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The communities of the Cook Islands have had to be self-reliant when it comes to natural disasters.
“We’ve had a fortnight of heavy, heavy rain. Just last week, a coconut tree fell across the road on my driveway. So [the community], we got out there and cleaned it up,” says Lydia Sijp, member of the Tupapa/Maraeranga disaster management committee on Rarotonga, the country’s largest and most populous island, and 2016 UNITAR training alumna.
We call for help from the government. But if the government doesn’t turn up, we just get out there and do it ourselves.
The Co...
June 2021 - Using 3D goggles, we can now enjoy the immersive thrills of movies, games, and amusement parks. Virtual reality (VR) is no longer a new technology of the distant future but is becoming a familiar tool, and UNITAR is harnessing it to bring vivid, visceral learning across time and space.
The COVID-19 crisis greatly changed UNITAR’s training programmes. Trainees and instructors may not be able to move around because of the pandemic, but training needs have in some ways dramatically increased. To meet the needs of trainees from all over the world, UNITAR intro...
John Ladu Simon Jacob is working to tackle food insecurity in South Sudan by transforming its untapped agricultural potential.Despite not having a university degree, John was recruited to managing director of an agricultural enterprise based on this practical experience and leadership potential.At his company, John manages a tractor rental service that allows local farmers to cultivate more land at a low price, countering the country’s reliance on imports.John completed the 2023 Great Ideas Space for South Sudan: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Training for Food Security pr...
UNITAR is introducing a series of policy briefs to highlight participant voices from the 2024 UNITAR Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security Training Programme.The policy briefs provide actionable recommendations to address pressing sea and human security issues, including climate change, natural disasters, and environmental degradation.The first instalment features top three policy briefs selected by a panel of experts, focusing on deep-sea mining, maritime decarbonization, and community-based Marine Protected Areas.Update (11 June 2025):...
12 December 2023, New York, USA – An evening of musical grandeur unfolded in the New York City landmark, Carnegie Hall, on December 11, 2023, as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research - New York Office (UNITAR-NYO), the President's Office of the 78th United Nations General Assembly, and Carnegie Hall partnered for an extraordinary concert. Titled "In Celebration of the Work of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and PGA H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis: A Concert For Peace, Prosperity, Progress, and Sustainability - An Annual UN Family Reunion". Under the suppor...
Chol Gatkek Tut is the Director General for Peace and Social Cohesion from the Ministry of Peacebuilding, South Sudan. She is dedicated to building peace in her country.
She believes that, as the backbone of families, women are indispensable to peacebuilding in South Sudan.
Chol uses entrepreneurship training to bring women together so they can learn about each other and help heal communities torn by years of conflict.
Since 2015, UNITAR Division for Prosperity is training professionals in South Sudan in entrepreneurship and project planning.
, June 2022, Hiroshima, Ja...
国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局は新規プログラム「生活基盤の向上を目指して:ポーランド在住ウクライナ避難民女性のためのデジタルリスキリング研修」の開会式をワルシャワ市内で開催しました。
政府関係者、教育機関関係者、NGO、研修参加者の代表らが開会式に参加しました。
2023年10月から2024年3月まで実施される同研修プログラムには、ポーランド在住の約500名 のウクライナ避難民女性が参加する予定です。
ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局にとってウクライナ避難民を対象とした初の研修となります。
同プログラムは、日本国政府ならびに国民の皆様のご支援により提供されます。
, 2023年 10月 26日、広島 - 国連訓練調査研究所(UNITAR)持続可能な繁栄局は、2023 年 10月 16日、新規研修プログラム「生活基盤の向上を目指して:ポーランド在住ウクライナ避難民女性のためのデジタルリスキリング」の開会式をワルシャワ市内で開催しました。政府関係者、教育機関関係者、NGO、研修参加者の代表らが参加しました。, 開会式では、初めに隈元美穂子ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局長が、同プログラムの運営にあたりお力添えくださった来賓やパートナーの皆様に謝意を述べました。
私たちは今日、ウクライナの方々を支援するためここに共に立...
Since 2016, the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, in collaboration with the Government of Japan, has organized the “UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day”. The programme's objective is to strengthen women professionals’ knowledge of tsunami-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) to better prevent, prepare, confront, and recover from tsunami-related disasters. It also develops skills in women’s leadership, inclusive approach to DRR, effective communication, and development of multi-stakeholder coal...
20 October 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – To mark its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched the 'SDG4Kids' initiative, a series of interactive educational experiences linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at engaging Geneva’s young minds to create positive change for a better future., As part of the 60th-anniversary celebrations, UNITAR is organizing a public photo exhibition in Geneva from 2 to 27 October, displayed on the Rotonde du Quai du Mont-Blanc, illustrating 60 years of history as well as s...
The Strengthening the capacity of the judicial system and promoting the rule of Law in Mali Phase II project, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, aimed to support national stakeholders for comprehensive reform of the judicial system. The project was implemented between July 2021 and July 2023 with a budget of 2,480,090 EUR and followed an earlier project phase which focused on an assessment of the Malian judicial system.
The project activities comprised training of judicial system actors, study tours to Rwanda and Senegal, digitalisation of the judicial system, an...