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27 April 2023, Hangzhou, China - UNITAR’s 2021 and 2023 survey among the National Statistical Offices and Systems (NSOs and NSSs) and international organizations, conducted as part of the EC-Funded Crowd4SDG project, showed that 31% of respondents were aware of citizen science data (CSD) projects run by their NSOs in 2023 compared to only 17% in 2021. The awareness of citizen science (CSD) or citizen-generated data (CGD) is growing, and so are the questions on how such data could be collected and used for the monitoring of progress on sustainable development. To shed s...
The Atlantic Centre is a Portuguese initiative that fosters a multinational and multidisciplinary approach to security, emphasizing a comprehensive "Whole of Atlantic Approach." It aims to promote political dialogue, disseminate knowledge, and build capacity in security and defence across the Atlantic community. Atlantic Centre focuses on enhancing regional cooperation, sharing best practices, and developing innovative solutions to maritime security challenges. By engaging with member states and international organizations, it contributes to a more secure and resilient...
Diplomat Aiyarat Kosakul of Thailand participated in UNITAR Hiroshima Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme in February 2024.The programme provided fundamental information about global nuclear disarmament with perspectives unique to Hiroshima.Aiyarat relishes the dynamism of diplomacy. He expects to collaborate with his fellow UNITAR alumni in the future., 8 November 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - Aiyarat Kosakul is First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. He works in the Peace Security and Disarmament Division on issues related...
UNITAR Division for Prosperity has reached an agreement with Columbia Business School Executive Education.
UNITAR Social Entrepreneurship with Digital Health training course is set to launch the partnership.
The course caters to learners in Africa and the Middle East to explore on social entrepreneurship that use digital technologies in the health industry.
, 28 March 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division for Prosperity and Columbia Business School Executive Education (New York, USA) will launch a new partnership on digital health and technologies...
UNITAR brought together approximately 70 participants from 8 Pacific Island countries to the ‘UNITAR Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security’ training programme workshop, held in Nadi, Fiji, from 1 to 10 October. This pivotal workshop featured expert-led lectures covering a wide range of topics in relation to the sea and human security and study tours to Viseisei and Yako villages. Participants demonstrated their learnings through group presentations and received certificates of completion at the closing ceremony on 10 October. The fi...
Clinical conditions requiring surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia (SOA) services amount to 30% of the global disease burden, yet over 70% of the world’s population cannot access safe, timely and affordable SOA care when they need it (1). In many corners of the globe, in the words of Paul Farmer and Jim Kim, surgery has remained the “neglected stepchild of global health” (2). Nevertheless, the year 2015 was a landmark year for global surgery, drawing international attention to the scope and seriousness of the surgical di...
8 May 2023, Guadalajara, Mexico – UNITAR launched the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving in the state of Jalisco in Mexico with the support of CIFAL Mérida, Fundación de Investigaciones Sociales (FISAC) and the Secretary of Public Security of the State of Jalisco (SSP).
The event was jointly hosted in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with both in-person and online attendees, including the participation of the directors from the Secretariat of Public Security of the State of Yucatan, Mexico, the National Transit Agency of Ecuador, CIFAL Ecuador, CIFAL Mér...
2 October 2024, Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Atlantic Centre, and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are pleased to announce a major forthcoming event called "Maritime Security 2024: Innovations and Partnerships for the Future," which will take place on 8 and 9 October 2024 in Cabo Verde, financed by the German Federal Foreign Office in collaboration with the European Union, the Atlantic Centre, and the G7++ Friends of the Gulf of Guinea (FoGG). The upcoming conference aims to deepen under...
9 March 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - Following the launching of the UNITAR-AGFUND Global Learning Platform on Financial Inclusion during the 8th AGFUND Development Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on October 8, 2019, UNITAR and AGFUND announces the launching of 8 online training courses to support Financial Inclusion in Africa and the Middle East.
UNITAR's role as a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system that provides training and capacity development activities to assist developing countries, Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ...
Name: Ikram Ur Rahman
Organization: UNDP Pakistan, Mountains and Markets Project
Functional Title: Regional Project Coordinator
Country: Pakistan
Course participated in: Introductory e-Course on Climate Change and REDD+ Academy e-Course
Dr. Ikram Ur Rahman has 27 years of work experience in the field of nature conservation. In 2017, he was serving as a Regional Project Coordinator in the Mountains and Markets Project in the Northern Province of Pakistan, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The goal of ...