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The University of Newcastle, CIFAL Newcastle and UNITAR are offering the Master of Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development that exposes professionals, organisations and communities to global best practice knowledge, and tools to implement the new UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This programme equips people from diverse backgrounds to understand resilience and sustainable development principles, and systematically apply them to the design of public, private, NGO, civil society organisations and the built environm...
29 February 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) launched its Global Learning Platform on Financial Inclusion during the 8th AGFUND Development Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on October 8, 2019.
The objective of the platform is to scale-up support to the financially excluded members of society and to offer them solutions to help and empower themselves to contribute positively in the financial systems.
The 8th AGFUND Forum which focused on “Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion” was a fitting occasion to launch ...
1 June 2020, Malaga, Spain - UNITAR’s affiliated International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Malaga (CIFAL Malaga), with the support of UNICAJA Bank Foundation are pleased to present the “2030 Agenda and the SDGs Pedagogical Manual”, which aims to equip teachers with practical knowledge about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and targets to educate primary and secondary schoolchildren on these topics.
Reflecting on the need to incorporate the SDGs into teaching and learning, CIFAL Malaga designed a manual that combines theory and practice to increase a ...
On 6 August 2024, a panel discussion “Dialogue with World Leaders and Future Makers Towards a World without Nuclear Weapons” was hosted by UNITAR, the Hiroshima Prefectural Government, and the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe), in coordination with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs at the Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima stadium.World leaders and youth representatives discussed what young people can do for a world without nuclear weapons. The dialogue was full of their passion for a nuclear-weapon-free world.They called upon young peopl...
16 November 2023
I am delighted to congratulate the United Nations Institute for Training and Research on its 60th anniversary.
UNITAR’s work across capacity building, training, and research has equipped hundreds of thousands of women and men from developing countries with knowledge and skills to advance our shared vision of a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
Established in the post-colonial era with a focus on diplomatic training in newly independent countries, UNITAR continues to innovate and adapt to changing times and demands.
This includes everythi...
14 September 2022, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR is proud to announce that the Autumn 2022 intake for the Online Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy, Post-Graduate Certificate in World Studies, and the Post-Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Practice is now open.
In an increasingly interconnected, globalized and complex world, where the importance of multilateral dialogue and cooperation is ever growing, the demand for training and capacity development in the field of international relations and diplomacy is constantly rising. In this regard, the establishmen...
June 2020 - In an increasingly interconnected, globalized and complex world, where the importance of multilateral dialogue and cooperation is ever growing, the demand for training and capacity development in the field of international relations and diplomacy is constantly rising. In this regard, the establishment of this innovative Online Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy as well as the Post-Graduate Certificate in World Studies and the Post-Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Practice between the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and th...
Vision
We support institutions to effectively contribute to the SDGs through building capacities, changing behaviours and transforming mindsets.
Mission
Using our extensive toolbox and expertise in learning, facilitation and process design methodologies, we co-create tailor-made solutions for the specific needs of our partners.,
We design and deliver needs-based learning experiences for better performance.
We create and facilitate gatherings that inspire, connect and drive results.
We support organisations by building internal capacities and structures to achieve exc...
24 November 2020, Bonn, Germany - United Nations Institute for Training and Research/United Nations University present an in-depth review on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Collection Rates in the EU-28, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, which shows that the implementation mechanisms of WEEE legislation, such as the ‘all actors’ approach, a clearing house, and mandatory handover positively contribute to WEEE collection. In 2018, 55% of WEEE has been reported and collected to the WEEE Directive, at least 20% of WEEE has been traced to be in...
7 February 2017, Hiroshima, Japan - The final workshop of the 2016-2017 UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Anti-Corruption for North Africa successfully concluded in Tokyo on Friday. Supported by the People of Japan, the workshop was held in Hiroshima and Tokyo between 30 January and 3 February 2017. Twenty-four (24) participants from government and civil society organizations came from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
The first workshop was held in Senegal and covered anti-corruption’s key concepts, norms and practices. During the final workshop in Japan, the partic...