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4 March 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently signed an agreement to launch a joint online course on Agriculture in Trade Agreements to be delivered in Russian language for Europe and Central Asia.
The 4-week course will cover global issues as well as key topics with a specific focus on the post-Soviet countries such as regional experiences in implementing multilateral and regional trade agreements in post-Soviet countries.
The course is designed to assist professionals from ministries of agricul...
Limited slots are available in this course and will be subject to a selection process conducted by FAO and UNITAR, taking into account in particular, the geographical distribution and gender balance. A certificate of completion will be issued to participants who successfully complete all course-related assignments and assessments.
For more information and online registration, please visit UNITAR’s website at: http://www.unitar.org/aita-ru (the website is in Russian and English, the course will be delivered in Russian). Registration deadline is 22 April 2019 or while slots ...
Jacques Dembele, from Mali, is a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at UNDP Guinea-Bissau.He participated in the Primary Course of the Program for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development, held in January and February 2025 both online and in Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan.Jacques was motivated to join the course by his desire to learn about peacebuilding and development from Japan, a country he admires as a global advocate for peace.His time in Hiroshima and the course experience fuelled his commitment to continue contributing to peacebuilding and deve...
23 December 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – On October 7, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) signed a collaboration and cooperation memorandum. The two institutions aim to strengthen their cooperation through development projects in entrepreneurship and digital technology.
To provide UNITAR trainees and alumni, APU students, and others with new learning opportunities, we will share practical knowledge and promote exchanges.
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APU faculty and students will participate in UNITAR’...
Mariya Asagi is a development professional from Japan who specializes in educational and humanitarian support.She participated in the Primary Course, part of The Programme for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, held online and in Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan, in January and February 2025. Hiroshima University is commissioned to implement the Programme, in collaboration with the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR...
In May 2019, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered a facilitated online course entitled Agriculture in International Trade Agreements. The course was part of an ongoing collaboration, with an earlier, self-paced version of the course having been launched in 2018. The 2019 course targeted policy-makers in eleven European and Central Asian countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The course was designed to cover not only global trade issues but con...
22 March 2023, New York, USA - UNITAR, York University, the Regional Municipality of York (York Region) and York Regional Police renewed its partnership agreement to foster sustainable development in Canada. This agreement aims to deliver joint training and professional development activities, which target – mainly – government officials, leaders, civil society and other interested parties in the areas of safety mobility including road safety, mental health, gender equality, entrepreneurship and economic growth, and climate change, amongst others.
An anticipated outco...
La UPB encuentra en la Agenda 2030 uno de sus principales referentes en el mundo para la gestión de sus impactos ambientales, sociales y económicos. Desde el 2017, en las Memorias de sostenibilidad, se ha visibilizado explícitamente la comunión entre la actuación de la Universidad y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, para hacer más efectiva la contribución a dichos objetivos. En 2019, la UPB realizó un ejercicio de priorización que permitió, de manera precisa, identificar en cuáles de los 17 ODS se producen impactos directos en coherencia con su condición de institució...
The University of Cuenca is a public institution of Higher Education, which was created by Legislative Decree issued by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Ecuador, meeting in Congress on October 15, 1867, and sanctioned by the President of the Republic on the 18th of the same month and year. The University of Cuenca is an academic community, with its own legal status, academic, administrative, financial and organic autonomy, public law, secular, non-profit, pluralistic and open to all currents and forms of universal thought, funded by the State and is part of...
Universidad de Guadalajara is a public and autonomous university system in the Mexican state of Jalisco, that combines a global scope and vision with a strong commitment to society. A tradition of constant innovation and quality has made UdeG one of Mexico’s leading institutions of higher education. The university’s high school, undergraduate, graduate and research programmes are designed to promote a sustainable and inclusive social development at the local, national and global level. Therefore, a profound and ongoing institutional transformation is taking place in order t...