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The UNITAR Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building proudly presents the United Nations Global Health Fellowship Programme, a premier immersive learning experience designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders in global health. This transformative fellowship equips participants with the knowledge, skills, and networks necessary to tackle the growing challenges of non-communicable diseases (NCD), digital health transformation, and health equity challenges worldwide. By engaging directly with UN agencies, global health institutions, policym...
UN ASIGN is a free crowd-sourcing app made available by the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) to support its operations. It allows anyone to upload geotagged photos with annotations that are then integrated into UNOSAT mapping products in near real time. It is specifically designed to work over low bandwidth, and the contributions are automatically mapped, to help in overall situational awareness and documentation. Having access to images and feedback of the ground is critical for UNOSAT’s activities to validate the satellite image-based assessments. The relevant fee...
14 March 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has appointed iGroup founder and YPO’s Global Chairman Anastasios Economou to the Advisory Board of its Division for Multilateral Diplomacy. The two-year term takes effect from January 2022 to December 2024.
UNITAR is a dedicated training and capacity development institute within the United Nations system aiming to empower individuals, governments and organizations through knowledge and learning to effectively overcome contemporary global challenges. Within the framework of...
UNITAR invites young entrepreneurs in Afghanistan to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Job Creation through Entrepreneurship and Innovation training programme.
The online programme will train participants on key topics in entrepreneurship and food Security.
Applications are open until 15 July 2023.
, 26 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity invites entrepreneurs and innovators in Afghanistan to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Jo...
According to the Colombia’s National Centre for Historical Memory, between 1960 and 2016, 16879 children were recruited in Colombia by different illegal armed groups, 54% of them were recruited by the FARC-EP. Nowadays, Colombian children and youth continue to be at risk of recruitment by other illegal armed groups and urban criminal gangs.
Pintando el Futuro (Painting the Future), the first component of the project “Youth-led Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia: A Transformational Approach”, aims to strengthen the capacity of local communities to help prevent the (re-) ...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a principal training arm of the United Nations, working in every region of the world. In 2019 UNITAR’s reach extended to more than 130,000 beneficiaries through face-to-face seminars and workshops, e-learning and other training-related events.
Established in 2003, UNITAR is the only United Nations entity with a presence in the symbolic city of Hiroshima. As a part of the UNITAR Division for Prosperity, the Office develops and delivers needs-based training in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
Title: Chief Operations Officer of the National Emergency Operations Center
Country: Solomon Islands
Partnership: CommonSensing Project
Tropical Cyclones are regular and disastrous occurrences for the Solomon Islands. Each year the cyclone season brings powerful wind speeds and high storm surges, threatening SIDS. George Baragamu, Chief Operations Officer of the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC), situated in the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), in the Solomon Islands, knows the risks of such weather events too well.
George works to protect the country...
23 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a Call for Applications for their joint online course on Agri-food Export Promotion Policy and Practical Tools which will take place from September 6 to October 1, 2021. The course will be facilitated by Experts and delivered fully in Russian language in asynchronous manner.
A better trade policy environment for modern agrifood markets requires the development of capacity to understand both t...
14 December 2021, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), together with the Global Foundation for the Performing Arts (GFPA), successfully hosted Building Resilience Through Hope, a piano recital in Carnegie Hall on the night of December 9th, 2021. Costa Rica, the Republic of Maldives, the Principality of Monaco, the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Singapore have jointly sponsored the event. More than one thousand people with valid vaccination proof have attended the piano recital., As H.E. Mr. Abdulla S...
28 March 2025 Geneva, Switzerland – As a member of the United Nations Behavioural Science Group, UNITAR is joining 46 UN entities in presenting their innovative behavioural science initiatives to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange on advancing SDGs during the 7th Annual UN BeSci Week from April 7th to 11th, 2025.The UN BeSci Week is a platform that brings together key stakeholders from UN agencies, academia, government, and global practitioners with opportunities to attend virtual events and exchange experiences on integrating behavioral science in their respe...