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3 May 2019, Nadi, Fiji - Following its application by 16 countries, including Caribbean Small Island Developing States, StaTact has been successfully introduced to SIDS countries in the Asia-Pacific region during regional workshops that ran from 23 April to 3 May 2019 in Sydney, Australia, and Nadi, Fiji. The workshops are part of the one-year training programme aimed at strengthening the statistical capacities in the Asia-Pacific Small Island Developing States in the context of SDG monitoring requirements, and implemented in partnership with UN Statistics Division, Se...
15 March 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - On March 15, 2021, UNITAR and UN Statistics Division conducted a side event – “Adjusting statistical activities with StaTact to monitor the SDGs for a COVID-19 recovery and acceleration of the 2030 Agenda” – as part of the UNECE Regional Forum 2021. Attended by over 50 participants, the side event consisted of three segments – first, an introduction of the platform and its principles: second, a demonstration of StaTact, and third, sharing of a practical country experience where StaTact has been utilized.
The webinar began with Ms. Elena...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is one of the most recent arrivals in Bonn and, by establishing its presence through an office, joins 24 other UN entities collectively “shaping a sustainable future” in a unique space of creativity and cooperation.
The UNITAR Bonn office will provide a full range of services spanning its work across all pillars of Agenda 2030, together with flagship programmes on multi-lateral diplomacy, climate change learning, e-waste, non-communicable disease, peace and satellite analysis & research. UNITAR provides in...
Compiling 232 global indicators is a daunting challenge for all countries but it is even more so for Small Island Developing States. Often with just a few staff, their National Statistical Offices are overstretched. Same persons are called to do the field work, process data and ensure the management of statistical activities. While the scope of the SDG-related data needs is huge, the global goals are about national ownership. Each country is given an opportunity to identify which SDG indicators can best support national processes and which ones are most urgent for its peopl...
8 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - On 12 June 2025, UNITAR took part in UN 2.0 week, hosting an online side event entitled, “Towards foresight and system-based approaches in UN country work”. The side event provided an opportunity for UN Country Teams (UNCTs) in Seychelles and Cameroon to share their recent experiences, having embraced these innovative methods either in building capacities of governments or in developing UN Country Analysis as a foundation for UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs). Among the speakers who gave their ...
4 April 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - The StaTact came to Africa last week when 10 countries participated in its roll-out during dedicated regional workshops. UNITAR and UN Statistics Division teamed up with UNECA African Centre for Statistics and UNDP to deliver two two-day workshops - one in English and one in French – with a focus on the governance of data ecosystems for the SDGs. The first workshop brought together government officials from Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, Sudan, and Uganda representing National Statistical Offices, Planning Ministries, selected line Ministries...
18 – 19 September 2019, New York – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), New York Office, supported the launch of newly published Negotiation book at the United Nations Book store in New York and welcomed a visit from the Director of El Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública - Central American Institute of Public Administration (ICAP)., At the book launch, UNITAR Head of New York Office Mr. Marco Suazo delivered a congratulatory speech during the launch of the book ‘Negotiating at the United Nations: A Practitioner’s Guide’. Authors D...
In April-May 2019, Small Island Developing States in the Asia-Pacific region will use StaTact: a new web-based tool developed by UNITAR and the UN Statistics Division (UNSD) to support short-term statistical planning leveraging SDG, regional and national indicators. Country groups of officials from National Statistical Offices, Planning, Finance and selected line Ministries as well as representatives of non-traditional data sources will carry out action planning to address pressing SDG data gaps in the context of StaTact workshops to be held in Sidney and Nadi from 23 April...
We organize several longer-duration Fellowship Programmes with the support from key donors. In the fields of peacemaking, conflict prevention and post conflict reconstruction, two Programmes are held annually:, Now in its twenty-fifth year, this advanced two-week annual training programme in conflict analysis, negotiation, mediation and reconciliation was the first of its kind in the UN system. It is also unique in bringing together mid and senior level diplomats, with UN and regional organization staff--key institutions responsible for the prevention and sustainable resolu...
The Strengthening the capacity of the judicial system and promoting the rule of Law in Mali Phase II project, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, aimed to support national stakeholders for comprehensive reform of the judicial system. The project was implemented between July 2021 and July 2023 with a budget of 2,480,090 EUR and followed an earlier project phase which focused on an assessment of the Malian judicial system.
The project activities comprised training of judicial system actors, study tours to Rwanda and Senegal, digitalisation of the judicial system, an...