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On 4 February 2025, UNITAR welcomed 17 professionals from Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon to Japan for the Phase 3 workshop of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation training programme.The workshop will run from 4 February to 11 February and will be held in Tokyo and Hiroshima.In this final phase, participants will focus on refining their business and project plans in the agriculture and food sectors, developed during the previous phases, into feasible and practical business enterprises.On the final day of the workshop, the participants are expected to pitch ideas to showcas...
Tokyo, Geneva, Bonn, 09 October 2019 ― The United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to transition a UNU programme to UNITAR.
The Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme has been hosted at the UNU Vice-Rectorate in Europe in Bonn, Germany since 2016. SCYCLE conducts and shares comprehensive and practical research to help societies reduce environmental damage caused by the production, use, and disposal of waste including of electrical and electronic equipment.
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2023年6月28日に国連ユニタールと株式会社パソナグループ は、女性や若者のデジタルスキル向上に貢献するために協力覚書（MOU：Memorandum of Understanding）を締結しました。
同日、パソナグループ東京本社のPASONA SQUAREにてMOU調印式が開催され、多くの参加者が集まりました。
両者は、アフリカの24カ国の女性や若者を対象とした研修プログラムと、自国の情勢不安のため現在ポーランドにいるウクライナ人女性に向けた研修プログラムの開発・提供などについて協力を進める予定です。
, 2023年7月3日・広島‐2023年6月28日に国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）と株式会社パソナグループ （パソナグループ）は、女性や若者のデジタルスキル向上に貢献するために協力覚書（MOU：Memorandum of Understanding）を締結しました。同日、パソナグループ東京本社のPASONA SQUAREにてMOU調印式が開催され、国連事務次長補兼ユニタール総代表ニキル・セスおよびパソナグループ 代表取締役グループ代表 南部 靖之氏が覚書に署名しました。両者は、アフリカの24カ国の女性や若者を対象とした研修プログラムと、自国の情勢不安のため現在ポーランドにいるウクライナ人女性に向けた研修プログラムの開発・提供などに...
On 9 February 2025, UNITAR, in collaboration with the Japan Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, hosted a public event in Tokyo as part of the two-day International Civil Society Forum to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.Three UNITAR training advisors were among the panelists, who shared their insights on UN actions for nuclear disarmament and global trends in the nuclear disarmament debate.UNITAR also collaborated with Tabimachi Gate Hiroshima Co., Ltd. and Fujita Corporation to introduce a Virtual Reality (VR) experience conveying the realities of the atomic bombing during th...
In its continued efforts towards the realization of the goals outlined in the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, UNITAR has joined forces with The Office of the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security (OSE) through the secondment of a Gender Monitoring Specialist. With the gracious support of the US government through USAID, beginning in June 2021 the Specialist has been leading the OSE’s support to Member States, Regional Economic Communities, and civil society actors to accelerate the delivery of the WPS Agenda, e...
In addition to mapping and GIS solutions for humanitarian emergency response and human security, UNOSAT is strongly engaged in helping countries and UN organizations develop their capacity in satellite derived analysis and the use of geospatial information for territorial planning and monitoring. Several in-country programmes are ongoing. Nigeria is a case in point where strong tangible results have been achieved in just one year.
UNOSAT capacity development and training programme in Rivers State, Nigeria, is one in a series of flagship projects developed by UNOSAT…
On Thursday 3 December 2009, Ms. Isabelle Hubert, Associate Director Training Department, Head Peace, Security and Diplomacy Unit, and Ms. Malavieng Sakonhninhom, Director General, Institute of Foreign Affairs Lao PDR met in Vientiane to exchange views on the works of both institutes and to discuss the possible collaboration between two institutes in particular in training activities for Lao diplomatic officials.
During the meeting, Ms. Malayvieng proposed UNITAR a possible cooperation with a series of workshops focusing on diplomatic skills, including…
UNITAR Hiroshima Completes Workshop 1 of Law Enforcement Anti-Corruption Training Programme
9 November 2015, Dakar, Senegal – The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has successfully completed the first workshop of the UNITAR Law Enforcement Anti-Corruption Training Programme for the Sahel Region. The workshop was held between 2 and 6 November on Goree Island, Senegal, a UNESCO-designated negative World Heritage site which memorializes the slave trade.
Workshop I focused on anti-corruption and multi-stakeholder coalition building methodologies, with the participants engaging in…
18 February 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s Programme UNOSAT continues to put innovative tools in the hands of the humanitarian community as satellite derived mapping gain in popularity with humanitarians.
For years UNOSAT has been providing support to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), an on-line set of resources used by humanitarians to receive alerts and information on sudden natural disasters. Part of this set-up is a mapping & satellite imagery coordination mechanism operated by UNOSAT to facilitate access by humanitarians to the…
UNITAR New York Holds Orientation Seminar for New Members of the Security Council
11-12 November, 2014, New York, USA - The UNITAR New York Office held a special orientation course on the Security Council for the Council’s new Members. The course aimed to familiarise new Members with the issues before the Council as well as its working methods, in order to prepare them for the start of their mandate on 1 January 2015. Over forty delegates from the new non-permanent Member states attended the seminar, which featured presentations from senior Secretariat staff, current…