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UNITAR announces its upcoming e-Learning courses entitled “Introduction to the UN System” and “Drafting and Adopting UN Resolutions”.
Introduction to the United Nations System (7 October - 17 November 2013)
This course aims to provide a historical, political, and analytical framework for
liaising more effectively with UN representatives and staff. At the end of thise-Learning course, participants should be able to define the United Nationssystem’s structure and functioning, explain the
UN's principal organs and their development, identify current and salient…
UNITAR hosts the XIV Meeting of its Global Network of CIFAL Affiliated Training Centres
15-17 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – The CIFAL Global Network is UNITAR’s network of affiliated centres dedicated to provide cutting-edge training aimed at strengthening the capacities of local authorities and key change agents to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges.
The XVI Steering Committee of the CIFAL Global Network convened the Directors and teams of the 16 training centres at the Palais des Nations in Geneva for a two-day dynamic discussion on…
Tokyo, Geneva, Bonn, 09 October 2019 ― The United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to transition a UNU programme to UNITAR.
The Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme has been hosted at the UNU Vice-Rectorate in Europe in Bonn, Germany since 2016. SCYCLE conducts and shares comprehensive and practical research to help societies reduce environmental damage caused by the production, use, and disposal of waste including of electrical and electronic equipment.
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 calls to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts with strong emphasis on further implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While climate change is a global phenomenon, some countries are more vulnerable to a warming planet. Given this, the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) was created in 2009 as a South-South cooperation platform for collective action to address global climate change. In 2021, UNITAR partnered wit...
The meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, holds July of each year; including a three-day ministerial meeting of the forum. Effective implementation of Agenda 2030 and the SDGs will require access to knowledge and information, not only for policy makers and leaders to design well-informed and effective policies and strategies, but also for committed and engaged individuals around the world to guarantee that no one is left behind.
Each year during the High Level Politica...
The Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) has entered a new phase of its research programme, focused on achieving results in the area of GIS using a collaborative thinking approach based on scientific methods. The centre is based on an international partnership between CERN, UNITAR/UNOSAT and the University of Geneva and a number of associated partners from amongst the leading academic institutions around the world.
HP Labs, an initiative of Hewlett-Packard, has a wide R&D line on Social Computing Research, which focuses on methods for harvesting the collective…
A validation workshop on Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Countries is being held in Geneva, Switzerland in partnership with UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme (PTP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). The course will be held from February 17 and February 18, 2010.
The workshop is based on current research that suggests that over the last sixty years, at least 40% of all intrastate conflicts have had a link to natural resources. The potential security implications of…
UNITAR announces its upcoming e-Learning courses entitled “Introduction to the UN System” and “Drafting and Adopting UN Resolutions”.
Introduction to the United Nations System (7 October - 17 November 2013)
This course aims to provide a historical, political, and analytical framework for liaising more effectively with UN representatives and staff. At the end of this e-Learning course, participants should be able to define the United Nations system’s structure and functioning, explain the UN's principal organs and their development, identify current and salient…
UNITAR and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) successfully conducted session of the first two joint e-Learning courses on “Assessing Regional Integration in Africa: Towards an African Continental Free Trade Area” and on “Economic Report on Africa 2012: Unleashing Africa’s Potential as a Pole of Global Growth” from 17 September to 19 and 26 October 2012, respectively.
A total of 266 African delegates and officials participated in the two courses, which combined self-study, online discussions, and weekly assessments with the aim of providing…
CIFAL Atlanta Hosts Seminar on Airport Air Service Development
9 - 10 April 2017, Doha, Qatar – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Atlanta, in partnership with Airports Council International (ACI) and Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport held a two-day seminar on airport air service development with 16 senior level airport officials from Cambodia, China, India, Maldives, Mongolia, Vietnam and Thailand. The seminar took place in Doha, Qatar providing participants with strategies on how to effectively approach and support…