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November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme has published the list of e-Learning courses available in 2013.
MDP’s new courses can be found on the e-Learning calendar for 2013. If you have not yet had the opportunity to take UNITAR's courses, such as "Introduction to the United Nation System" or "Multilateral Conferences and Diplomacy", you will have the chance at the beginning of 2013.
New on the list is a course on "Water Diplomacy" established in partnership with UNESCO and the University of East Anglia. The course has been…
The recent floods in Vietnam have cause massive destructions and provoked a humanitarian situation in extensive areas in the country. The Province of Quang Tri has been particularly affected. The UNOSAT team has already posted on 1 October a first satellite derived map of flood affected areas which is used by national authorities and international relief entities to organize and coordinate relief efforts.
As always in case of humanitarian mapping, UNOSAT makes its maps available to the general public as well. The map is available for download here, as well as on GDACS and…
UNITAR is represented by Dr. Carlos Lopes at the Second session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-2), held in Geneva from 11-15 May 2009. The ICCM is the governing body of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
ICCM-2 is the first opportunity to review progress in the implementation of SAICM since its adoption in 2006 and the first time the ICCM performs its official functions as a high-level international forum for multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral discussion and exchange of experience on chemicals management…
Shaping a Global Network of Institutes for Statistical Training
13 - 15 September 2017, Beijing, China – UNITAR was one of the entities invited to contribute during the Seminar on Statistical Training “Towards building sustainable statistical capacity for the implementation and review of the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs” organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China in Beijing from 13 to 15 September 2017. The main objective of the event was to discuss the establishment of a Global Network of Institutes for…
Network of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of Francophone Africa Established
31 May – 1 June, Algiers, Algeria –In collaboration with l’Institut Diplomatique et des Relation Internationales (IDRI) and with the support of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, a meeting of the directors of diplomatic academies and institutes of francophone Africa was held in Algiers, Algeria. In attendance were representatives from Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tchad, Gabon, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Ivory Coast as well as their Algerian…
Event to Build Capacities in Cooperatives
On May 17-20, 2016, CIFAL Atlanta, in collaboration with the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU), CENECOOP, Fundepos University, Cooperative of the Americas (COOP), Confederation of Cooperatives of the Caribbean and Central America and South America (CCC-CA) held a four-day learning event at Kennesaw State University on cooperative competitiveness and the digital economy. There were a total of 107 participants and presenters representing cooperatives, universities, financial…
CIFAL Atlanta Event Builds Capacities in Cooperatives
17 - 20 May 2016, Kennesaw, USA – CIFAL Atlanta, in collaboration with the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU), CENECOOP, Fundepos University, Cooperative of the Americas (COOP), Confederation of Cooperatives of the Caribbean and Central America and South America (CCC-CA) held a four-day learning event at Kennesaw State University on cooperative competitiveness and the digital economy. There were a total of 107 participants and presenters representing cooperatives, universities…
ECA and UNITAR Offer Free e-Learning Course on Economic Report on Africa 2015: Industrialization through Trade
10 August 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - Africa’s social development indicators reveal a paradox: high unemployment and poverty coexisting with robust growth. Industrialization and trade are two key instruments playing a major role in economic growth performance having the potential to structurally transform Africa economies. The goal of trade-induced industrialization must also guide the conduct, negotiations and implementation of trade and investment…
5 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Recent satellite imagery analysed at UNOSAT confirms the increase in the number of IDPs in eastern DR Congo. According to figures released by OCHA, in only four months 100,000 more people have become in need of humanitarian assistance after they were displaced by the conflict in DRC. UNOSAT says their analysis shows several changes and new settlements that are consistent with a sustained influx of people in several areas in the eastern provinces.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has struggled with conflict in its eastern provinces for…
How Spatial Planning Connects with Biodiversity and Climate Change?
03 April 2018, Geneva, Swtzerland - Land-use planning frameworks have traditionally focused on developing settlements and related infrastructures with limited consideration of biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation and mitigation requirements. Spatial planning is underused in maximizing win-win solutions for human well-being and sustainability.
UNITAR and IUCN are pleased to announce a joint online course on " Integrated planning for climate change and biodiversity". The course’s…