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21 April 2021, Abu Dhabi, UAE - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is delighted to announce the signing of a joint agreement between Rabdan Academy, UAE, and UNITAR. The MoU was signed at Rabdan Academy’s campus in Abu Dhabi by Mr. James Morse, President of Rabdan Academy, and Mr. Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR. Both partners stressed the importance of joint training and educational efforts to address the challenges facing the UAE and the wider international community.
“Through this agreem...
23 - 24 January 2019, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China – UNITAR, in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) successfully held the Learning Conference “Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Region” in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 23rd and 24th of January 2019. The conference was attended by more than 95 participants, including government officials leading the...
On 4 September 2024, UNITAR welcomed 572 participants to the 2024 “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction” training programme, funded by the Government and People of Japan.The participants share a passion to advance women’s leadership against disaster risks, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to equip participants with skills to develop inclusive disaster risk reduction plans contextualized to the needs of their communities.Phase 1 of the programme will be online and run until November 2024. Phase 2 will start in March 2025 and invite 2...
The UNITAR “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme 2024” successfully concluded on 7 March 2025 in Fiji, after the final five-day intensive workshop.Following three months of online learning, the 17 participants from 11 Asia-Pacific countries, selected from over 130 participants who completed Phase I, joined the in-person workshop.They engaged in expert-led lectures, experiential learning and group presentations that showcased participants’ skills and actionable solutions for disaster risk reduction.A site visit to Yavusania Village s...
September 2021 - Mental health receives little attention in Iraq, but Zahraa Al-Sarraf believes it is critical for the country’s post-pandemic recovery. Using a mindset that she developed through UNITAR’s Division for Prosperity Iraq Entrepreneurship Programme, Zahraa is providing mental health support to internally displaced people in Iraq and working to bring government attention to mental health in Iraq by developing policy.
A graduate of Baghdad College in Medical Sciences and fellow at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, Zahr...
The third and last phase of UNITAR’s “Food and Economic Security through Entrepreneurship Training for Women and Youth in Afghanistan” programme was successfully conducted in Kabul from 22 to 26 February 2025.A total of 80 young entrepreneurs—50 women and 30 men—from 18 provinces across Afghanistan participated in the workshop.Funded by the Government and People of Japan, the training ran from August 2024 to February 2025, aiming to equip participants with financial and entrepreneurial skills to enhance food security and economic stability in their communities., 14 April 20...
UNITAR and Cushman & Wakefield have signed a memorandum of understanding.The meeting was led by UNITAR Director of UNITAR Division for Prosperity Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, and Chief Executive Officer of Greater China at Cushman & Wakefield Mr. Jinquan Zhao.This strategic partnership seeks to pursue collaboration in several key thematic areas, business facilitation, environmental, social, governance (ESG) development and sustainability, international communication and leadership and empowerment., 8 July 2024, Shanghai, China - UNITAR and Cushman & Wakefield signed a m...
24 May 2018, New York, USA - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a workshop titled “Climate Change and the Paris Agreement: Challenges and Expectations” conducted by Professor Narinder Kakar, the Permanent Observer for the United Nations mandated University for Peace, and Mr. Santiago Villalpando, the Chief of the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. Professor Kakar also serves as Director and Adjunct Professor on UN Environmental Diplomacy Programme at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law of Pace University. The worksh...
Responding to an unexpected crisis has always been a challenge for policymakers. Health-related crises, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, are no exception. With the aim of increasing public officials' response capacity to develop and implement effective policies and actions in health emergency contexts, UNITAR and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations have organized the e-learning programme, "Responding to crisis: strengthening finance and trade resilience to global pandemics and health emergencies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)". The programme was fi...
On 27 March 2025, 13 participants from the Directorate of Climate Change (DoCC) joined UNITAR’s online capacity-building session “Introduction to the Prosperity Blueprint: Project Proposal Development.”The 60-minute training was designed to respond to DoCC’s growing need for strengthened skills in project proposal development.This training session marks a concrete step toward operationalizing the UNITAR–DoCC partnership, reinforcing the shared commitment to sustainable development, economic prosperity, knowledge sharing, and creating lasting im...