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30 June 2025, Rabat, Morocco – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) successfully concluded its third regional workshop on "Future-Proofing Airport Development: Harnessing Technology to Streamline Terminal Operations" in Rabat, Morocco on 24-25 June 2025. The two-day intensive workshop brought together over 30 aviation professionals from 13 countries across Africa, Europe, and North America to explore cutting-edge technologies transforming airport operations.Hosted in collaboration with the Office National des Aéroports (ONDA) of the Kingdom o...
The University of Cuenca is a public institution of Higher Education, which was created by Legislative Decree issued by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Ecuador, meeting in Congress on October 15, 1867, and sanctioned by the President of the Republic on the 18th of the same month and year. The University of Cuenca is an academic community, with its own legal status, academic, administrative, financial and organic autonomy, public law, secular, non-profit, pluralistic and open to all currents and forms of universal thought, funded by the State and is part of...
Established in 2023, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Singapore (CIFAL Singapore) was the first such centre in Singapore to be affiliated with the United Nations’ principal training arm and will be sited at NTU Singapore. The Centre aims to strengthen the ability of individuals, institutions, and societies in the Asia Pacific countries to perform functions, solve problems, and set and achieve objectives sustainably, thus encouraging sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. Scope: Asia-PacificThematic areas:Sustainability educa...
As a curriculum or learning designer, few things are as heartbreaking as spending months crafting a course, only to witness low engagement, high dropout rates, and lacklustre response from your target learners. Unfortunately, disengagement is a widespread issue.Consider these statistics:Around 90% of online learners disengage with MOOCs (Reich, J., & Ruipérez-Valiente, J. A., 2019; Moore, R. L., & Blackmon, S. J., 2022). Approximately 20-30% of learners drop out of face-to-face courses (Rothkrantz, L., 2017).At least 39% of US university students do n...
CIFAL Jeju Concludes Training on Green Policy and Management for Eco-Innovation and Resource Efficient Cities
21 June 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in collaboration with the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) and the Seoul National University’s Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (SNU TEMEP) hosted the workshop “Green Policy and Management for Eco-Innovation and Resource Efficient Cities” on 13-16 June 2017 in Jeju, Republic of Korea.
The workshop brought…
Training on Information Technology Application for Developing Countries
2 May 2016, Shanghai, China - CIFAL Shanghai with the support of the Ministry of Commerce of China hosted from 16 April to 2 May the course titled “Information Technology Application for Developing Countries”，bringing together a group of 20 participants from Armenia. Participants included the Head of the Department of Communication and Information of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Armenia, as well as staff members from the Ministry.
Since 2009, CIFAL Shanghai has offered 28 training…
Universidad de Guadalajara is a public and autonomous university system in the Mexican state of Jalisco, that combines a global scope and vision with a strong commitment to society. A tradition of constant innovation and quality has made UdeG one of Mexico’s leading institutions of higher education. The university’s high school, undergraduate, graduate and research programmes are designed to promote a sustainable and inclusive social development at the local, national and global level. Therefore, a profound and ongoing institutional transformation is taking place in order t...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought major challenges to human health and development. Its impact on health systems, economic growth, and sustainable development was profound and unprecedented. At the same time, it created opportunities for learning, rapid response and innovation. In the field of pandemic management, the ultimate purpose of communication interventions is focused on increasing awareness and understanding and the uptaking of protective behaviours. Communication interventions are normally designed through behavioural models that include components such as ...
Strengthening Education and Training in Support of Ghana’s Ambitious Climate Change Response
05 August 2015, Accra, Ghana - Ghana kicked-off the development of its National Climate Change Learning Strategy at a Planning Workshop. The strategy will be an important piece of Ghana’s national climate change response and is intended to support the implementation of the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (or ‘INDC’ – Ghana’s international commitment to combat climate change). The strategy development process is supported by the One UN Climate Change…
Updated Guides for Advanced Learning on Climate Change Science Now Available
09 December 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - The UN CC:Learn Secretariat, with technical advice from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has updated and upgraded the two UN CC:Learn Resource Guide for Advanced Learning focusing on 1) The Scientific Fundamentals of Climate Change and 2) Predicting and Projecting Climate Change. This material complements the UN CC:Learn e-course on the basics of climate change.
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