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Translated in French, Arabic and Portuguese, The African Youth Charter Hustlers Initiative represents the very first initiative of the African Union (AU) with fully inclusive youth representation across the 55 Member States. The initiative was launched at a critical moment for youth on the African continent as July 2021 marks the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the African Youth Charter (AYC) - a rights-based framework that guides the engagement and empowerment of youth in Africa, enshrines their rights, duties and freedoms. Spearhead by the African Union Office of...
22 and 23 June 2022, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office hosted a two-day informational course on the structure, drafting and adoption of UN resolutions. This course was supported by SIDA international developing agency with a contribution to the UNITAR Strategic Framework Fund, under the programme ‘Leveling The Playing Field.’ This programme focuses on the development of skills and knowledge of Least Developed Countries. This workshop is held yearly as a core training courses for UN delegates. This year’s course h...
Traducción en inglés, francés, portugués, árabe, ruso y chino., Las/os agentes de cambio son personas innovadoras y talentosas que tienen el poder de crear cambios positivos en su entorno. Convertirte en agente de cambio empieza con descubrir tus talentos, tu pasión y tus habilidades y valores, y saber qué causas serán las más apropiadas para apoyar tus habilidades. La falta de acceso y conocimiento de herramientas especializadas, como la Serie Agentes de Cambio, que fue desarrollada para simplificar este proceso de autodescubrimiento, es uno de los desafíos que pueden...
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration
Faculty Chair, Leadership Initiative
Harvard Business School
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and chair of the Leadership Initiative. Linda is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on leadership. Linda was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2013 and received the Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2015. Linda is the author or co-author of several award-winning articles and books including…
For more information, please access the main webpages with the description of the full project and its individual components in English and Spanish., Peace starts in the heart. It starts with an individual. An individual alone cannot make peace, however. This peace must grow, to a family, gathering steam to a community, blossoming to a region before a whole country can be at peace. Building peace requires the involvement of all who are affected by a lack of peace, all those who suffer the consequences of conflict. Youths are neither passive victims nor pure perpet...
Vice President
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Africa Board
Sarah Anyang Agbor is Vice Chairperson of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) as well as the Vice President, Africa Board, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). Sarah is a Trustee Board Member of the African Progress Group (APG) and Board Member of Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR). Sarah is the African Union (AU) Consultant for Policy Renaissance leading the AU project in providing strategic support and establishing…
経済が成長するためには新しい考え方を取り入れていくことが不可欠です。起業家や中小企業の育成は地域社会やコミュニティを豊かする可能性があります。国連ユニタールでは国際的なパートナーや専門家とのネットワークを駆使し、現地で必要なビジネスニーズを満たす研修を提供することができます。, 長年戦争や暴力に苦しんできたイラクは持続可能な開発と復興を阻む様々な課題に直面しています。このような状況のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所では日本政府および国民からの支援を受け、イラク国民の能力強化を支援する研修を立ち上げました。
さらに詳しく, 世界で最も新しい国である南スーダンは持続可能な開発と復興を阻む様々な課題に直面しています。このような状況のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所では南スーダン国民の能力強化を支援する研修を立ち上げました。
さらに詳しく, Entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship have the potential to promote socioeconomic development and help the world “build back better.” When women have knowledge and skills in entreprene...
2019年9月21日、日本福岡県上毛町―国際平和デーである9月21日に、「広島・長崎爆心地中間点上毛町―未来へつなぐ平和の架け橋事業」平和祈念式典が、地理的に広島と長崎の爆心地の中間点である上毛町にて実施されました。事業を主導した錦織亮雄氏は、自身が被爆者であるとともに広島の復興に貢献してきた建築家であり、グリーン・レガシー・ヒロシマ・イニシアチブ（GLH）で長年コミッティー・メンバーを務めています。当事業では、長崎と広島から送られた被爆樹木を上毛町大池公園の池の両サイドにそれぞれ植樹する取り組みであり、昨年度から始まりました。橋のモニュメントが広島サイドと長崎サイドの真ん中に建てられています。, GLHコミッティー・メンバーの7名とユニタール・スタッフの事務局チームが、植樹式及び平和式典に、九州地方で唯一のGLHパートナーである立命館アジア太平洋大学のファエゼ・マヒチ先生と共に参加しました。植樹式は広島東南ロータリー・クラブが主宰している上毛町の広島・長崎爆心地中間点事業の一部でした。午後からの平和式典では、錦織氏は自身の被爆体験や平和な世界へのビジョンをお話しされました。, この植樹式は錦織氏の平和への取組や視野に感銘を受けたすべての方々―東南ロータリーの皆様、上毛町役場の皆様、GLHの樹木医である堀口力先生といった皆様の献身によって実現...
UNITAR Launches New Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice with a Briefing on International Human Rights Protection and Promotion
September, Geneva, Switzerland - The Briefing on International Human Rights Protection and Promotion kick-started the first edition of UNITAR’s Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools required to handle the complexities of Human Rights Law during international and peace negotiations. Participants greatly appreciated the timeliness of the briefing, given that the 30th Session of the Human…
Marcel A. Boisard served as Executive Director of UNITAR from March 1992 to February 2007. As of August 2001, he was also appointed, by the UN Secretary-General, as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. Prior to these appointments, he occupied the position of Director of the UNITAR European Office after having joined the Institute as “Special Fellow” in June 1980.
By the time of joining the United Nations, Boisard had already had a long record of international activities working with diplomatic and humanitarian missions and conducting academic research…