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Women Negotiating Peace: Empowering Women, 20 Years After Beijing
18 - 19 March 2015, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office carried out the fourth Women Negotiating Peace: Empowering Women, 20 years after Beijing. A two-day workshop was organized in a framework of the UNITAR Negotiations Workshops’ series and aimed to promote participation of women in the sphere of negotiation, peace, and development and to recap the developments since the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action. The workshop aimed to…
Launching of the Creative Economy Initiative: the Road to New Opportunities for Development
28 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR presented the “Launching of the Creative Economy Initiative” for delegates from Permanent Missions and members of international organizations at the Palais des Nations. The objective was to introduce a capacity development initiative, which aims at enhancing knowledge and building skills of policymakers, creative entrepreneurs and professionals as a way to build socio-economic value to all countries with rich cultures and creative talent.…
Government of Switzerland Supports INDC Development Process in Tajikistan
17-18 June 2015, Dushanbe, Tajikistan – UNITAR, ZOI Environment Network and the Government of Tajikistan, with support from the Government of Switzerland, organized a two day Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) Kick-off Meeting on 17-18 June 2015, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. INDCs are contributions that countries make towards the stabilization of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration in the atmosphere as part of the preparation for COP21 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
UNITAR Workshop on Leveling the Playing Field-Multilateral Negotiations: Protection of Civilians
30 - 31 July 2015, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office organized a workshop on Multilateral Negotiations with a specific orientation towards Protection of Civilians (POC). Around 30 delegates from various United Nations Member States participated in an intense and engaging two-day training event.
Yvonne Lodico, Head of the UNITAR New York Office, opened the workshop by affirming that POC has become a…
UN CC:Learn Becomes a Key Partner of the ESD Global Action Programme!
05 May, Geneva, Switzerland - UN CC:Learn was nominated to become a key member of the Global Action Programme (GAP) Partner Networks on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) under the “Priority Action Area 1: Advancing Policy.”
To advance ESD, by 2017, UN CC:Learn commits to promote climate change education at the national and international level, such as supporting the development of national climate change learning strategies and actions plans in Africa and facilitating climate…
What knowledge and skills does it take to green the economy?
Roundtable kick-starts PAGE Green Economy Learning Assessment in South Africa
02 June 2016, Pretoria, South Africa - This was the question discussed at a roundtable held on 2 June 2016 at the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA). The event provided thoughtful inputs for an assessment of green economy learning priorities that will be implemented over the next two months. The roundtable brought together 20 participants from national training and research institutions, as…
UNITAR Launches the Second Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development
12 November 2015, Quito, Ecuador - With close to 100 local governments, civil society and international community representatives present, UNITAR launched the Second Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development in Quito Ecuador on 12 November 2015. Officiated by the Mayor of Quito, Mayor Mauricio Rodas described his City as particularly apt to host the Mayoral Forum following the First Mayoral Forum that took place in Barcelona in June 2014. “It is clear to me that…
Enhancing the Capacities of Local Governments to Reduce Disaster Risk in Latin America
27 November 2014, Quito, Ecuador – Latin America and the Caribbean in particular has always been exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, landslides, forest fires, among others. The global trend toward increasing climate variability is also exacerbating many of these hazards. According to the World Bank, seven of the world’s top 15 countries exposed to three or more hazards are located in Latin America…
Afghan Ministry of Finance Officials Complete Public Financial Management Capacity Building Study Tour in Japan
7 February 2018, Hiroshima, Japan - As a part of the UNITAR Public Financial Management Capacity Building Training Programme, the UNITAR Hiroshima Office organized and successfully completed a Study Tour for 19 officials, including 8 females, from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance. The overall objective of the study tour was to enhance the participants’ understanding of Public Financial Management practices in the areas of accounting, financial reporting,…
Register now! PAGE e-Learning Course on Green Fiscal Reform
15 March 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – Many governments face the triple challenge of reducing environmental risks, while fostering economic growth and reducing poverty. Green fiscal reform (GFR) as a policy approach can improve fiscal consolidation, spur innovation, and help identify smarter ways for government taxation and spending.
By setting appropriate economic incentives and price signals, green fiscal policies can help shift consumption patterns and drive private investments in human, natural, social and…