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16 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
UNITAR is pleased to announce the opening of the registrations for the next English session of the Innovative Collaboration for Development course (ICfD), an e-learning course on Social media and Web 2.0 tools for development. The course will take place between 3rd March and 2nd May 2014.
Developed jointly by UNITAR and FAO and based on the primary courseware developed by IMARK, this course is part of a collaboration framework aiming to cooperatively develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management.…
An Independent Evaluation of the “Global Network of International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL)” was published in February 2020. Using a mixed-methods approach that was gender and human rights sensitive, the evaluation included a review of documents, multiple surveys and interviews. The evaluation faced several limitations including the relatively low survey response rate, few narrative reports, absence of financial information (expenditure) and budget limitations with no site visits being organized., Relevance
The evaluation found the thematic areas...
UNITAR and the Government of Ecuador Promoting Thinking on Urban Issues
September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - With the objective of promoting thinking on urban related topics and raising awareness about issues related to the United Nations Conference on Housing and Urban Sustainable Development (Habitat III), UNITAR in collaboration with the Ecuadorian Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MIDUVI) delivered 10 webinars between 13 June and 7 September 2016.
The webinars were delivered by renowned experts from around the world who covered five broad areas as…
CIFAL Jeju strengthens capacity on Holistic Waste Management
21 November 2014, Jeju, South Korea – UNITAR’s affiliated training centre CIFAL Jeju, in partnership with UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre, Asian Institute of Technology RRC.AP, Global Environment Centre, and City of Osaka,Japan,organized a three-day Introductory Training Session on Holistic Waste Management that took place in October in Bangkok, Thailand. For this event, CIFAL Jeju convened twenty-seven central, state and local government officials and NGO workers from thirteen different…
27 September 2024, New York, USA - UNITAR in collaboration with international NGO Together for Safer Roads (TSR) and with the support of AB InBev, launched the “Fleet Safety Global Training Programme” aimed at delivering joint training designed to empower small to mid-size fleets to improve their safety systems.This Training Programme is based on the premise that companies, organizations, and governments own and manage vehicles and ensuring the safety of drivers of those vehicles and all other drivers they encounter on the road requires training and awareness.&nbs...
国連ユニタールは「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成：海洋と人間の安全保障研修」の最終フェーズに当たる12日間のワークショップを開始しました。このワークショップは、淡路島、広島、東京、千葉で実施され、アジア太平洋18か国から50名が参加しています。本事業は日本政府によって資金提供されています。このワークショップは、研修の主要パートナーである株式会社パソナグループの代表者も出席する中、兵庫県淡路島で正式に開会しました。参加者は、専門家による講義や視察を通じて、海洋資源管理、持続可能な漁業と農業、海洋の環境保護、地域コミュニティのエンパワーメント、災害リスク管理、政策立案に関する実践的な知識を習得します。2025年2月21日、国連ユニタールは東京で公開イベントを開催し、同イベントはライブ配信されます。このイベントでは、選抜の参加者グループが海洋と人間の安全保障に関する課題に対する政策提言と実践的な解決策を発表します。, 2025年2月10日、兵庫 - 2月10日、アジア太平洋地域の18か国から実務者50名が、海洋と人間の安全保障に関するワークショップに参加するために兵庫県淡路島に集結しました。国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）主催の同ワークショップは、2025年2月10日から21日までの12日間、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダ...
3 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - Are you an aspiring entrepreneur looking to drive your business to success? Passionate about your project(s) but unsure where to start? Would you like to empower yourself with the skills to navigate a complex and ever-changing global economy? To meet these needs Babson College and UNITAR designed the Executive Certificate in Global Business Leadership, a series of courses created exclusively for shaping an effective social entrepreneurial leader. Based in Massachusetts, United States, Babson College specializes in entrepreneurship and ...
e-Learning Course on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries
Registration is now open for the 2015 English and Spanish editions
24 March 2015, Geneva - UNITAR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the e-learning course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries. The English session will be held from 20 April to 12 July 2015, and the Spanish session will run from 13 April to 5 July 2015.
The course, which is implemented by UNITAR in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), aims to…
CIFAL Jeju Co-organizes International Workshop on Holistic Waste Management and Eco-Town Models for Sustainable Asia-Pacific
31 May 2015, Jeju, Republic of Korea – CIFAL Jeju convened fourteen central, state and local government officials and NGO workers from seven different countries from Asia-Pacific for a three-day workshop on "Holistic Waste Management and Eco-Town Models for Sustainable Asia-Pacific". CIFAL Jeju, in collaboration with UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), held the event from 28 to 30 April 2015 at Jeju International Training…
The Times Are They A-Changin' in Mongolia? Green Development as an Opportunity in Times of Economic Downturn
28 November 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Mongolia is known for its pristine nature, clear lakes and rolling hills. On a Thursday morning in November this beauty seems far away. Ulaanbaatar city is covered in smog; people crossing the street wear masks. Concentrations of fine particulate matter reach 645 μg/m3 – 25 times higher than what the World Health Organization qualifies as acceptable. 80% of the winter air pollution is attributed to the burning of coal…