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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...
A breakthrough initiative by the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership is bringing students together via video link to talk about climate change, informing the climate debate and adding new perspectives to climate change education across the globe.
By Sara Tchaparian// 30th March 2017 // Climate Change Education// Youth
“What will the future be like when the glaciers have melted because of climate change?”
This is a question put to a class of Swiss teenagers via video link by 16-year old Joyce Jelasi from Malawi. It conjures up images of a potential…
16 March 2023, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, in partnership with the Global Foundation For the Performing Arts (GFPA) and Longy School of Music of Bard College, is excited to announce the opening of applications for the Artist Diploma Programme for the Fall 2023 semester.
Both Longy School of Music of Bard College and UNITAR are committed to breaking down barriers to a conservatory education, and we strive to provide all qualified candidates with the opportunity to join the community. The Artist Diploma Pro...
The issue of water scarcity is crucial in Chad. Agriculture and pastoralism concern more than two thirds of the country´s population which is very much dependent on rainfall. Establishing an active, durable and sovereign water resource management system is essential if Chad is to reach its development goals; and this is contingent upon transferring knowledge and building national capacity in this area. Better knowledge of water resources will also enhance the impact of development projects that are tied to good water management practices (healthcare, food security,…), thank...
16 March 2022, Doha, Qatar - UNITAR and its long-standing partner, The Rule of Law & Anti-Corruption Center (ROLACC), have officially inaugurated CIFAL Doha, one of 24 highly specialized international capacity-building centres, on Wednesday 16 March during a formal high-level ceremony in the city of Doha, Qatar. The newly established CIFAL centre will leverage the synergetic areas of expertise of UNITAR and ROLACC and will empower leaders and young professionals in the Gulf Region in the areas of anticorruption and transparency, sustainable economic development, social ...
Title: Research Assistant, Capital Markets Authority
Country: Kenya
Training programme: Fundamentals of Microfinance (AGFUND)*
Hilary Mulindi grew up surrounded by the beautiful landscapes of Western Kenya, with the world’s finest lakes, mountains and plains right before his eyes. Later on, he moved to Nakuru where he pursued his undergraduate studies in economics and statistics with a focus on Econometrics from Laikipia University. Today, Hillary has accumulated over 5 years of experience in financial markets research and policy, and currently works as a research assistan...
Knowledge is the fuel that can power the transformation put forward in Agenda 2030. In a world where data and information is easily available, knowledge also became free and wide spread. The wide range of stakeholders who need to engage and to contribute to transforming our world need to easily access usable knowledge to overcome the global challenges. As much as knowledge scarcity hinders evolution and development, knowledge abundance also has its downside. The human brain has limited capacity to process new information and cognitive overload can compromise the acquisition...
8 March 2021, Thika, Kenya – To further advance the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development and particularly Goals 4 of Quality Education, 16 of Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and 17 of Partnerships for Development, the Division for Peace of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has entered a new strategic partnership with Mount Kenya University with the official signing ceremony having taken place on the 8th of March 2021 in the blended format. Both institutions, represented by Mr. Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Sec...
30 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - A training programmes on microfinance and financial inclusion run jointly by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Division for Prosperity and the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) was initially aimed at a few hundred staff from banks and microfinance bodies in the Middle East and Africa. But not only did it receive many more applications than expected from the target areas, it also attracted thousands from the wider finance and development sector from 108 countries.
Globally, there are more than ...
UNITAR hosted a mid-programme review for the “Developing Essential Digital Skills for Women and Youth in Africa” programme in Nairobi (15-16 January 2024).
Ambassador of Japan to Kenya Mr. Ken Okaniwa joined the Head of UNITAR Hiroshima Office Ms. Chisa Mikami, partner representatives, industry experts and programme participants at the review.
The digital reskilling programme is funded by the Government and the People of Japan. It trains 5,000 women and youth across 24 sub-Saharan African countries.
The programme is implemented by the United Nations Institute for...