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As a curriculum or learning designer, few things are as heartbreaking as spending months crafting a course, only to witness low engagement, high dropout rates, and lacklustre response from your target learners. Unfortunately, disengagement is a widespread issue.Consider these statistics:Around 90% of online learners disengage with MOOCs (Reich, J., & Ruipérez-Valiente, J. A., 2019; Moore, R. L., & Blackmon, S. J., 2022). Approximately 20-30% of learners drop out of face-to-face courses (Rothkrantz, L., 2017).At least 39% of US university students...
UNITAR announces its upcoming e-Learning courses entitled “Introduction to the UN System” and “Drafting and Adopting UN Resolutions”.
Introduction to the United Nations System (7 October - 17 November 2013)
This course aims to provide a historical, political, and analytical framework for
liaising more effectively with UN representatives and staff. At the end of thise-Learning course, participants should be able to define the United Nationssystem’s structure and functioning, explain the
UN's principal organs and their development, identify current and salient…
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on UN Role in Democracy Building
19 June 2017, New York, U.S.A - The United Nations Institute of Training and Research organized a workshop on the “UN Role in Democracy Building”. The workshop was comprised of distinguished panelist: Dr. Massimo Tommasoli, Permanent Observer for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) to the United Nations.
The event was opened by Mr. Marco Suazo, Acting Head of the UNITAR New York Office, who thanked the panelist and all participants to the event and reflected on the…
Register now! PAGE e-Learning Course on Green Economy and Trade
29 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - Significant opportunities exist for developing and developed countries to achieve long-term and sustainable economic development by diversifying their economies and benefitting from the growing global demand for green goods and services. In this context, sustainable trade can serve as an effective means to advance an inclusive green economy.
To meet the learning needs and build capacities of national stakeholders, UNITAR and UNEP are collaborating within the…
UNITAR announces its upcoming e-Learning courses entitled “Introduction to the UN System” and “Drafting and Adopting UN Resolutions”.
Introduction to the United Nations System (7 October - 17 November 2013)
This course aims to provide a historical, political, and analytical framework for liaising more effectively with UN representatives and staff. At the end of this e-Learning course, participants should be able to define the United Nations system’s structure and functioning, explain the UN's principal organs and their development, identify current and salient…
UNITAR and Japan launch Third UNITAR Fellowship Programme for Leadership and Entrepreneurship Training in South Sudan
22 May 2017, Juba, South Sudan – The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima Office and the Embassy of Japan in South Sudan launched the 3rd Cycle of UNITAR South Sudan Fellowship Programme. Focusing on project management, leadership and entrepreneurship skills, the six-month capacity-building training programme offers scholarship to 25 South Sudanese Fellows and coaches from public sector, private sector,…
New CIFAL Madrid to Improve Road Safety Through Training and Education
9 March 2018, Madrid, Spain – To mark the launch of the new International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Madrid, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain. The meeting brought together Gregorio Serrano, Director General of Traffic (DGT) at Spain’s Ministry of the Interior, Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros, High Commissioner of the Government for the Marca España, and Carmelo Sanz, President of the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE), and Mr…
Twenty Young Iraqi Professionals Complete Workshop on Entrepreneurship in Baghdad, Iraq
6 November 2017, Hiroshim, Japan – Workshop I of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Iraq Fellowship Programme: Entrepreneurship and Leadership Youth Training came to a conclusion after two days of training and knowledge sharing in Baghdad, Iraq. The Fellowship is a six-month specialized capacity-building programme examining entrepreneurship and youth leadership in the context of Iraq. The workshop focused on developing participants’ skills through…
UNITAR Participates in the 5th Action for Climate Empowerment Dialogue in Bonn
16 May 2017, Bonn, Germany - The 5th dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) took place in the afternoons of 15 and 16 May in Bonn, during the SBI 46. UNITAR, which hosts the UN CC:Learn Secretariat and is a member of the UN Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness, participated to the session.
Welcoming participants to the ACE dialogue, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Ms. Patricia Espinosa, together with the UNU Vice Rector Mr. Jakob Rhyner…
Innovative Applications for the Humanitarian Community
29 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Over the course of the past several weeks and months, UNOSAT has been working with partners to develop innovative applications for the humanitarian community by integrating geographic data into new systems. The idea behind these initiatives is to empower end-users by providing them with actionable information and/or in user friendly formats to improve impact from their job.
Examples of such innovations at UNOSAT are Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR & AR). Led by the video…