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As part of their efforts to mainstream knowledge about the obstructive consequences of corruption practices in sustainable development, UNITAR and the Rule of Law and Anticorruption Centre (ROLACC) organized the e-learning course “Anticorruption and Sustainable Development”. The course highlighted the causes, consequences and challenges posed by corruption in sustainable development and emphasized the benefits of prevention for the enhancement of the rule of law and the enjoyment of human rights. The course also provided guidance on the formulation of strategies on anti-cor...
Kuena James Dak Kuena, Entrepreneur, social worker and ICT specialist South Sudan Kuena James Dak Kuena is a South Sudanese entrepreneur, social worker and ICT specialist who seeks to empower local farmers and advance the agricultural sector by using the power of technology. He is currently an ICT and communication assistant for an NGO that promotes youth livelihoods, peacebuilding and education among vulnerable communities and refugees in Uganda and South Sudan. Kuena joined the UNITAR programme Great Ideas Space for South Sudan 2023: Entrepreneurship and Innovat...
Name: Laska Sophal
Organization: Ministry of Environment in Cambodia
Functional Title: Analyst
Country: Cambodia
Course participated in: MercuryLearn Course on Inventories
Laska Sophal completed his Master’s in Marine Environment in 2006 in Sweden before starting to work at the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia. He feels strongly about chemical waste management: “It is a passion of mine… I’ve been working on it for almost ten years.”
He took part in the MercuryLearn Course on Inventories from UNITAR’s Chemical Waste Management Programme. The cou...
Maselina Iuta is a founding member and project officer for the Deaf Association of Samoa.
Maselina aims to promote an inclusive approach to disaster risk reduction especially for those with disabilities in her country.
Support from families and government is crucial to the overall response of the community when calamities arise.
Maselina was helped by Annika Tierney Lemisio, disaster preparedness and response coordinator for the National Disabled Person’s Organisation, during the DRR training programme.
UNITAR Division for Prosperity aims to e...
Avoiding an ‘ecological credit crunch’ requires training and education for new skills and a change in attitudes to enable countries to leapfrog towards sustainable consumption and production practices. Children in Bhutan are proving to be valuable agents in this process.
By Sara Tchaparian// 18 November 2016 // Sustainable Consumption and Production
Twelve-year-old Meghna Pradhan is not your average adolescent. She switches off the light when she leaves the room, picks up rubbish in her path, and turns off the tap when she’s brushing her teeth. At her…
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 calls to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts with strong emphasis on further implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While climate change is a global phenomenon, some countries are more vulnerable to a warming planet. Given this, the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) was created in 2009 as a South-South cooperation platform for collective action to address global climate change. In 2021, UNITAR partnered wit...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNITAR jointly delivered a four-week online course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” from May to June 2020. The course, held in the Russian language, targeted professionals working in trade and agriculture from eleven post-Soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The course captured experiences across the post-Soviet region and globally on trade policies and achieving food security while...
Name: Julia Maciel
Organization: Permanent Mission of Paraguay in New York
Functional Title: Minister Counsellor
Country: Paraguay
Courses participated in: A series of courses on Conflict Resolution and Mediation organized by UNITAR’s New York Office and Columbia Law School
Julia Maciel is a Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Paraguay in New York. She took a series of courses on Conflict Resolution and Mediation organized by UNITAR’s New York Office and Columbia Law School.
Julia’s background encompasses Architecture, Diplomacy, and Intern...
The linkages between trade, food security and nutrition are complex and a priority in the agricultural trade agenda. In order to enhance policy and decision makers’ understanding of these linkages and its implications for policy design and implementation, the UNITAR Division for Prosperity and FAO developed the e-learning course “Comercio, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición”. The joint course was delivered in Spanish between 12 September and 7 October 2022. It targeted professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean involved in the development and implementation of trade,...
At the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS), Rovil Kumar, a scientific officer specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), coordinates the development of maps and geospatial portals that contribute to Fiji's resilience to extreme weather events. As part of his role, he compiles various maps for climate monitoring, flood mapping, and forecasting of heavy rainfall and tropical cyclones. By doing so, Rovil and his team contribute significantly to Fiji's preparedness and response strategies. To harness the skills to develop these products, Rovil Kumar participated ...