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UNITAR concludes Road Safety Workshop for Local Government Officials in Asia Pacific
8 June 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea – As part of a collaborative agreement with Diageo, UNITAR delivered its third road safety capacity building workshop scheduled for 2017. The three-day workshop “Strengthening Road Safety in Cities: Asia Pacific” took place in Jeju, Republic of Korea from 31 May to 2 June, briging together representatives from local governments, academia and the private sector.
The countries represented at the workshop included Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar,…
CIFAL Plock (Poland) Hosts Water in Urban Areas Training for Central and Eastern Europe Local Actors
Plock’s International Training Centre for Local Actors (CIFAL Plock, Poland) celebrated the World Water Day with Central and Eastern European municipalities during a three-day training event highlighting the region’s key challenges with water management in urban areas in the face of increasing urbanisation. Hosted from 22 to 24 March 2011, the event paired a training workshop with a one day conference gathering experts who explored current trends in regional urban water management, dealing with topics such as water in real estate developments, remote sensing methods for…
UNITAR Contributes to Habitat III Discussions on Urban Legislation and Municipal Finance
5-6 July 2016, Quito, Ecuador - UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation Programme (DCP) in collaboration with the Government of Ecuador hosted the second series of webinars aimed to raise awareness of key topics related to the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). 330 participants from Ecuador and Latin American countries joined the webinars on 5 and 6 July to learn about Urban Legislation and Municipal Finance.
In the framework…
CIFAL Philippines Raises Awareness about Road Safety amongst College Students in the Philippines
22 February 2018, Quezon City, the Philippines - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) and the University of the Philippines (UP), in cooperation with the Honda Safety Driving Center organized a practical workshop on motorcycle road safety for students of the New Era University in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
The event was held on 22 February 2018 and is part of the Students on Safety Campus Tour,…
UNITAR, King Prajadhipoks Institute, ESCAP Host Best Practice Sharing Workshop
20 - 21 March 2018, Bangkok, Thailand - UNITAR in partnership with the King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the People’s Safety Foundation and in close collaboration with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) hosted a multi-stakeholder road safety workshop in Bangkok, Thailand on 20-21 March 2018.
The workshop brought together 25 government…
Founded in 1960, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) is a public institution, part of the Brazilian federal higher education system. Its headquarters are located in the city of Niterói and its campuses can be found in various parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro, as a result of a strong decentralization policy. There is also an out-of-state campus in Oriximiná, in the Amazon rainforest. UFF stated mission is to produce, disseminate, and apply knowledge and culture in a critical and socially relevant way. The university operates in accordance with the following basic ...
At the heart of Bhutan's evolving landscape, Mr. Chokila emerges as a key figure in driving geospatial developments. In his role as Superintendent Survey Engineer at the National Land Commission Secretariat (NLCS), his collaboration with UNITAR-UNOSAT has been instrumental in this progress. Chokila's quest for professional improvements led him to enrol in UNOSAT's training courses, which are part of the project “Strengthening Capacities in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improved Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa (2021-2024)”. He has taken part in v...
15 July 2022, New York, USA - Today, Mr. Michel Doukeris, Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) and Mr. Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), renewed the partnership agreement between both organizations to continue to improve road safety. They also agreed to develop initiatives focused on women empowerment and entrepreneurship; and promote sustainable water management practices.
In the past four years of working together, this public-private pa...
29 June 2023 Hanoi, Vietnam – UNITAR in collaboration with the Automobile Association Vietnam (AA Vietnam) and the University of Transport and Communications (UTC), FIA Region II Asia and with the participation of the Vietnam National Traffic Safety Committee kicks off today the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving.
Vietnam is home to more than 95 million people, representing a registered 4 million cars and 64 million motorbikes. Vietnam is experiencing rapid urbanization and motorization which outpaces infrastructure change. Every year, an e...
Housed in the Division for People and Social Inclusion, UNITAR’s Network of International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL Global Network) now boasts a new record of 18 centres, as of 1 February 2019. Slated to expand still further over the course of this year, the Network serves as an ever-more-valuable arm of UNITAR throughout the world, helping to build capacity for sustainable development at the grassroots level across all continents.
The first CIFAL – in French, Centre International de Formation des Authorités et Leaders -- was created in 2003. Now ...