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Sonath Abdul Sattar recalls when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the Maldives in 2004.
We did not know what a tsunami was; we thought it was a big wave. And we waited and watched – we saw the water receding outside so we could see the reefs. And then when it crashed, it was coming with the dead fish and everything. We were not aware at all.
It was a pivotal moment in Sonath’s life. In the aftermath, Sonath began volunteering for the country’s relief efforts. It began her career in disaster management, a path which eventually brought her to Japan to take part in the UNITAR ...
Name: Dragana Stojanovic Besirevic
Organization: Private Sector
Functional Title: Translator
Country: Serbia
Course participated in: Introductory MOOC on the 2030 Agenda
Dragana Stojanovic Besirevic learnt about the SDGs in a matter of days.
Dragana holds a Master’s degree from Belgrade University in English language and literature.
She has extensive work experience, most of it in higher education. At the beginning of her career she taught English as a second language at university. Later she started working at an international organization that ...
When Dr. Amina, a public health professional in Brazil, heard about the WHO Academy’s new learning platform, she was eager to explore its offerings. Like many of her colleagues, she had struggled with fragmented online learning resources, outdated training materials, and the challenge of accessing high-quality courses relevant to her work. But in December 2024, that changed.Thanks to a successul collaboration between UNITAR’s Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building, The Defeat-NCD Partnership, and WHO, 140 essential health training courses were successfully m...
The Multilateral Diplomacy Programme will be offering a new set of e-Learning courses in the fall of 2010, including: Multilateral Conferences and Diplomacy; Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation; United Nations Protocol; Chairing Meetings and International Conferences, Mediation Skills and much more!
Please see the list of e-Learning courses for more information.
Twenty Fellows Receive Training on Needs Assessment and Leadership in Entebbe, Uganda
11 July 2018 – Hiroshima, Japan - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Hiroshima Office in financial and institutional support of the Japanese and South Sudanese governments concluded Workshop II for the UNITAR Hiroshima South Sudan Fellowship on Entrepreneurship and Project Planning on 26 June 2018 in Entebbe, Uganda. Twenty Fellows, supported by five Coaches and two UNITAR Staff participated in the workshop.
The workshop served as the second face-to-face…
UNITAR and the Global Challenges Forum Foundation to Cooperate on Cybersecurity Training
26 April 2018, Washington DC, United States - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Global Challenges Forum Foundation (GCF) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), committing to develop and implement a joint capacity-building programme in cybersecurity and to jointly pursue cooperation based on their respective mandates, mission, goals, needs, expertise, networks and work programmes.
GCF is a not-for-profit international foundation…
Over 200 attendees joined the virtual conference Closing the Digital Divide: Strengthening Digital Literacy and Infrastructure on 24 March 2022.
The conference was hosted by UNITAR Division for Prosperity.
A diverse panel of digital-infrastructure developers, service providers, regulators, and facilitators of digital skills programmes talked about replicating and upscaling digitization initiatives in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Sahel region.
Marginalized populations need digital literacy and digital infrastructure to adopt and use digital technologies and reduce the digi...
1. HOW DO I APPLY FOR THE MASTER PROGRAMME OR FOR INDIVIDUAL MODULES AND WHAT ARE THE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS?
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. However, to be considered for a specific semester, please submit your application not later than 1st of March - to start in April and 1st of September - to start in October. You will be informed about the result within three weeks. Once admitted, you will receive an admission letter and you will have up to six months to secure enough funding and start attending the courses.
The admission requirements are:
(1) Three-ye...
“UNITAR Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2024” is now accepting applications from learners aged 18 and above from the Pacific small island developing states and Asia region.This programme aims to equip learners with lifelong skills to develop inclusive disaster risk reduction plans that reflect the needs of their communities and countries.The programme will be conducted in English, in two phases. The first phase (September to November 2024) will be online. Approximately 20 top learners will then b...
Women entrepreneurs, business leaders and those running micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from three Regional Economic Communities across sub-Saharan Africa are invited to apply to a UNITAR entrepreneur training programme.
The Advancing Gender Equality and Women Empowerment 2023 Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Training Programme will teach participants the foundational concepts of entrepreneurship and financial management to build their capacity as entrepreneurs.
The application deadline is 31 July 2023 (midnight, EAT).
, 28 June 2023, Hiroshima,...