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Corruption hinders sustainable development in all countries. In order to tackle its root causes and consequences as well as to find solutions for prevention, accountability and redress, the impact of mainstreaming knowledge is a powerful resource towards transforming the lives of individuals and societies, as a whole. Mainstreaming knowledge about this problematic pursues the transformation of discriminatory social institutions, laws, cultural norms and community practices, such as those limiting access to property rights or restricting access to public spaces.
In this reg...
September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – Last August, the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) signed a partnership agreement with the Division for Peace of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to review and enhance the curriculum WPDI uses to train their Youth Peacemakers to become leaders and trainers. Building on the wide expertise and experience of UNITAR in providing innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations, and institutions to support global and local action for lasting peace and sustainable devel...
The Leave No One Behind Fund (LNOB Fund) is a flexible, pooled funding instrument that helps UNITAR to deliver on its mandate and meet the learning and broader capacity development needs of individuals, organizations and institutions from the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries, the small island developing States, countries in Africa and countries in and emerging from conflict (collectively referred as the countries in special situations). The LNOB Fund also targets the needs of groups made vulnerable, including women and children, persons with di...
20 December 2021, Budapest, Hungary / Hiroshima, Japan / Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR Division for Prosperity and Central Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank – MNB) have launched a new partnership to develop a training programme on the digitalization of the financial sector.
MNB is one of the first central banks around the world to adopt a financial technology (FinTech) strategy and to analyse the digitalization of the financial sector in a regular, dedicated publication. Its leading experience and expertise inspired UNITAR’s new Digital Finance Initiative, launched in Ap...
UNITAR brought together approximately 70 participants from 8 Pacific Island countries to the ‘UNITAR Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security’ training programme workshop, held in Nadi, Fiji, from 1 to 10 October. This pivotal workshop featured expert-led lectures covering a wide range of topics in relation to the sea and human security and study tours to Viseisei and Yako villages. Participants demonstrated their learnings through group presentations and received certificates of completion at the closing ceremony on 10 October. The fi...
Carlos Fuentes, world renowned Mexican writer, and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Turkish scholar and Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, are the guest speakers of the next edition of the Geneva Lecture Series to take place on 16 September 2010, at the Palais des Nations. This 5th lecture followed by an open debate with the Geneva public will focus on the following subject: “Building bridges: intercultural dialogue, identities and migration”. The debate with the public, in English and French, will be moderated by the presenter of TSR news, Darius…
Oi, tudo bem? The UN CC:Learn e-Course Soon to be Available in Portuguese!
06 April 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The UN CC:Learn Secretariat is happy to announce a new partnership with UNESCO Brazil and the Ministry of Environment of Brazil, which aims to work together for translation and dissemination of the UN CC:Learn introductory e-course on climate change.
This collaboration's goal is to facilitate access to basic climate change related information in Brazil, Portugal and lusophone countries all over the world in order to ensure as many people understand the…
"I am going from here with the hope that we can make a change on the continent. We request UNITAR continue to build a critical mass in this vital area."
- Comment from a participating official at the closing
Officials visiting the African Union Headquarters
February 2017, Addis Ababa: The UNITAR Regional Programme to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking in Africa, provided advanced training in conflict analysis, prevention and resolution to…
Climate Negotiators from LDCs Sharpen Data, Diplomacy Skills Ahead of Paris Meet
27 Jul 2015, Bangkok, Thailand - A United Nations Development Programme training to help Least Developed Countries participate more effectively in international climate change negotiations commenced on Monday, with representatives from more than 20 countries slated to attend.
The bi-lingual training is targeted at ‘up and coming’ negotiators from LDCs and is being jointly conducted with UNITAR, UNEP, and IIED, with funding from the Global Environment Facility.
It is part of an…
UNITAR’s Woman’s Leadership Workshop in Geneva - June 2016
8 June 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Women’s Leadership Programme delivered a 2-day Leadership Workshop on the 1 and 2 June in Geneva. The workshop was attended by representatives from Permanent Missions, the non-governmental sector, and international organizations and achieved the goal of providing a platform and environment that empowered women not only to self-reflect and learn, but also connect with and inspire one another.
The leadership workshop is part of the series of workshops under…