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UNITAR Training Programme “Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Promoting Food Security and Economic Development in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon” is now accepting applications from young entrepreneurs ages 18 to 45 in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon.Participants will learn the fundamentals and advanced entrepreneurship concepts focusing on food security to achieve economic development and fight food insecurity.The programme will run from July 2024 until March 2025 and the application deadline is 30 June 2024.(As of 1 July, the application deadline has been extended to 7 July.), 28 May 2024...
From 31 January to 1 February 2011, UNITAR’s Board of Trustees met in Geneva for its 50th regular session. Highlights of the session include the approval of the revision to the Institute’s 2010-2011 Programme Budget and taking note of progress in implementing the 2010-2012 Strategic Plan with the new business model and the mobilization of self-generated income very much at the centre of discussion. The Board also took note of the status of the Fellowship Fund which was newly created in line with the Strategic Plan to facilitate access to fee-based training services for…
UNITAR and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) successfully conducted session of the first two joint e-Learning courses on “Assessing Regional Integration in Africa: Towards an African Continental Free Trade Area” and on “Economic Report on Africa 2012: Unleashing Africa’s Potential as a Pole of Global Growth” from 17 September to 19 and 26 October 2012, respectively.
A total of 266 African delegates and officials participated in the two courses, which combined self-study, online discussions, and weekly assessments with the aim of providing…
27 July – 30 July 2020 | Budapest, Hungary
This course is organized by the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) agencies UNIDO, UNEP, UNDP, ILO, and UNITAR in cooperation with the Central European University (CEU).
In many countries, industrial production and consumption patterns outpace the renewal capacity of natural resources and governments' capacity to manage waste products. These trends in resource use and energy consumption indicate that current forms of industrial production are not sustainable in the long run, and risk undermining the social and economi...
国連ユニタール広島青少年大使プログラムは、国連ユニタール広島事務所・国連ユニタール協会が実施する地元の高校生のための研修事業です（広島県、広島市、中国新聞社後援）。大使に任命された生徒は、専門家による指導や海外の研修生などとの交流を含めた様々な活動を通じて、学びを深め、リーダーシップスキルを養います。...
13 July 2022, New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Port Luis, Mauritius & Victoria, Seychelles – During the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized jointly with the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA/DPIDG) a virtual side event entitled "Enabling small island states to achieve the SDGs through more forward-looking and holistic planning ...
As the training arm of the United Nations, UNITAR is committed to spearheading dynamic and creative educational methods, channeling technological advancements and pedagogical innovations into effective adult learning solutions. On 2 April 2018, UNITAR is kicking off its first ever bottom-up crowdfunding campaign, UNITAR Peace Funder, which enables selected professionals from all regions of the world to enhance their applicable knowledge and technical skills, further consolidating their ability to act as peacebuilders and changemakers.
Over the past decade, UNITAR has...
11 September 2019, New York – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), New York Office, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations, concluded the briefing for the delegates of the UN General Assembly in Conference Room 12 of the UN Headquarters building. The second day of the briefing Session began with opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of the UNITAR office in New York.
After welcoming all the delegates back to the final day of training, Mr. Suazo gave a brief recount of what was discussed on the first day of...
UNITAR Strengthens Diplomats’ Skills to Efficiently Chair Conferences
October 2014, Rome, Italy – In times of multilateral decision-making, the Chair of an international conference or high-level meeting plays an essential role in ensuring an effective exchange of arguments and a substantive negotiation outcome. In light of the Chair’s important role, UNITAR's Multilateral Diplomacy Programme organised a two-day workshop on “Chairing International Meetings and Working with the Chair” at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome…
September 2021 - Mental health receives little attention in Iraq, but Zahraa Al-Sarraf believes it is critical for the country’s post-pandemic recovery. Using a mindset that she developed through UNITAR’s Division for Prosperity Iraq Entrepreneurship Programme, Zahraa is providing mental health support to internally displaced people in Iraq and working to bring government attention to mental health in Iraq by developing policy.
A graduate of Baghdad College in Medical Sciences and fellow at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, Zahr...