution to the realties of the SDG learning landscape. Its main objective is to enable learners around the world to navigate through the wealth of the existing learning products and services in a smarter way. It is hoped that the Platform will e...
The Shimanami Collective comprises of three distinct yet interrelated training programmes to be implemented in more than 30 countries. These programmes will build capacity among government officials, public- and private-sector employees and individuals through specialized trainings in sea and human safety, early warning systems, and women’s leadership in disaster risk reduction. The UNITAR programme on Sea and Human Security offered invaluable insights into integrating maritime and human security strategies. It enhanced my understanding of how to address the complex in...
The Shimanami Collective comprises of three distinct yet interrelated training programmes to be implemented in more than 30 countries. These programmes will build capacity among government officials, public- and private-sector employees and individuals through specialized trainings in sea and human safety, early warning systems, and women’s leadership in disaster risk reduction. The UNITAR programme on Sea and Human Security offered invaluable insights into integrating maritime and human security strategies. It enhanced my understanding of how to address the complex in...
8 April 2024 - It is with a heavy heart that we learned of the passing of Mr. Marcel André Boisard, former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and former Executive Director of UNITAR from 1992 to 2007. The news of his departure has deeply saddened us all.
Mr. Boisard was not only a respected leader but also a distinguished figure in the academic, diplomatic and humanitarian realms. He brought wisdom, guidance, and a compassionate spirit to every aspect of his work. His dedication and commitment have left an indelible mark on our Institute and all who had the pr...
An Independent Evaluation of the Sustaining Peace in Mali and Sahel Region through Strengthening Peacekeeping Training Capacities Project (Phase II) was published in April 2019. Using a mixed-methods approach that was gender and human rights sensitive, the evaluation covered the project’s second phase and included a review of documents, survey, interviews and focus group discussions.
Limitations to the evaluation include:
Limited access to police officers deployed to MINUSMA given the absence of email;
Police-Contributing Countries (PCCs) stakeholder contact de...
Nikki Antonette De Vera, an advocate for disaster risk reduction (DRR) from the Philippines, emerges as a beacon of change in the field. Nikki’s exposure to emergency response efforts early in life inspired her commitment to sustainable livelihoods and equitable DRR.
As an alum of the UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme, her journey underscores the symbiotic relationship between culture and learning in building resilient communities.
The UNITAR training programme provides a women's lea...
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...
10 March 2025, San Salvador, El Salvador –In partnership with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, UNITAR kicks off its Airports and Economic Development Training Programme multi-regional workshop series in San Salvador, El Salvador on 4-5 March 2025.With a strategic focus on Artificial Intelligence, technology, and cybersecurity, the inaugural training workshop titled “Future-Proofing Airport Development: Leveraging Technological Innovations, AI, and Cybersecurity” brough...
15 July 2019, New York, USA – In the framework of the High-Level Political Forum 2019: Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality, UNITAR launched an interactive e-learning Road Safety Toolkit that presents a practical management methodology to:
Collect data on the number and location of deaths by road user type
Identify hazardous and critical road locations and sections where excessive numbers or severity of crashes occur
Outline corrective measures
Implement interventions and monitor results
The Toolkit is based on the premise that achieving road sa...