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CIFAL Argentina Hosts Seminar on Green Bonds and Climate Finance
14 - 16 June 2017, Posadas, Argentina – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Argentina (CIFAL Argentina) with the support of Yacyretá Binacional hosted the seminar “Green Bonds and Climate Finance” in the City of Posadas, Province of Misiones.
In line with Sustainable Development Goal 13 to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, CIFAL Argentina hosted a three-day seminar to address in a comprehensive manner the topic of climate finance and instruments such…
20 May 2019, San Jose Costa Rica - UNITAR New York Office traveled to Costa Rica on the 20th-21st of May to implement a course on developing leadership and strengthening negotiation techniques to the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica. The course was held at the Diplomatic Academy Manuel Maria de Peralta of San Jose. During the welcoming remarks, the Director of the Academy, Ambassador Mr. Jorge Sanz, the Director of the Centro American Institute for Public Administration, Mr. Alexander Lopez and Mr. Pelayo Alvarez, Programme Coordinator and rep...
11 March 2025, Newcastle, Australia - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Progress Report 2024 of the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) is a collective effort by the University of Newcastle community and broader stakeholder engagement. The report details linkages between SDGs, the university and the community as a whole, illuminating opportunities for stakeholders to foster partnerships and work towards common goals. Within the community and surrounding region, CIFAL Newcastle has made a profound impact. As th...
27 November 2023, Durban, South Africa – In collaboration with CIFAL Durban, the eThekwini Municipal Academy (EMA) and its Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), UNITAR is starting today a series of training workshops on “Management Practices for Safer Roads”. The series starts in Durban on 27 November, followed by Cape Town on 28 November, and Bloemfontein on 30 November.
Each workshop brings together government officials and law enforcement officers from the respective Province to achieve the following objectives:
Strengthen c...
13 September 2019, Curitiba, Brazil – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Curitiba (CIFAL Curitiba) and the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná (FIEP), represented by Mr. Jose Antonio Fares, and Rafael Greca, Mayor of Curitiba, signed a protocol that formalizes a collaborative intervention to promote and implement sustainable development initiatives in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.
CIFAL Curitiba and the FIEP System have been key drivers to promoting and implementing activities at the local, national and regional levels to contribut...
The UNITAR Iraq Entrepreneurship and Leadership Youth Training Programme is a fellowship initiative that provides youth with skills in entrepreneurship and leadership to develop or strengthen local businesses that contribute to social and economic stability in their country. The programme objective is to equip the youth with hard skills to enhance project and business development and implementation (i.e., business planning, business and revenue models, needs assessment, sales, marketing and innovation strategies, and monitoring and evaluation techniques), and soft skills to...
Building Capacity for Fijian Disaster Resilience: Developing Women Community Leaders
29 - 30 June 2017, Nadi, Fiji – The international Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) in partnership with the Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation (MFWCPA), the Fiji Police Force (FPF) and the Grace Trifam Ministry (GTM) hosted the “Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Women and Disaster Resilience” held 29-30 June at the Hexagon Hotel in Nadi, Fiji.
The Commonwealth of Australia through…
UNOSAT Announces the Sixth Edition of its Popular Master Training in GIS
7 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT is pleased to announce the sixth edition of its popular course on “Geo Information in Disaster Situations”: offered in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Master of Disaster Management Programme (MDMA). The course is scheduled to take place from 29 February to 11 March 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The course aims at serving a wide range of professionals working in disaster risk management and who have experience in humanitarian assistance…
UNITAR and BADEA Organize Two-Week Training Session for Officials of the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Madagascar
21 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme conducted a two-week training session for officials of the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Madagascar in Antananarivo (Madagascar) from 3 to 14 October 2016 with the support of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).
The objective of the training session was to strengthen the capacities of the Ministry in three key areas: financial negotiation,…
UNITAR Strengthens the Negotiation Skills of Diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
9-10 March 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal – At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, UNITAR successfully delivered a two-day training workshop in Kathmandu on Negotiation Skills and Techniques. The workshop was attended by over 30 participants primarily from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as several participants from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Population &…