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18 Officials Graduate with Executive Master Degree in Development Policies and Practices
9 June 2016, Bangkok, Thailand – 18 Afghan government officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Civil Service Commission, and the Office of the President of Afghanistan, completed the final module of the Executive Master Degree programme in Development Policies and Practices (DPP) and received their degrees at a graduation ceremony at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. Mr. Alex Mejia, senior manager of UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation…
CIFAL Jeju Contributing to Counter Human Trafficking in Asia-Pacific
13 June 2016, Jeju, Republic of Korea – CIFAL Jeju convened a four-day workshop on "Enhancing a Victim-Centered Approach: Identification, Assistance and Protection of Trafficking Victims in the Asia-Pacific Region” in collaboration with Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO). This training event gathered nineteen government officials (central, state and local), and civil society workers from different countries in the Asia-Pacific region from 13 to 16 June at Jeju International Training Center…
UNITAR Offers Climate Change Diplomacy Course In Preparation For COP22 In Marrakesh
August 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR is pleased to announce the upcoming edition of its highly successful online course on Climate Change Diplomacy: Negotiating Effectively Under the UNFCCC which will take place from 12 September 2016 to 6 November 2016.
This online course will develop participants’ understanding of the climate change policy framework, by building an appreciation of the science, causes and impacts of climate change, the history of the policy making process and the…
UNITAR and BADEA Organize Two-Week Training Session for Officials of the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Madagascar
21 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme conducted a two-week training session for officials of the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Madagascar in Antananarivo (Madagascar) from 3 to 14 October 2016 with the support of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).
The objective of the training session was to strengthen the capacities of the Ministry in three key areas: financial negotiation,…
UNITAR hosts the XIII Annual Meeting of its CIFAL Global Network
21 October 2016. Quito, Ecuador - The CIFAL Global Network serves government authorities and key actors mainly from local and sub-national levels by providing training on how to tackle issues ranging from road safety to migration and development, leadership and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to name a few.
UNITAR’s global network of affiliated training centres is comprised of 16 “International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL)” Centres located across Africa, Asia-Pacific,…
UNITAR Organizes Climate Change Diplomacy Orientation Programme Ahead of COP21
November, Geneva, Switzerland - The Climate Change Diplomacy Orientation Programme for Diplomats in Geneva took place on the 3 – 4 November 2015. This two-day workshop was the third in a series of ten activities comprising UNITAR’s Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice, and was held ahead of the upcoming 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP21, scheduled in Paris for later in the month.
Drawing on the wealth of knowledge of main speaker Mr. Frederic Gagnon-Lebrun,…
ICCM4 nano side event – UNITAR/ Switzerland/ OECD
On 28 September 2015, UNITAR, in close cooperation with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and OECD, organised a side event on nanotechnologies and manufactured nanomaterials at the recent International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4), in Geneva, Switzerland.
This was a very good opportunity to share lessons from the recent, successful regional workshops on nanosafety that took place in Zambia, Colombia and Thailand, organised by UNITAR, OECD, and the Government of Switzerland. Representatives…
UNITAR and Asa Baako Plan to Organize Trainings Together for Creative Professionals
Geneva, Switzerland - 15 January 2016. Sustainable and inclusive growth is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Through creativity and innovation, the Creative Economy Initiative aims to generate a growth of micro and Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing and Least Developed Countries, boosting job creation, especially for women and youth.
In the scope of this Initiative, UNITAR and Asa Baako – One Dance, a Ghanaian music festival, plan to organize trainings…
Graduation Ceremony For Executive Master Degree in Development Policies and Practices
25 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – Civil servants from the Ministry of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan received degrees certifying their completion of the Executive Master Degree in Development Policies and Practices (DPP). The graduation ceremony commemorated the achievement of 55 students from around the world in completing the Executive Master Degree Programme. The students hailed from South America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Francophone Africa and…
January 2014, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR is pleased to announce that a new Head of Hiroshima Office, Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, took office from January 2014.
Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto has over 18 years of professional experience in the development cooperation field and has been with the United Nations for 12 years. Ms. Kumamoto started her career at Kyushu Electric Power Company in Japan where she coordinated training programmes and while there, she discovered that her passion was in helping people to help themselves, specifically through human development and development cooperation…