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Mwikali Munyao, Kenyan carpenter and entrepreneur, participated in the first round of the UNITAR Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership Training for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa.
In the COVID-19 pandemic, Mwikali lost her job as a customer service agent. She decided to pursue her interest in carpentry and turned it into a business.
The UNITAR training taught her the entrepreneurial skills she needed and helped her business overcome financial challenges.
The second round of the UNITAR entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership training programme, r...
Andaru Dhaniswara, Indonesian diplomat, is an alum of 2022 UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Indonesia is a member state of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and a signatory state of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Participants of the UNITAR programme learn from world-renowned experts and practice strategies in diplomatic negotiations.
Andaru believes that discussions on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation should be prioritized for international development.
, October 2022, Hir...
The development of individual, institutional and organizational capacities is a requirement to produce useful and rigorous evaluations to ensure accountability and learning in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Following the landmark General Assembly resolution 69/237 which calls for building national evaluation capacities, entities of the UN development system and beyond have been working to strengthen evaluation capacities in accordance with national policies and priorities. As a result, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UN...
September 2020 - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office’s Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Training Programme 5th annual cycle, the 2020 programme, is currently open for applications from Pacific SIDS at https://apply.unitar.org/. Read on to learn about the experience of one Tongan alumni.
Tropical cyclones, tsunami, drought, and flash floods are just some of the natural disasters that menace the Pacific Island nation of Tonga.
“It’s an all-year cycle,” says Lu’isa Uai Taunga, an officer for Tonga’s National Emergency Management Office, which is part...
Over the past several years (2016-2022) UNITAR’s outreach to learners has increased significantly, including participants in learning events containing an objective assessment of learning. However, the proportion of certificates of completion (CoC) issued to these learners has declined. In 2023, the UN Board of Auditors observed this trend and recommended UNITAR to undertake an evaluation to uncover any factors driving completion rates. This evaluation assessed the effectiveness of UNITAR's learning-related programming, focusing on factors driving learner completion an...
28 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - Global leaders in higher education and sustainable development convened during a dynamic side event at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to reaffirm higher education’s vital role in addressing the challenges of our century. Organized by UNITAR, UNESCO, and Majmaah University and CIFAL Saudi Arabia, the side event “Innovating across higher education space for more inclusive and sustainable future for all” spotlighted the momentum behind the Leaders in Higher Education Alliance Programme – For Accelerating Susta...
国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局ニュースレターの第3号をお届けします。国連ユニタールの様々なプログラムや取組をご紹介しています。既刊についてはこちら（英文はこちら）。Facebook、Instagram、LinkedIn、Twitterをフォローしていただくと、最新情報をご覧いただけます。ニュースレターご購読のお申し込み・解除、ご質問・ご意見は、prosperity_communications@unitar.orgまでメールをお送りください。
※リンク先が英文となっている場合があります。ご了承ください。, AGFUNDとユニタールは、2022年2月、グローバル・パートナーシップ・ハブを設立するための新たな協定に調印しました。これは、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）のための教育、研究、イノベーションを強化し、所得の低い国や人々が誰も取り残されることなく金融サービスにアクセスできるよう促していくことを目的としています。サウジアラビアで行われた調印式には、ユニタール総代表のニキル・セスと持続可能な繁栄局長の隈元美穂子が参加しました。
これに先立ちほかに2つの協定を結んでおり、ひとつは持続可能な繁栄局が実施するアフリカ・サハラ地域と中東におけるファイナンシャルインクルージョンと女性のエンパワーメントに関するもので、もうひとつは平和局が担当するアフガ...
国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局ニュースレターの第1号をお届けします。国連ユニタールの様々なプログラムや取組をご紹介しています。既刊についてはこちら（英文はこちら）。Facebook、Instagram、LinkedIn、Twitterをフォローしていただくと、最新情報をご覧いただけます。ニュースレターご購読のお申し込み・解除、ご質問・ご意見は、prosperity_communications@unitar.orgまでメールをお送りください。
※リンク先が英文となっている場合があります。ご了承ください。, 世界陸上選手権400mハードルで2回銅メダルを獲得した為末大さんが、2021年7月に国連ユニタール親善大使に就任しました。世界陸上選手権でメダルを獲得した初めての日本選手で、シドニーオリンピック（2000年）、アテネオリンピック（2004年）、北京オリンピック（2008年）にも日本代表として出場しました。広島市出身で被爆3世でもあり、2012年の現役引退後は、アジアの国々のアスリートの支援、パラスポーツの支援、国際平和のためのメッセージの発信などに尽力しています。
親善大使は、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）達成を促すため、様々な分野で影響力のある方々にご就任いただいています。為末さんのように著名で国際的な経験があり、他者のために働き掛け...
1. WHAT IS THE PRICE OR COST OF THE DEGREE?
UNITAR has adopted a pricing system designed to provide access to its activities to individuals with limited resources while ensuring the financial viability of the programme. In this regard, UNITAR offers three categories of prices:
Master degree:
Full fee: EUR 7,408.
2. I CANNOT PAY THE TUITION FEES, WHAT CAN I DO?
Scholarships covering parts of the fees may be available to outstanding candidates from developing countries on a very competitive basis. If you want to be considered for a scholarship, you must tick th...
18 September 2023, New York, USA – UNITAR proudly announces the launch of its three hybrid events during the 2023 SDG Summit, under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly entitled, ‘Developing a Blueprint for Civil Society Private Sector Contributions: Towards the Elaboration of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Rights of Older Persons’; ‘What if Women Designed the City?’; and, ‘Harnessing the power of big data, novel technologies, and international collaboration to address global water insecurity’.
The 2023 SDG Summit mark...