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International Women’s Day is an important reminder of the enormous role that women have historically played and continue playing in their communities and globally for the achievement of a peaceful and sustainable future. Yet, at UNITAR, we believe that celebrating women and their achievements should go beyond a single – albeit important – date, as each day presents opportunities to take an active step towards gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Therefore, starting on 6 March 2020, UNITAR will launch a social media campaign #TakeAStep dedicated to the amplificati...
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National ownership to monitor and achieve the SDGs is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. However, many National Statistical Offices (NSOs) face challenges in monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the SDGs. These challenges include the complexity of measuring certain problems and building relevant indicators, limited statistical capacity to monitor identified indicators, the lack of tools to facilitate the use of available information, and coordination difficulties experienced by stakeholders in producing, storing, and using the data, to name just a few. The United Na...
Ahmed Hassanein founded a startup to transform agricultural waste into valuable carbon products in Egypt.His startup helps farmers cut costs, increase yields, and reduce water use.He joined the 2024 UNITAR “Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Promoting Food Security and Economic Development in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon” training programme, which enhanced his business skills and built his global connections.Ahmed aims to expand his startup worldwide and drive sustainable innovation in agritech., 15 August 2025, Hiroshima, Japan – Growing up in Asyut, Egypt, Ahmed Hassa...
The close collaboration between UNITAR and the Ecole de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Beye(EMPABB) aims at contributing to international and regional efforts towards sustaining peace and security in Mali, by supporting the preparation of African military contingents and Formed Police Units (FPUs) prior to their deployment to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). This project will also lead to strengthening capacities of EMPABB to act as a centre of excellence in preparing military contingents and FPUs prior to…
Together with its academic partners, UNITAR runs a series of webinars dedicated to various issues pertaining to the modern peace and security landscape, with a specific focus on education and training needed by personnel and professionals operating in these highly complex environments. Each time, we invite a special guest from the international sector, field operations, academia or media to share their experience and expert knowledge with our audience. Thematic areas vary from current conflicts and related political developments, media coverage and perceptions of conflicts,...
In December 2022 and 2023, the Youth and Women Empowerment team held an iteration of its Women’s Leadership for Peace Programme in partnership with the Senior Women Talent Pipeline, a UN Secretariat initiative which provides recruitment support to a pool of pre-screened senior women leaders interested in a career in UN Peace Operations. The weeklong course held at the Rwanda Peace Academy provides participants with a thorough contextual basis of key challenges faced by senior leadership in UN Peace Operations. By the end of the programme, parti...
8 October 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division for Prosperity is relaunching its programme in Afghanistan after a temporary pause. The programme, which had been halted due to unrest in the country, will mobilize women entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs to address local food insecurity, public health challenges, and unemployment.
Women are finding it difficult to access learning opportunities in the ever-changing situation in Afghanistan. After consulting with local coordinators, UNITAR believes that training not only is necessary but will be welcomed by beneficiari...
今号のニュースレターでは、2025年3月から2025年5月までの国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局の様々な研修事業や取り組みをご紹介しています。既刊号English version is available from here, コロンビアでのマネー・ローンダリング対策のオンライン学習プログラムが再開・拡大へ国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）が実施する、コロンビアのマネー・ローンダリング及びテロ資金供与対策に関するオンライン学習プログラムが再開しました。本プログラムは、米国国務省の国際麻薬・法執行局（INL）の財政支援を受けて実施されています。これまでに数千人の参加者から非常に前向きなフィードバックが寄せられており、本プログラムの重要性とインパクトが示されています。第１ディプロマの残りのモジュールは間もなく公開予定であり、第２ディプロマは9月までに開始予定であり、同地域における制度強化とより安全・安心な社会の実現を目指します。[全文を読む], アジア太平洋地域の17名の次世代リーダー、防災スキルを強化：国連ユニタールの研修がフィジーのワークショップをもって閉幕国連ユニタールの2024年度津波防災に関する女性のリーダーシップ研修事業が、2025年3月7日に終了しました。フィジーでの5日間のワークショップには、アジア太平洋地域11か国からの実務者17名...
1 - 2 March 2017, Abuja, Nigeria - In the framework of its initiative “Capacity for the 2030 Agenda”, UNITAR organized a learning conferences on “holistic approaches for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda” for African Least Development Countries (LDCs). This conference specifically targeted government officials from the 17 English-speaking African LDCs and took place in Abuja, Nigeria on 1 - 2 March 2017.
The conference took into account key issues faced by LDCs in Africa, how public institutions get mobilized to implement the 2030 Agenda, integrated planning and policy...