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13 May 2017, Curitiba, Brazil – Throughout the month of May and to commemorate the 5th UN Global Road Safety Week, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Curitiba (CIFAL Curitiba) is promoting another edition of the international Yellow May Campaign to raise awareness about the high fatality rates from road traffic crashes occurring around the world and to mobilize society and various actors to participate in prevention activities.
CIFAL Curitiba and the Federation of Industries of the State of Parana (Sistema FIEP) are committed to raising aware...
June 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce its upcoming second edition of the “Online Certificate on Essential Professional Skills” taking place over four consecutive weeks from 30 August to 22 September. The online certificate will consist of a series of e-workshops (48 hours of training) targeted to working professionals and individuals seeking to improve their professional skills. The online certificate aims to reinforce individuals’ transferable professional skills, especial...
Winners Awarded for Youth Leadership Camp for Climate Change 2017
23 May 2017, Medan, Indonesia - The winning participants of the Youth Leadership Camp for Climate Change (YLCCC) 2017 were awarded with the “Tribal Camp Award” and the “Team of the Year Award”. The YLCCC initiative – organized by UN CC:Learn, UNESCO Office, Jakarta, The Climate Reality project Indonesia, and Youth for Climate Change Indonesia, with the support from the Office of the President of Indonesia’s Special Envoy for Climate Change – aimed at empowering 150 Indonesian students to take…
UN CC:Learn Ambassador Mr. Ramirez Tejada Promotes Regional Integration on Climate Change Education in Central America
9 March 2015, Antigua, Guatemala. Omar Ramirez has a way with words, and he has a passion for climate change education. In his home country of the Dominican Republic, he has been helping to transform the education sector by building political alliances and by working on curriculum reform with all national agencies. But, it is the whole Central American region that is becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change, not only the…
08 July 2014, Geneva, Switzerland –UNOSAT and The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) (www.iss-casis.org) have started a collaboration on technology applications that aims to develop and deploy a next-generation high resolution, multi-band hyperspectral imaging system onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Because of its specific location in low orbit around the earth, the ISS provides a premier vantage point from which to observe our planet. For some applications the imagery coming from the station may turn out to be more impactful than many…
Collaboration Agreement Signed between ITAérea, UNITAR and CIFAL Mérida
16 May 2018, Madrid, Spain - the signing ceremony for the extension of the collaboration agreement between the ITAérea Aeronautical Business School (https://www.itaerea.es/), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and CIFAL Mérida (Mexico) (http://unitar.org/dcp/cifal-merida) took place at the ITAérea headquarters in Madrid.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Alejandro Mejía, UNITAR's Director of the Division for People and Social Inclusion, Senior Manager of the Social…
2 July 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR’s Division for Prosperity is launching a revised programme to mobilize women entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs in Afghanistan to address food insecurity, public health, and unemployment in the country. Supported by the Government of Japan, the programme will equip women entrepreneurs with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to turn their ideas into self-led businesses and projects that support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will help women entrepreneurs meet urgent domestic needs in Afghanistan as well as play...
26 November 2024, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) office in New York and Columbia Law School have collaborated to deliver another set of impactful series of workshops for this fall, addressing critical global issues through skill-building and education. The participants encompassed diplomats from the UN Secretariat, industry professionals, non-government organizations, with every session attracting over 100 registrants, benefitting a total of approximately 200 in-person participants. Building on this success, UNITAR and ...
27 July 2023, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, in collaboration with the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA) for the 77th session, successfully concluded the 2023 President of the General Assembly Fellowship Programme with a closing ceremony. The event aimed to celebrate the graduation of the fellows from the fellowship programme., The ceremony commenced with a warm welcome from Mr Marco Suazo, Head of UNITAR office in New York, who greeted distinguished guests, including H.E. Csaba Korosi, t...
As part of an ongoing commitment to achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls, UNITAR has partnered with the Premier League, Premier League Charitable Foundation and Sport Relief to create ‘Changemakers,’ a leadership and empowerment programme for self-identifying young women and girls aged 11 - 18. Changemakers aims to empower, inspire and develop personal skills and positive attitudes for leadership by using the power of football, sports and movement.
As a key milestone, UNITAR developed a bespoke leadership package to be delivered on the programme which i...