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19 October 2020, New York, USA. – In parallel with the environmental objectives set forth by the United Nations as it celebrates its historic 75th Anniversary, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office and the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy hosted a training workshop for UN delegates and interested participants, entitled “Achieving Sustainability Through Metrics” on 15 October 2020. As with the other workshops, this session took place in an online format attracting over 60 participants from all over the world.
Mr. Dani...
23 May 2019, Panama City, Panama - UNITAR office in New York continued developing skills for Central American diplomats, this time with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama from 23 - 24 May 2019 with a training for the development of leadership and strengthening negotiation techniques. The workshop was held at the Diplomatic Academy of Panama, in Panama City. The course opened with the remarks of Ambassador Darío Chirú Ochoa, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Panama, Dr. Alexander Lopez and Mr. Pelayo Alvarez, Programme Coordinator and representative of UNITAR New ...
“We launched the Clean Energy Challenge, which sets the ambitious target that all refugee settlements –and nearby host communities – will have access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030.” - Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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As part of our support to all sectors, UNITAR has designed a programme of training packages exclusively to address your concerns and challenges in designing and implementing the GHS in your company.
Different learning activities to address your needs
The newly-designed programme offers a range of service packages according to your needs and resources, with three levels of training offered. These options can provide technical support for a period of six months, including the GHS e-Learning course (with the provision of a UNITAR certificate), webinars o...
11 May 2022, Quito, Ecuador – Road traffic crashes claim 1.35 million lives each year and as many as 50 million more people are injured. They are the eight-leading cause of death across all age groups globally and the number one leading cause among young people aged between 5 and 29 years, costing governments approximately 3% of GDP and 5% in low- and middle-income countries (World Health Organization, WHO 2018).
In line with Sustainable Development Goal 3.6: "Halve the number of road traffic injuries and deaths", UNITAR’s Autosobriety Training Programme seeks to contribut...
2024 年 2 月 20 日、広島ー 国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局は、ポーランド在住のウクライナ避難民女性を対象としたデジタルリスキリング研修の締めくくりとして、2024年2月20日－21日の日程で、デジタル・チャンピオンズ・フォーラムを開催します。本フォーラムは、ワルシャワ市内で開催され、本研修の参加者500名以上の中から最終的に選抜された約 40 名が、 データ分析、サイバーセキュリティ、GIS（地理情報システム）、ウェブ・グラフィックデザインの4分野に分かれてプレゼンテーション等を行います。また、本フォーラムでは、参加者が現地ポーランドやウクライナ、日本の企業・団体等にアピールする機会を設ける予定です。2023 年 10 月に開始されたポーランド在住のウクライナ避難民女性を対象としたデジタルリスキリング研修は、日本国政府のご支援及び広島県の皆様のお力添えにより提供され、500名以上が参加しました。 , デジタル・チャンピオンズ・フォーラムでは、データ分析、サイバーセキュリティ、GIS(地理情報システム)、ウェブ・グラフィックデザインの4分野に分かれて議論し、最終プレゼンテーションを行います。
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National ownership to monitor and achieve the SDGs is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. However, many National Statistical Offices (NSO) face challenges in monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the SDGs. These challenges include the complexity of measuring certain problems and building relevant indicators, limited statistical capacity to monitor identified indicators, the lack of tools to facilitate the use of available information, and coordination difficulties experienced by stakeholders in producing, storing, and using the data, to name just a few.
The United Na...
The road traffic-related deaths and injuries have unparalleled health and socio-economic implications on society, as a whole. A staggering 1.19 million people die on the world’s roads every single year with an additional 20 to 50 million people suffering injuries, often resulting in disabilities. As of 2019, road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5 to 29 years and are the 12th leading cause of death when all ages are considered. Two-thirds of the global fatality statistics occur among people of working age (18–59 years), ...
A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced in 2022, Up 82% from 2010;
On track to rise another 32%, to 82 million tonnes, in 2030;
Billions of dollars worth of strategically-valuable resources squandered, dumped;
Just 1% of rare earth element demand is met by e-waste recycling.
Contacts:
Ruediger Kuehr, SCYCLE, UNITAR, +49 228 815 0213/4, ruediger.kuehr@unitar.org
David Hirsch, ITU, +41 22 730 5092; pressinfo@itu.int
Terry Collins, +1 416 878 8712; tc@tca.tc
The full Global E-waste Monitor report is available at: www.globalewaste.org, 20 March 2024,...
15 June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Division for Prosperity successfully completed a Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) -funded pilot programme on “Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development: Unlocking Women’s Entrepreneurship through Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Afghanistan and Iraq” which benefitted 32 women entrepreneurs from various sectors in the two countries.
Launched on 31 January 2020, the 3-month Programme offered the participants an exceptional learning experience where they were engaged and challenged to learn, in...