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Iryna Markinaさんは2023年、国連ユニタールの「生計強化のためのポーランドのウクライナ人女性避難民向けデジタル・リスキリング」研修事業に参加しました。ウクライナ出身のMarkinaさんは、現在は保険会社の営業部長としてポーランドで在宅勤務をしています。新しいデータ分析と地理情報システム（GIS）のスキルを活用している彼女は、ITの活用能力は年齢で決まるものではないと考えています。すでに専門的な経験を積んでいることが、新たなデジタルスキルをよりうまく統合するのに役立っていると述べています。同研修事業では、ポーランド在住のウクライナ人女性約500人が、就職において需要の高いデジタルスキルを習得し、就業能力を高めました。, 2024年11月22日、広島 - Iryna Markinaさんは、ウクライナで16年以上にわたり、営業職で成功を収めてきました。しかし故郷の治安が悪化したため、彼女は家族数名を残してトルコ、そしてポーランドに移住するという難しい決断を迫られました。彼女は慣れない文化的規範の中、家族の安全への心配も絶えず言葉の壁や不確かな未来を乗り越えなければならないという課題に直面しました。Markinaさんは徐々に、彼女と同じような経験を持つコミュニティとつながり、地元の人々と関係を築くことで適応していきました。現在はポーラン...
Dr. Josephine Jere is a Zimbabwean plant pathologist and lecturer whose current research bridges between waste management and agriculture.Dr. Jere participated in the programme “Developing Green Livelihoods for Women and Youth in Africa: Strengthening Food Security, Supporting Climate-Resilient Economies.”Dr. Jere was invited to join the study tour and workshop in Japan as part of the cohort. She benefited from the UNITAR training which mainly focused on the development of a business plan., 19 August 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – For most people, organic waste is a problem ...
Title: Law School Professor; PhD in Law, PhD in Political Science
Country: USA/Spain
Partnership: Gender Equality in the International Human Rights Framework Building Back Stronger
Academic institutions undeniably play an essential role in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Primarily, it is in academia that the creative thinking needed to solve some of the most pressing challenges of our world is developed. Sometimes, however, it is not easy to bring together academic institutions and other sectors of society to work around some of these challenges...
April 2019 is a remarkable date for UNITAR and its Division for Multilateral Diplomacy as it marks the launch of first ever e-learning course on Frontier Diplomacy. The first edition of the course charts new direction for training in diplomacy by combining developments in Information Technology with traditional human orientated approach to diplomacy.
The course will span over six weeks and cover the most pressing aspects of Information and Communication Technology perceived through the prism of contemporary diplomacy its practices, procedures and dynamics. The modules of ...
04 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and Arrowad for Building Values, part of the Arrowad International Group, are pleased to announce the launch of their joint initiative, the Value-Based Leadership Programme.
In light of our globalized and multicultural world, UNITAR and the Arrowad Group have joined forces to create a unique training programme that focuses on the importance of individual, societal, and cultural value systems, and how embracing these values can impact the success and growth of organisations. The Arrowad Group is notably the first Arab private-...
1 November 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s Women’s Leadership Programme in partnership with UN Women and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) held a Leadership Workshop for the female delegates accredited to the Radiocommunication Assembly (RA) and the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). The workshop was opened with remarks by Mr. Francois Rancy, Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau at ITU and Mr. Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director.
Both speakers outlined the need for such a workshop, Mr. Rancy acknowl...
13 June 2019, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR NYO) hosted the event “Music for Disadvantaged Demographics”. This event was conducted in the format of workshop in collaboration with the Time Ranger Inc. – a multinational firm dedicated to incubating and supporting programmes related to arts and music. This workshop complimented the progress achieved during the twelfth session of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). UNITAR believes in the value of music, and its ability to unify the lives of people fr...
31 August 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - Over the summer, UNOSAT introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based method in its operational emergency mapping service. By reducing the process to a fraction of the time normally needed.
"This fully automated processing method is a game changer for humanitarian rapid mapping operations and a great tool for national disaster management authorities”, Einar Bjørgo, Director, UNOSAT.
Thanks to its extensive experience in rapid mapping, UNOSAT has collected a vast library of historical flood datasets, which ar...
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20-21 June 2023, Bangkok, Thailand: Natural hazards, climate change, unplanned urban growth, deforestation, environmental degradation, and scarcity of natural resources are hindering the progress of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS in building resilient cities and communities. The IPCC AR6 report released earlier this year makes clear that the risks of inaction on climate are immense and the way ahead requires...