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Do you want to know more about the revised Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS) and how they keep supporting DDR practitioners in planning and implementing DDR in challenging political and security contexts?
Following the recent launch of the revised IDDRS and as a member of the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), UNITAR has updated its online course “UN Approach to DDR”, offered as part of its advanced online training offering for all assigned or deployed UN Volunteers.
The cour...
10 - 11 December 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - The two-day workshop, which was part of the Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice, was an opportunity for government officials, diplomats and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen their knowledge and understanding of public speaking and presentation skills.
The training was delivered by Mr. Jerome L’Host, who is UNITAR’s international senior consultant, based in Geneva and Moscow, working internationally with both the Private and the Public Sectors and has managed more than 40 large-scale international projects in more th...
5 June, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT has been investing in the development of live web-based maps capable of providing rapid and essential information for disaster prevention and emergency response and able to integrate crowd sourced data, photos and videos. UNOSAT experts believe that this type of integrated, near-real time products will constitute the backbone of future geospatial decision support systems.
This assumption seems corroborated by a recent exercise conducted in the European Union. The UNOSAT LIVE map integrating the ASIGN geo-tagging solution was…
On the occasion of the Third session of the Advisory Board of the UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme a well-attended high-level Round Table discussion entitled: “They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children. Why Child Soldiers need to be on the Security Agenda” based on Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Roméo Dallaire’s book on Child Soldiers was co-hosted and jointly organised by UNITAR and the University of Geneva in the afternoon of Wednesday 12 October 2011.
Ms. Elisabeth Decrey Warner, President and Co-Founder of Geneva Call and Dr. Simon Hug Director, Department of…
UNITAR Hosts Meeting with Dominican Republic Migration Institute Representatives
12 December 2016, New York, USA – In collaboration with the United States Department of State’s Office of International Visitors, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research’s (UNITAR) New York Office (NYO) hosted four representatives from the Dominican Republic’s Instituto Nacional de Migracion (National Institute of Migration). The representatives were part of the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The Program is the U.S. Department of State…
UNITAR Collaborates with Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT)
10 February, 2017, New York, USA - United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Mr. Nikhil Seth, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT) represented by HRH Princess Dr. Nisreen Bint Prince.
RASIT is an organization that was established in 1968 with a mission to promote and develop excellence in science, education, economics, health and the…
Social Media and the Web 2.0 are Key Tools for the SDGs!
As the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were being discussed and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, participants of UNITAR’s on-going e-Learning course on social media and web 2.0 tools for development – Innovative Collaboration for Development (ICfD) – were engaging in stirring debates on the role of these innovative tools to achieve the SDGs.
Participants, who are development professionals, gave thoughtful and creative answers to the question:
How can social media and…
UNOSAT Encourages Girls to Consider Tech Career Choices
27 May 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – When you are young, you imagine what your future could be and think about eventual career choices. Believe it or not, we still face numerous barriers when it comes time to choose a career path. One of them is linked to the high number of stereotypes based on gender. Many still think that women are more suited for the arts and support roles while men are better suited for math and engineering. This year, we, at UNOSAT, became directly involved in the Girls in ICT Day (Information and…
Getting Our Act Together through Integrated Planning to Meet the Promise of the SDGs
14 June 2016, New York, USA – The SDGs and the Paris Agreement hold a great promise, but how do we turn these aspirational visions into reality? UNITAR’s learning session held on the occasion of the HLPF on Thursday sought to address this issue by focusing on the new types of planning tools and nationally-grown actionable strategies to turn the SDGs, climate and regional commitments into reality. Facilitated by UNITAR’s Executive Director Nikhil Seth, the session featured Jeffrey…
UN CC:Learn e-Learning Platform Reaches 30,000 Registrations!
14 January 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - In less than two years, the UN CC:Learn e-Learning platform gathered 30,000 registrations from all parties of the UNFCCC! Thank you very much for your support! As the graph shows, there has been a steady growth since the launch of the platform in 2014. In 2015, the platform was enriched with the following new additions:
French and Spanish versions of the Introductory e-Course on Climate Change
e-Learning module on Climate Change and Cities
e-Learning module on…