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International law is the cornerstone of global interaction, politics, and policy. States as well as non-state actors in today’s globalized and interconnected world are constantly influencing the development of international law and in turn find their actions influenced by it. In addition, new technologies are opening up new possibilities while also creating new challenges.UNITAR's next edition of the Online Executive Diploma on International Law in the 21st Century will explore new and cutting-edge legal topics to dynamically inspire participants to become accomplished prof...
UNITAR and World Trade Institute (University of Bern, Switzerland) are pleased to announce their 2010 calendar of online courses on trade policy and regulation.
The courses are designed to help officials and professionals to deepen their knowledge and understanding of key international trade issues and include thematic online discussions moderated by instructors who possess in-depth knowledge and experience of current trade challenges and issues. Successful course participants will be awarded a Certificate of Completion by WTI and UNITAR.
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Celebrating 10 Years of Training in GIS for Disaster Risk Management
05 November 2014, Bangkok, Thailand - UNOSAT and ADPC, the Asian Preparedness Disaster Centre have successfully delivered the “10th International Training on GIS for Disaster Risk Management (GIS4DRM)”. The course took place in Bangkok from 3 to 14 November 2014. This training is designed to respond to the needs of the South East Asian Countries in the area of disaster management and the use of geospatial information technology for multi-hazard risk assessment. 2014 marks a decade in the successful…
By Pilar Lagos
Originally published on the PAGE website.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, originally from Mongolia, studied at the University of Manchester, where he obtained a Master of Science in Environmental Economics in 2010. He gained his PhD in Agricultural Economics at the Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany in 2016.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa teaching Sustainable Development Goals in the Development Economics course among undergraduate students. / © Sainjargal Zorigtbaatar 2018
Since then, he has become a Senior Lecturer at the Mongolian…
The online training phase (phase one) of the trans-regional capacity building programme for public debt auditors in supreme audit institutions (SAIs) which the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) is undertaking in cooperation with UNITAR and UNCTAD was recently concluded. Thirty-one (31) SAI audit teams (89 persons in total) from Africa, Asia and Europe have been trained in 10 online sessions organized by UNITAR including online virtual discussions for networking and information exchange among participating SAIs.
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Economics of the Public Sector
Date: May 6 to Jun 7, 2019 (5 weeks) | Delivery: Online, Instructor Moderated | Fee: USD800.- | Language: English
More information and online registration: https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/economics-public-sector-2019
Fundamentals of Money Creation
Date: May 6 to Jun 7, 2019 (5 weeks) | Delivery: Online, Instructor Moderated | Fee: USD800.- | Language: English
More information and online registration: https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/fundamentals-money-creation-2019
Cross Cultural Negotiation
Date: May 13 to Ju...
Massive Open Online Course
This self-paced course has been developed by UNITAR and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A number of countries have attempted to better link their budgeting with the SDGs and national planning overall, however, the progress is uneven. As underscored in the recent UNDP guidance, any country regardless of its budgeting system can take a number of steps that can help align the allocation of public resources with the national SDG priorities. This set of measures has however to be adapted to the specific situation of the country....
31 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - New technologies are profoundly changing the financial industry. The demand for digital solutions is surging, and both private and public institutions are heavily investing in R&D, especially in the field of digital currencies. Big tech companies are more and more involved in supplying financial services as they provide payments solutions, stablecoins and even banking products. Similarly, central banks are actively researching digital money, and many of them are planning to launch their own digital currency in the future.
To res...
UNITAR’s Affiliated Training Center in Shanghai Organized the 10th Global City Informatization Forum
UNITAR’s Affiliated Training Center in Shanghai Organized the 10th Global City Informatization Forum
4 - 6 November 2014, Shanghai, China – UNITAR’s affiliated training centre CIFAL Shanghai, in partnership with the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences organized the 10th Global City Informatization Forum (GCIF) that took place at the Kerry Hotel Pudong in Shanghai. An initiative created in 2000, the GCIF is a platform to exchange visions, policies and strategies on information and communications…
Since 2006, UNITAR trained almost 700 beneficiaries in the field of multilateral diplomacy through its online learning platform. In 2010, UNITAR is developing and offering an unprecedented amount of new courses in this field, including on Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation, the United Nations System, Diplomatic Protocol, Mediation Skills, Chairing Meetings and International Conferences, as well as Drafting UN Resolutions.
UNITAR has utilized Web 2.0 technology to expand its capacity-buillding trainings to a larger and more diverse audience. The Multilateral Diplomacy…