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UNITAR Executive Director attends 72nd Session of the General Assembly
20 September 2017 – United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office welcomes the arrival of Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive Director of UNITAR from the headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Seth’s three-day mission, the 20th to the 22nd of September, is comprised of various meetings with Permanent Representatives, National Ministers, Foundation Leadership, and High Representatives.
Mr. Seth began his mission with participation in the Senior Segment of the 23rd Senior…
UNDP and UNOSAT Join Forces to Leverage the Power of Satellite Imagery Analysis in Support of Crisis Management
10 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Operational Satellite Application Programme (UNOSAT) of the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) will strengthen collaboration for the integration of geospatial technology in support of emergency and crisis response after signing a new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) earlier today.
UNOSAT and UNDP will cooperate in the areas…
UNITAR Starts Cooperation with UNECE on Public Private Partnerships
16-18 June 2015, London, United Kingdom – The global interest in public private partnerships (PPPs) has grown significantly in recent years, and governments of many developing countries are now placing a high priority on their involvement in PPPs. Alongside the growth of interest is the need for skills development and training on key topic areas on PPPs, particularly as they relate to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
As part of…
OHCHR / UNITAR, le 18 Juin 2015, New York, États-Unis - Le Bureau du Haut-Commissaire aux Droits de l'Homme (OHCHR) et le Bureau de New York de l'Institut des Nations Unies pour la Formation et la Recherche (UNITAR) ont mené leur huitième atelier sur les droits de l'homme.
L'atelier visait à d’une part améliorer la compréhension du travail de l’OHCHR et du système de protection des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, et d’autre part à permettre aux diplomates d’intégrer la protection des droits de l’homme plus efficacement dans leur travail.
L'atelier a…
CIFAL Jeju Promoting Cultural Tourism Development
7 July 2016, Jeju, Republic of Korea – CIFAL Jeju convened a workshop, Capacity Building on Cultural Tourism Development, in Jeju on 27 June to 1 July in collaboration with United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. This workshop brought together sixteen government officials (central, state and local), NGO workers and private company representatives from six different countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Countries represented in the workshop included Cambodia,…
New e-course on Water Diplomacy (7 November - 4 December 2016)
12 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - With unprecedented population growth, new emerging economies and the effects of climate change, pressures on our finite freshwater resources are increasing. Meanwhile, the ability of some nations to secure their water requirements is being severely challenged, causing great and legitimate concern that tensions around water hotspots will intensify. Yet, water holds an immense potential for cooperation which is yet to be fully understood and utilized. Water is, and will…
UNITAR and the Republic of Azerbaijan Explore New Training Opportunities
15 May 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – A delegation from Azerbaijan visited the headquarter of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva to discuss, inter alia, the creation of a new International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Baku, Azerbaijan, focused on issues of sustainable development. The delegation consisted of H.E. Ms. Sevinj Hasanova, Deputy Minister for Economy of Azerbaijan, H. E. Mr. Vaqif Sadiqov, Ambassador Extraordinary and…
Biciventura: Promoting the SDGs Around the World
19 September 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina- The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Argentina (CIFAL Argentina) is pleased to announce the “Biciventura and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” project. Its main goal is to promote and raise awareness about the 17 SDGs worldwide.
For this endeavor, Nicolas Caroli, Romina Medina and Ariel Hurtado- a team of three committed individuals to sustainable development- will travel all over the world to give informative talks on the 2030 Agenda, the 17…
Workshop on Vienna’s Multilateral Working Environment
1-2 October 2018, Vienna - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) delivered a two-day workshop on Vienna’s Multilateral Working Environment. The workshop gave an opportunity to the growing number of members of Vienna’s Permanent Missions and delegates of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen knowledge of the UN structure and gain in-depth understanding of its mandate, governance and decision-making process of various UN agencies.
The first day of the workshop included an…
Following the successful piloting of StaTact with 14 African and Asian countries using regional format, StaTact has now been rolled out at national level. Suriname became the first pilot country to have organized a national StaTact workshop to address critical data gaps and plan actions in support of SDG monitoring over the next 12 months. This is also the first pilot addressing the special needs of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean region.
On 20-22 June 2018, the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Suriname, UNITAR and UN Statistics Division (UN...