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UN CC:Learn Partner Countries Meet in Addis Ababa to Discuss Climate Change Education and Finance
17 March 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - From 15-17 March 2017, representatives from the 9 UN CC:Learn partner countries conveyed in Addis Ababa to share experiences and knowledge on integrating climate change in the education system and mobilizing resources for climate change education. The meeting was organized by the UN CC:Learn Secretariat, in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Addis Ababa…
UNITAR Launches Three Interactive Case Studies on National Adaptation Planning (NAP)
5 October 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR in collaboration with the GEF-LDCF funded UNDP-UNEP National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Support Programme (GSP) expands its on-line tool-box to improve countries’ accessibility to knowledge and resources for adaptation planning and decision-making.
Three NAP case studies have been developed to synthesize and facilitate the sharing of good practices and lessons learned from developing countries engaged in the NAP process.
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UNITAR Hosts "Stand Up Girls" Workshop on Girls' Empowerment and Leadership
10 November 2017, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office hosted young girls (aged 7 to 12) participating in the New Jersey-based Stand Up Girls (SUG) for its second consecutive year, following the success of last year’s UNITAR-SUG event. SUG is an organization dedicated to the education of young girls to empower them to stand up for themselves, for others, and as leaders in their communities. They hope to aid young girls in developing the…
UNITAR Hosts Seminar on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
April 11, 2018 – New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in collaboration with the UN Office of Information Communication Technology (OICT), presented a seminar on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies and how these exciting technologies can be applied to furthering the Mission of the United Nations.
The seminar began with opening remarks from Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of UNITAR New York Office, and Mr. Lambert Hogenhout, Chief of Analytics,Partnership and Innovation at OICT, on the…
UNITAR Team Participated in a UNIDO Workshop and Visited the Premises of a Recycling Company
19 June 2018, Bern, Switzerland - UNITAR participated in a one-day workshop with UNIDO and colleagues from seven countries from the West African region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo). These seven countries, as of June 2018, had almost completed their Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment (MIA) Reports, and this workshop served to outline some of the main lessons and outcomes from the projects, as well as think about next steps in the sound…
On Friday, 22 July 2011, the Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution which acknowledged progress made by UNITAR in a number of areas and expressed encouragement by the growth in beneficiary outreach and the increase in earmarked contributions. The resolution followed the presentation of the report of the Secretary-General by the Executive Director, Mr. Carlos Lopes. In his statement (PDF, 42KB), Mr. Lopes drew linkages to the theme of this year’s Annual Ministerial Review on implementing educational goals and commitments, and emphasized the priority that…
30 July to 28 September 2012, Social Media tools, e-learning course
UNITAR is pleased to announce the opening of registrations of the sixth session of the Innovative Collaboration for Development course from 30 July to 28 September 2012.
Jointly developed by UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the ICfD is an e-learning course on social media tools, which has been awarded the 2011 International Open ECBCheck Quality Standards.
The overall goal of the course is to empower development professionals to recognize the potential of…
4 June 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR has just published its Training Catalogue on Public Finance, Trade and Intellectual Property featuring the thematic focus areas, partnerships and different training activities such as high-level conferences and fora, face-to-face seminars and workshops, communities of practice, and e-Learning courses.
The catalogue is being distributed to beneficiary institutions to ensure that they are aware of the training opportunities available from UNITAR in the field of finance, trade and intellectual property. In addition, it is also being…
CIFAL Bengaluru Successfully Launched School Feeding Programme
9 April 2017, Bengaluru, India – As part of CIFAL Bengaluru’s efforts and its partner the ACTS Groups of Institutions to contribute to advance Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2), which aims to combat hunger and malnutrition by 2030, the CIFAL Centre launched on 9 April the “School Feeding Programme: Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Children”.
Through this Programme, 120 children from Nirmala Vidyalaya School - located in the Rajendranagar slum in Bengaluru, received nutritious breakfast and lunch made out…
UNITAR and FAO Renew Collaboration on Capacity Development until 2020
June 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - With the aims of strengthening human resource capacities of UN Member States, in particular developing countries and countries with economies in transition, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) renewed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue their joint efforts contributing to capacity development in rural and agricultural development and food security until 2020.
This…