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UNOSAT Announces the Sixth Edition of its Popular Master Training in GIS
7 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT is pleased to announce the sixth edition of its popular course on “Geo Information in Disaster Situations”: offered in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Master of Disaster Management Programme (MDMA). The course is scheduled to take place from 29 February to 11 March 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The course aims at serving a wide range of professionals working in disaster risk management and who have experience in humanitarian assistance…
UN CC:Learn Actively Contributes to the Review Forum of the UNESCO GAP on ESD
10 March 2017, Ottawa, Canada - Sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, political regulation or financial instruments alone. These instruments need to be accompanied by changes in the way people think and act. With this objective, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) encourages learners of all ages to acquire the knowledge, skills and values needed to promote sustainable societies. ESD is included under Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda and…
Graduation Ceremony of the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance
Congratulations to All of Our MEIG's Students Receiving Their Master's Degree!
20 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – On 20 October 2017, the University of Geneva and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosted the graduation ceremony of the joint Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG Programme).
The event took place at the University of Geneva and offered the participants the opportunity to ask their…
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on "Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of SDG 13"
27 of June 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research organized a course titled “Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of Sustainable Develoment Goals (SDGs) 13 (Climate Action)”. The course focused on three main points; first - raising awareness of behavioural insights and it’s applications toward the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development SDG 13. Secondly, another section of the course focused on building the…
4 March 2016, Colombo & Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka - Two small grant projects aiming to improve the resource efficiency and waste management in Sri Lankan universities, as well as to introduce the topic of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in university curriculum, are well underway. The projects are funded by the EU-programme SWITCH-Asia and implemented by Upendra Arjeewani and Uthpala Sankalpani, both alumni of the e-learning course UNITAR/UNEP "Introduction to SCP in Asia". During the course, which took part in autumn 2015, the two ladies…
A number of substantive discussions were held with UNITAR's counterparts, including the Governor, the Mayor and President of Hiroshima University. The discussions covered, inter alia, the launch of a fund-mobilisation phase for two new initiatives -- on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and on architectural and urban reconstruction; the expansion of current environmental training initiatives of the office with additional themes, including training on the implementation of international environmental treaties as well as countermeasures for chemical substances and…
18-20 May 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. How can capacities of research and training institutions in developing countries be strengthened to support climate change adaptation and mitigation action? This question was at the heart of the meeting of Partners of the UNITAR-coordinated project Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change & GHG Mitigation in Non-Annex I Countries (C3D+).
The meeting took stock of progress made, advanced the development of new tools, and planned future capacity building activities undertaken through the three year C3D+ capacity…
25 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The President of the 74th World Health Assembly and Minister of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan, Ms Dechen Wangmo visited the Defeat-NCD Partnership’s office at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva today to set the tone at a high-level panel discussion aimed at tackling the twin challenges of COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
“I understand that time has passed for mere statements and rhetoric in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of universal access to healt...
21 October 2011, New York, United States of America – The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a two-day workshop on Environmental Negotiations and Climate Change Diplomacy on the 20 and 21 of October at the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations, as part of the 2011 Negotiation Series “Towards a level playing field” organized in collaboration with the Olof Palme Memorial Fund. Through participatory and simulation exercise, developed by Yale University professors, the workshop helped participating…
Building Capacity for Sustainable Tourism Management in Coastal Destinations of Asia-Pacific
27-30 June 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in collaboration with United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Jeju Tourism Organization convened the workshop “Sustainable Tourism Management in Coastal Destinations of the Asia-Pacific Region”, in Jeju Island on 27-30 June.
Through the workshop, 21 representatives from central, state…