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25-29 July 2011, Bangkok, Thailand. The UN Development Group (UNDG), in collaboration with several partners, organized a workshop for the Asia-Pacific region to support UN Country Teams in mainstreaming environmental sustainability, climate change, and disaster risk reduction in country programming. The event was supported by UNITAR with resources from the One UN CC:Learn Initiative.
Work to integrate and mainstream climate change adaptation, environmental sustainability and disaster risk reduction can have profound linkages to poverty reduction and improved livelihoods.…
UNITAR Hiroshima Office - Capacity Building Going from Strength to Strength
Located in the City of Peace, the UNITAR Hiroshima Office had an extremely successful 2015, delivering more training to more beneficiaries in more countries, and increasing its engagement with the local community. Under the leadership of its Head, Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, 2015 saw the Hiroshima Office (HO) engage with a broader range of donors and partners, diversify its training portfolio, and begin training in new countries. HO also continued developing its training and local engagement with a range…
The real-time exercise recently performed in Vietnam by UNITAR/UNOSAT and their partners during the first week of May was successful.
The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the support of TANGO solutions for telecom equipment and services (www.teladnetgo.eu) in a typical RESPOND scenario (GMES services supporting humanitarian relief, Disaster Reduction and reconstruction - www.respond-int.org) dealing with preparedness and crisis response in the case of floods disaster event. TANGO provided support to field team activities with portable Satcom equipments…
20-24 June 2011, Nairobi, Kenya. Climate change, environmental degradation, and disasters have direct impacts on the livelihoods of people. To address linkages between these three areas and mainstream them in country programming, the UN Development Group (UNDG) Task Team on Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change and Rio+20, in collaboration with several partners, organized a regional workshop for the African and Arab regions from 20-24 June 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop brought together members of UN Country Teams who are embarking on the UN Development…
UNITAR Hiroshima Launches Community Promotional Video
20 November 2014, Hiroshima, Japan – The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has launched a community outreach promotional video emphasizing the global role that the city and people of Hiroshima play in supporting the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, and promoting sustainable peace messages and activities.
The UNITAR Hiroshima Office is celebrating its 12th year in this eternal city, and is the only UN agency to be represented in the Chugoku region of Japan. In addition to its historic legacy, the city is home to two World Heritage…
CIFAL Newcastle Organizes Workshop on Building Codes for Disaster Resilience
23 April 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh – UNITAR’s Affiliated Center for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Newcastle, Australia, organized an interim workshop as part of the project ‘Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges to Safe Building Codes for Disaster Resilience in South Asia – the cases of Bangladesh and Nepal’ in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Around 20 participants from Bangladesh and Nepal took part in the workshop.
The workshop is part of a series which includes the project team members from…
11-15 July 2001, Panama. The UN Development Group (UNDG), in collaboration with several partners, organized a workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean region to support UN Country Teams in mainstreaming environmental sustainability, climate change, and disaster risk reduction in country programming. The event that took place on 11-15 July 2011 in Panamá was supported by UNITAR with resources from UN CC:Learn.
UN Country Teams have a critical role to play in mainstreaming environmental sustainability, climate change and disaster risk reduction in country programming…
8 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in partnership with SKL International, with the support of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will deliver an e-Learning course, “The SymbioCity Approach: Achieving Urban Sustainability in Asian Cities”, from 12 November 2012 to 15 February 2013.
The e-course aims at contributing to sustainable urban development in the Asia-Pacific Region (five target countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam) by supplying urban planners, environmental…
UNITAR celebrates International Peace Day with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and JICA
25 September 2015, Hiroshima, Japan – The UNITAR Hiroshima Office successfully collaborated with Japanese professional baseball team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chugoku Center to observe the International Day of Peace on 21 September at the Hiroshima Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium.
The Afghanistan National Women’s Football Team, on the final day of their UNITAR Leadership and Communication Training Programme, were special guests to the game.…
30 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) successfully hosted the third edition of World Negotiation Day at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Co-hosted by the ADN Group and generously sponsored by the State of Qatar, this year's event marked a significant milestone in the current global landscape, emphasizing the critical role of multilateral diplomacy and the skillful use of mediation in solving conflicts and fostering a culture of peace
We are currently living in very turbulent times with multiple and overlapp...