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An independent evaluation of the Afghanistan Fellowship Programme (AFP) was published in July 2018, assessing the AFP’s performance over the 2014 – 2017 Fellowship cycles. The programme aims to contribute to Afghanistan’s reconstruction by building the capacities of its civil service, with a view to institutional capacity building. The evaluation was informed by a document and literature review, key informant interviews, an online survey and observed training sessions.
Several limitations of the evaluation were noted, namely the security situation in Afghanistan preve...
Savelinga Fatafehi ‘O Lapaha Fa’oliu, an assistant geologist with Tonga Geological Services, completed the UNITAR “Leave No One Behind: Rapid Response to Climate Crises through Early Warning Systems” training programme.The training, which included online phases and a study tour to Japan, helped Savelinga strengthen her skills to develop early warning systems to improve disaster preparedness.Savelinga learned the importance of integrating technology with community involvement. She aims to apply what she learned to build a more disaster-prepared and resilient community in Ton...
Greetings from Hiroshima! Our office celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and we are abuzz with excitement. Look for the item in this newsletter on how you can join the celebrations.
This quarter, we welcomed the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, as well as trained many more changemakers with our training programmes., Voices of the Youth from Hiroshima
On 17 April 2023, UNITAR hosted a panel “Hiroshima G7: Voice of the Youth”, featuring seven young Hiroshima residents from each G7 country. The youth panellists shared how their immersion in Hiroshima deepened their understandin...
Céline Arslane is a young woman entrepreneur from Lebanon who believes that education and mental health are fundamental human rights.
Lebanon’s deep economic crisis is forcing many students to work for a living and drop out of university.
Céline started a platform to offer flexible online tutoring to Lebanese university students. She hopes to incorporate more mental health components in the future.
Céline joined the UNITAR Great Ideas Space 2022: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery Programme.
The programme was “life-changing”, encourag...
As part of the AGFUND and UNITAR Global Learning Platform on Financial Inclusion initiative, two e-workshops were organized to enhance the capacities of professionals in the areas of financial inclusion and sustainable development. The e-workshops "Financial inclusion and sustainable development" and "Training of Trainers for financial inclusion" were delivered in November and December 2020, over four weeks each. The e-workshops targeted professionals working in microfinance or financial institutions from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)....
Chol Gatkek Tut is the Director General for Peace and Social Cohesion from the Ministry of Peacebuilding, South Sudan. She is dedicated to building peace in her country.
She believes that, as the backbone of families, women are indispensable to peacebuilding in South Sudan.
Chol uses entrepreneurship training to bring women together so they can learn about each other and help heal communities torn by years of conflict.
Since 2015, UNITAR Division for Prosperity is training professionals in South Sudan in entrepreneurship and project planning.
, June 2022, Hiroshima, Ja...
Andaru Dhaniswara, Indonesian diplomat, is an alum of 2022 UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Indonesia is a member state of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and a signatory state of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Participants of the UNITAR programme learn from world-renowned experts and practice strategies in diplomatic negotiations.
Andaru believes that discussions on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation should be prioritized for international development.
, October 2022, Hir...
UNITAR Hiroshima Office’s World Heritage Nomination Training Series builds upon more than 13 years’ experience training on the unique needs of World Heritage Sites. Launched in 2003, the series transitioned from a focus on management and conservation best practice, to examine the skills and knowledge required for developing more effective World Heritage nomination dossiers. Understanding the complex requirements of nomination dossiers can be difficult and costly. The upskilling of those responsible for the development of such documents is a very wor...
Young environmentalist Bryan Sinatra is CEO of a Bali-based NGO dedicated to mangrove restoration and protection.He completed the 2024 UNITAR Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security training programme, successfully advancing to its final phase.Bryan is applying what he learned to enhance the value of his organization’s mangrove-based products. He aims to make them more marketable while raising public awareness about the vital role of mangroves in environmental sustainability.Bryan is eager to adopt a holistic approach that integrates mangrove conser...
Since 2016, the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, in collaboration with the Government of Japan, has organized the “UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day”. The programme's objective is to strengthen women professionals’ knowledge of tsunami-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) to better prevent, prepare, confront, and recover from tsunami-related disasters. It also develops skills in women’s leadership, inclusive approach to DRR, effective communication, and development of multi-stakeholder coal...