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24 September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - On 24 September 2020, 50 participants took part in a four-hour webinar on the topic “Sustainable Development Goals in the Private Sector”, organized and implemented by UNITAR and the Global Institute of Excellence in Hong Kong. In a short introduction, UNITAR’s executive director Nikil Seth explained how the Sustainable Development Goals and the private sector are ultimately connected and how the business sector has an immense influence on the impact of climate change and the ecological footprint. Especially now, in the mi...
26 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - Hand-in-Hand with UN Women and the UN System, UNITAR launches its Women’s Leadership Programme at the high Level Panel on “Women in Diplomacy: The Leading Role of Women in Weather and Climate Contexts” at the WMO Congress (Cg-17).
The High Level Panel addressed the complexities of gender in the area of climate change and explored the actions required to strengthen the voice of women in all fields of multilateral diplomacy. Panelists commended UNITAR for their leadership and initiative in launching the Women’s Leadership Programme (WL...
Title: Chief Operations Officer of the National Emergency Operations Center
Country: Solomon Islands
Partnership: CommonSensing Project
Tropical Cyclones are regular and disastrous occurrences for the Solomon Islands. Each year the cyclone season brings powerful wind speeds and high storm surges, threatening SIDS. George Baragamu, Chief Operations Officer of the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC), situated in the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), in the Solomon Islands, knows the risks of such weather events too well.
George works to protect the country...
We offer various online platforms that provide users with tools, resources and courses in respective thematic areas. Explore below our learning platforms., This webpage includes information on the Digital Government Academy, which is part of the UNCTAD - UNITAR Digital Government Capacity Development programme established to research, promote and build capacity in the field of digital government as a means to implementing the 2030 Agenda., The UN CC:Learn knowledge sharing platform is a ‘one-stop-shop’ to access learning materials, activities and services offered by U...
Everlyn Fiualakwa (Solomon Islands) took part in the 2019 UNITAR Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Programme. She is now back as a resource person.
Everlyn encourages communities to identify an evacuation site in which to store food supplies – an idea she got from the UNITAR course.
Women in the Solomon Islands are more vulnerable to disasters. Everlyn works to get more early warning signals out to women.
Everlyn also believes in planning. “Everyone can be prepared for disasters. They just need the tools.”
, Passion and prayers – that’s how Everlyn Fiualakwa of the...
Green Economy is attracting the attention of policy-makers, stakeholders, and business agents from around the world. The number of countries developing and implementing green economy strategies is growing.
But do you know what green economy means in practice? Or what are the approaches to ensure successful green economy policies?, The PAGE Introductory Learning Materials on Green Economy are organized around 40 key topics and contain easily digestible knowledge on a number of green economy issues. They are available in PowerPoint and PDF format with detailed speakers’ note...
September 2021 - Crowd4SDG Consortium has launched the second GEAR Cycle of the project. This year the project aims to address two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Goal 13 on Climate Change and Goal 5 on Gender Equality. With its launch, it calls for projects that will aim to tackle climate change and gender challenges with crowdsourcing solutions. This is an open challenge competition that uses crowdsourcing as a way to gather information or stimulate actions taken by large numbers of ordinary citizens. Individuals or teams can propose projects at the scale of ...
“Very importantly, climate displacement is a huge reality in our region and very much in Fiji, and using the CommonSensing tools and data, we have started to prioritise top 15 communities in urgent need of relocation. The CS risk index can help us not just to approach this whole question of relocating people, but also to prioritize who has to move and whose land we can save. It tells us how far inland we need to move a village. Without the CommonSensing platform, this would have been very difficult to achieve.” Shivanal Kumar, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, Min...
9月19日、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成研修：海洋と人間の安全保障」（日本政府拠出）の第２フェーズの一環として国連ユニタールが実施した、ジャカルタでのワークショップが終了しました。アジア12か国からの約80名の参加者は、ワークショップで得た知識やスキルを活用し、それぞれの地域特有の海洋と人間の安全保障の課題に対する解決策について考え、発表しました。ワークショップのハイライトの一つには、9月12日のタンゲラン市の視察ツアーがあり、参加者は都市型養殖施設を訪れ、マングローブ植樹などの実習を通じて、持続可能な養殖の実践についての知識を深めました。, 2024年9月19日、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成研修：海洋と人間の安全保障」（FOIP）研修ワークショップに参加した約80名は、グループワークを通してそれぞれの地域特有の海洋と人間の安全保障の課題に対する解決策を構想し、発表しました。この発表は、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）がアジア12か国の官民リーダーを対象としてジャカルタで開催した10日間のワークショップの集大成です。同ワークショップは、日本政府の資金援助を受けて実施され、参加者はインド太平洋地域における海洋と人間の安全保障に関する喫緊の課題に取り組むための知識とスキルを習得しました。, 10日間にわたり、参加者は専...
1. ARE THERE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR THE MASTER IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND PEACEBUILDING?
Not at the moment, however, there is a possibility to pay the tuition fee in different instalments. More information can be found here.
2. IS THE MASTER IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION AND PEACEBUILDING A PART-TIME PROGRAMME?
Yes, MAHAP was designed to be a part-time programme. MAHAP is usually studied over 30 months. Being part-time, it allows you to remain in the field working whilst completing your studies. However, you can extend your studies if needed and take up to 5 years to c...