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15 March 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - On March 15, 2021, UNITAR and UN Statistics Division conducted a side event – “Adjusting statistical activities with StaTact to monitor the SDGs for a COVID-19 recovery and acceleration of the 2030 Agenda” – as part of the UNECE Regional Forum 2021. Attended by over 50 participants, the side event consisted of three segments – first, an introduction of the platform and its principles: second, a demonstration of StaTact, and third, sharing of a practical country experience where StaTact has been utilized.
The webinar began with Ms. Elena...
21 January 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - UN CC:Learn is thrilled to announce a landmark achievement: over 1,000,000 people have registered on our e-learning platform! Since its launch in 2015, the platform has grown to become a global hub for climate change education, with over 60 courses in up to 15 languages. This milestone reflects the platform’s success in empowering individuals worldwide with the knowledge and skills to take action on climate change.A Gateway to UN KnowledgeThe UN CC:Learn platform is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and othe...
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) is a process through which members of armed forces and groups are supported to lay down their weapons and return to civilian life. As a complex process, it comprehends political, security, social and economic dimensions aimed at creating an environment where a peace process, political and social reconciliation, as well as sustainable development, can take place.To compile lessons learned from DDR programmes implemented throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR (IAWG-DDR) developed and publ...
24 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - Responding to the new international policy context, the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) is supporting countries in addressing learning priorities relevant to their National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) through the development and implementation of climate change learning strategies. UN CC:Learn is currently operating in 30 countries, either bilaterally or through regional programmes.
In order to build synergies with other like-minded national and international institutions,&...
16 July 2025, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – As part of shared commitment to road safety and education and promoting safer mobility in the Dominican Republic, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT), the Liga Municipal Dominicana (LMD), the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Dominican Republic and Pernod Ricard have re-introduced the Autosobriety Training Programme, an initiative focused on raising awareness about the risks of alcohol consump...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is one of the most recent arrivals in Bonn and, by establishing its presence through an office, joins 24 other UN entities collectively “shaping a sustainable future” in a unique space of creativity and cooperation.
The UNITAR Bonn office will provide a full range of services spanning its work across all pillars of Agenda 2030, together with flagship programmes on multi-lateral diplomacy, climate change learning, e-waste, non-communicable disease, peace and satellite analysis & research. UNITAR provides in...
UNITAR launched the second phase of the "Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security" (FOIP) training programme on 10 September 2024 in Jakarta.The second phase began with the opening ceremony for a 10-Day Jakarta Workshop, which welcomed around 80 participants from 12 countries across Asia. High-level representatives from the government of Indonesia also attended the ceremony. The aim of the second phase of the programme is to equip leaders and officials from Asia’s public and private sectors through in-person workshops with the skills and strateg...
It is well known that peace cannot be achieved without the meaningful participation of all members of society, including its most vulnerable members and those most affected by the consequences of armed conflict. It has also long been established by frameworks such as United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the subsequent resolutions that make up the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda that conflict has a disproportionate effect on women and girls and that increasing the number of women who lead and contribute to peace processes improves both the qua...
17 November 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Road Safety Global Training Initiative successfully launched the Learning App on Management Practices for Safer Roads, with the aim of providing in-hand practical solutions, participatory contributions from different stakeholders including the private sector, and results-based interventions.
The Learning App is based on the Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit, featuring projects and local interventions in cities in Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico and South Africa. This Toolkit, available now on mob...
Compiling 232 global indicators is a daunting challenge for all countries but it is even more so for Small Island Developing States. Often with just a few staff, their National Statistical Offices are overstretched. Same persons are called to do the field work, process data and ensure the management of statistical activities. While the scope of the SDG-related data needs is huge, the global goals are about national ownership. Each country is given an opportunity to identify which SDG indicators can best support national processes and which ones are most urgent for its peopl...