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E-learning Course- The Magic Drop: Supporting Mothers Along the JourneyLearning Webinars SeriesMicrolearningsInteractive Breastfeeding Tool, Background:This E-Learning course developed by UNITAR comes as part of the Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative (BFEI).UNITAR helps Member States and other United Nations stakeholders implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by providing learning and knowledge services that meet internationally recognized quality standards.As a practical step towards protecting the survival and health of babies and women, breastfeedin...
“Breastfeeding gives infants the best nutritional and emotional start of their lives”Breastfeeding is a central part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is linked to many of the Sustainable Development Goals. Breastfeeding is, for example, a critical aspect in achieving SDG2 and SDG3, which include ending hunger, improving nutrition, and promoting health and well-being.The Breastfeeding Education Initiative (BFEI) aims to promote breastfeeding education through training and public awareness to contribute towards the achievement of 70% of babies breastfed excl...
On 11 February, 17 entrepreneurs and innovators from Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon showcased their business initiatives and models they refined through the Japan workshop of the “Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Promoting Food Security and Economic Development in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon” training programme.The Japan workshop ran from 4 to 11 February in Tokyo and Hiroshima with courtesy calls, study tours and expert-led interactive sessions.The entrepreneurship and food security programme, financially supported by the Government and People of Japan, aimed to...
The Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative (GLH) welcomed five prominent plant scientists and experts to observe and study hibakujumoku, atomic-bombing survivor trees.
GLH aims to disseminate worldwide the message of peace and the many green legacies of the hibakujumoku.
The Initiative, established in 2011, currently works with close to 130 partners in 40 countries.
, 28 November 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – In early November 2022, Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative (GLH) hosted five plant scientists and botanic garden experts from renowned institutions in the United States to ob...
13 December 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The “Introduction to Sustainable Finance Taxonomies” affiliated e-course is available in French and Spanish.
The course has been developed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and in cooperation with the Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN), and it helps policymakers set up and develop sustainable finance taxonomies
By answering important questions, such as “What qualifies as...
18 June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - Strong demand for the online course on Trade and Food Security has prompted UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to relaunch the course in French for Sub-Saharan African countries. It was initially offered for Sub-Saharan African countries in French in 2018 and in English in 2019.
During the past 2 years, requests for the course has continued to grow. The increasing need for trade experts to support trade related development agenda in the region has posed a major challenge. In most cases, nat...
Youth are neither passive victims nor pure perpetrators of violence; rather they are complex actors. Therefore, planning for the future of a country post-conflict necessitates engaging with the youth of today. In line with the Agenda 2030 and its overarching objective of Leaving No One Behind, support for the stabilisation and the strengthening of fragile states is a central goal of UNITAR, and as such so is the inclusion of youth, women, victims, ex-combatants, and the most marginalised ones in peace and reconciliation processes.
Colombia, emerging from half a century of ...
On 13-15 November 2018, the Togolese Public Administration School (ENA), UNITAR and UNDP held a national workshop aimed at strengthening the capacities of senior civil servants to lead the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and SDGs. This was the first national-level pilot of UNITAR’s toolkit “Policy cycle, integrated approaches and SDGs” targeted towards African Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
The three-day workshop commenced with opening speeches by Mr. Djifa K. Adjeoda, Director-General of ENA, Ms. Elena Proden, UNITAR, M. Damien Mama, UN Resident Coordinator in Togo, ...
Ambient air is one of the two core matrices considered in the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) of POPs. This training film, produced by the Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX) for UNEP’s Chemicals and Waste Branch, takes stakeholders through the procedures of passive air sampling, including preparation and cleaning of the polyurethane foam (PUF) disks, and mounting of the samplers in the field. The PUF is a sorbent (a material used to absorb or adsorb liquids or gases) suitable to capture all 23 POPs listed in the Stockholm Convention - basic POPs p...
23 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a Call for Applications for their joint online course on Agri-food Export Promotion Policy and Practical Tools which will take place from September 6 to October 1, 2021. The course will be facilitated by Experts and delivered fully in Russian language in asynchronous manner.
A better trade policy environment for modern agrifood markets requires the development of capacity to understand both t...