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Building on the momentum of the 2nd UNITAR International Research Conference (2UIRC), the 3rd UNITAR International Research Conference (3UIRC) invites global scholars, practitioners, policymakers, students, and community leaders to engage in critical dialogue and collaborative action on 3 to 4 December 2025 at the UN House, Brussels. This year’s edition focuses on transformative, interdisciplinary approaches to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with emphasis on: SDG 4 – Quality Education SDG 13 – Climate Action SDG 16 – Peace, Jus...
Throughout history, human progress was punctuated by revolutionary advances in science, technology, and innovation. These powerful catalysts should now be harnessed to address and overcome one of the major challenges of our time, the climate crisis.
The self-paced Massive Open Online Course "Develop and Implement Science, Technology, and Innovation for SDGs Roadmaps - Level I" was developed by UNDESA and UNITAR to support various stakeholders' capacities in this endeavor by providing key concepts, objectives, multi-stakeholder cooperation modalities, and step-by-step guida...
December 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - We are pleased to announce that UN SDG:Learn has new functionalities that allows users to register on the platform and get recommendations on the learning and make own learning lists. In addition, one get certified on SDG Primer test directly on the platform.
The recommendations are provided based on the learning preference around 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and three cross-cutting areas such as 2030 Agenda, Leave No One Behind and Breaking the silos which covers the topics of policy coherence, integrated planning and system...
29-31 July 2022, Bali, Indonesia - UNITAR, the University of Geneva and Open Geneva organized the first SDG Open Hack! Bali on Tackling Waste Management through Innovation, from 29-31 July 2022.
Hosted by the Jimbaran Hub, in collaboration with the Meaningful Design Group, the SDG Open Hack! Bali aimed to leverage collective intelligence and community building to find innovative and practical solutions towards waste management for Bali. Students, activists, and professionals took part by proposing critical waste management challenges to be collectively addressed ...
30 March 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - As nations grapple with the effects of climate change, inequality and injustice, and other global issues, young people have stepped up as change-makers within their local and regional communities. However, despite the positive actions of many, their creative solutions need to reach a wider audience. To give the youth the voice they deserve, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is partnering with Barbara Harrison Media and Kids Speak Out to launch the project: Through the Lens of the Youth Documentaries by You...
Microlearning based courses aimed at increasing public awareness on risk factors causing road traffic deaths and injuries, as well as on post-crash and emergency response techniques.The World Bank estimates that 44% of the world's population owns a smartphone. Providing road safety education through mobile microlearning based training to reach a broad audience is a key objective of the Road Safety Global Training Initiative., Statistics show that between 30 and 50 percent of total deaths occur in the next 5 minutes after a road traffic crash. Knowing what to ...
Established in 2021, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Victoria (CIFAL Victoria), delivers training activities and research that build on UVic's commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It connects the region with the global community and supports international knowledge-sharing and partnerships, with a focus on four key themes.Scope: North AmericaThematic areas: Oceans, climate, and sustainabilityInnovation and…, ...
15 July 2016, New York, USA – As the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development (HLPF) prepares for its first round of 22 national voluntary presentations (NVPs) on 19-20 July, UNITAR brought together a panel of eminent experts to discuss the ways in which these discrete, global-level Government-led presentations could be better linked to strong, regular and inclusive national and subnational review processes. The learning session entitled “National reviews and M&E systems for the SDGs” was the second event organized by UNITAR as part of the UNDESA-UNI...
July Edition: 27 – 31 July 2020
August Edition: 17 – 21 August 2020
Online Edition: 17 – 28 August 2020 , This summer, UNITAR is delighted to deliver two 5-day field visits to Geneva, Switzerland. These will offer participants the chance to fully immerse themselves into International Geneva and thereby gain first-hand experience of the United Nations.
UNITAR will host most of the programme in the headquarters of the Wor...
As a child growing up in Namibia in the late 80s and early 90s, my earliest memory always has the sound of the radio in the background. That would be whether I was at home in town or while helping out in the fields while visiting the village. I vividly remember listening to Christmas carols or the liberation songs to commemorate the Namibian liberation struggle against apartheid on Independence / Heroes days. Radio has been a big part of my childhood, it was a source of information and entertainment. Through this mode of communication, we learned of far-off relatives eithe...