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Born in 1961, Ziad Obeidat has lived most of his life in Jordan, where he now holds the position of Director of Development Plans & Programs at the Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation. He first began working for the government of Jordan in 1993, less than four years after the country’s first free elections. Since that time, his political career has continued to rise, while his country has gone through many changes.
In the first ten years of the new millennium Jordan's economy grew steadily, but the country was later faced with a number of challenges…
On 15 and 16 February 2024, UNITAR hosted a hackathon and conference “Leveraging the Digital Economy for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth: Strategies to Overcome Risks and Harness Opportunities”.
The hackathon and conference aimed to inspire attendees to act and address opportunities and challenges in the digital economy.
The event brought together individuals and organizations to foster collaboration and initiate important discussions on addressing opportunities and challenges in the digital economy.
, 17 April 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – On 15 and 16 February...
学生のSeungjae Leeさんは、香港で難民を支援するために、個別指導プログラムに取り組んでいます。Seungjaeさんは、2024年の国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムに参加しました。国連ユニタール青少年大使プログラムを通じて、Seungjaeさんはコミュニティプロジェクトの構築と、高次のレベルでの展開に向け、国際規模で展開する方法を学びました。彼のプロジェクトでは、持続可能な開発目標（SDG）4「質の高い教育」に沿って、香港で難民が言語の壁を越えて学べる堅実なプログラムを確立することを目指しています。, 2025年2月27日、広島 – Seungjae Leeさんは、香港のインターナショナルスクールに通う韓国出身の学生で、社会問題に情熱を持ち、リーダーシップや奉仕活動に積極的に関わっています。1年前、彼は香港で言語の壁に直面している難民を支援するプロジェクトを立ち上げました。Seungjaeさんは、2024年にITS Education Asiaと共同で実施された国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムを修了した26人の若いチェンジメーカーの1人です。, Seungjaeさんは、香港在住の難民は多くないものの、彼らが直面している大きな問題は言語の壁だと語ります。香港では英語が少し通じるものの、主に広東語や標準中国...
26 January 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - On 18 March, UNITAR and the University of Geneva, host the third Geneva Trialogue edition, under the theme of ”Scaling Open Innovation for the SDGs“. The Geneva Trialogue fosters communication and collaboration between academia, international organizations and the private sector, to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Open innovation can become a concrete way of advancing and accelerating progress on the Global Goals, since it is a practice of people working together in tackling problems and finding concrete resolut...
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 ...
Luay Hussein Moh’d is a Jordanian entrepreneur who is developing an app to connect patients with pharmacies, to simplify the process of locating medicines.He participated in the UNITAR Great Ideas Space 2022: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery programme, where he built fundamental skills and gained knowledge to ensure the success of his project., 28 August 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - Luay Hussein Moh’d is a Jordanian entrepreneur who wants to create positive change. With over 23 years of experience in the IT field – from programming and project management...
10 August 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu - Vanuatu faces many threats because of climate change – the most visible of which is sea-level rise. While coastal inundation poses great risks to infrastructure, damage can be mitigated through evidence-based planning geospatial information technologies (GIT). Leveraging GIT with new and innovative technologies like drones can assist decision-makers in targeting their country’s most vulnerable sectors and communities, thereby ensuring future resilience.
One key entry point in boosting Vanuatu’s climate resilience has been in supporting ...
3-4 April 2019, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – UNITAR and the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Madrid (CIFAL Madrid) in collaboration with the Traffic and Emergency Response Association (Asociación de Rescate en Tráfico y Emergencias – ARTE), the Dominican Automobile Club (Automóvil Club Dominicano – ACD), and with the support of Fundación Smart Baby – JOIE conducted the training titled “Child Road Safety and Post-Crash Response”.
In 2018, UN Member States reached consensus on 12 global road safety performance targets. On Children’s road sa...
7 February 2025, Geneva, Switzerland – The 10th edition of the Geneva Interfaith Dialogue took place at Palais des Nations in Geneva under the theme “The Role of Interfaith Dialogue in Strengthening Cultural Diplomacy.” This year’s event was co-hosted by UNITAR and the Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations, aligning with the celebrations of World Interfaith Harmony Week. Over 80 diplomats, religious leaders, and representatives from diverse cultural and faith backgrounds gathered to engage in meaningful discussions about the vital role o...
タイの外交官Manchulika Wongchaiさんは、2025年2月に広島で開催された第10回「核軍縮・不拡散広島研修」に参加しました。Manchulikaさんは、軍縮における新興技術の影響を考慮する重要性を強調しています。この研修で得た知見は、核兵器禁止条約（TPNW）第3回締約国会議への準備に役立ちました。彼女は他の外交官との交流に勇気づけられ、若者が外交官を目指すことを後押ししたいと考えています。, 2025年3月26日、広島 – タイ外務省国際機関局平和・安全保障・軍縮課の三等書記官であるManchulika Wongchaiさんは、2025年2月に広島で実施された国連ユニタール核軍縮・不拡散広島研修に参加した15名のうちの一人です。, タイは核軍縮に積極的に取り組んでおり、核兵器禁止条約（TPNW）の採択にあたって署名・批准を行った最初の3か国のうちの1つです。また、域内における核兵器を禁止し、国際の平和と安全の促進を目的として設立された、東南アジア非核兵器地帯条約（SEANWFZ、通称バンコク条約）の締約国でもあります。 TPNWは2021年1月22日に発効し、核軍縮への包括的なアプローチをとっています。締約国は、核兵器の開発、保有、貯蔵、使用、あるいは使用するとの威嚇を行わないことに合意しています。Ma...