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Geneva 21 March: Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters and UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes signed an implementation agreement further to the decision taken by the Flemish Government last Friday to provide financial support over the period of 2011 to 2013 to the future UNITAR-affiliated International Training Center on Corporate Opportunities (ITCCO).
This agreement represents a milestone for the establishment of ITCCO, an Antwerp based center of excellence to engage global business communities in finding constructive, inclusive and innovative solutions to global…
Among one of its newest corporate partnerships, CIFAL Shanghai has now partnered with Intrabond Capital through this February 2011. Intrabond Capital is a major U.S. corporation that provides international services and research on board governance practices. The partnership includes support by Intrabond for training and research, establishing a national directory of boards, and conducting evaluations of corporate boards, including public, state-owned and pre-IPO entities. This will not only contribute to greater transparency and overview of existing PRC corporate boards,…
A three-day workshop on the structure, drafting and adoption of United Nations resolutions, organized by UNITAR and held from 15 to 17 March, attracted more than 25 diplomats posted at United Nations Headquarters. This biannual English-language workshop was conducted by Mr. Jean Gazarian, UNITAR Senior Fellow, who was for 18 years Director of the Division of General Assembly Affairs.
As reflected in the evaluation questionnaires submitted by the participants, the new delegates highlighted the fact that this course gave them a better understanding of the nuances…
In cooperation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of São Tomé and Principe and with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of São Tomé, UNITAR has successfully implemented two workshops for the benefit of diplomats and government officials of São Tomé. The first training focused on the training of trainers and the second on conference diplomacy and multilateral negotiations.
His Excellency Mr. Manuel Salvador dos Ramos, Minister of Foreign Affairs and His Excellency Américo de Oliveira dos Ramos, Minister of Finances and International Cooperation…
On 4 and 5 March 2011, UNITAR in cooperation with an expert trainer, Mr. David Massey, organized a tailor-made workshop on effective report writing to train South African delegates.
The content of the workshop was designed to meet the particular challenges faced by diplomats in their daily work. As such, the workshop was organized in response to a specific request by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa for training in that area. Diplomats at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations often have to write several reports…
25 April - 1 July 2011
The Local Development Programme of UNITAR is launching a new session of its proven e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation, in English language. This e-course has been awarded with the International ECBCheck Quality Label for e-Learning!
The course, which will run from 25 April to 1st July 2011, aims to enhance the capacity of local decision-makers and sanitation professionals to make the most enlightened decisions and investments in the area of urban sanitation. It provides analytical tools to understand the financial and institutional…
CIFAL Plock (Poland) Hosts Water in Urban Areas Training for Central and Eastern Europe Local Actors
Plock’s International Training Centre for Local Actors (CIFAL Plock, Poland) celebrated the World Water Day with Central and Eastern European municipalities during a three-day training event highlighting the region’s key challenges with water management in urban areas in the face of increasing urbanisation. Hosted from 22 to 24 March 2011, the event paired a training workshop with a one day conference gathering experts who explored current trends in regional urban water management, dealing with topics such as water in real estate developments, remote sensing methods for…
The project is part of an ongoing profile of projects that UNITAR coordinates for capacity building in the Niger Delta region linked to resources, conflict mitigation, and economic development via the Port Harcourt Project Office (PHPO).
The Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Programme (MAP) Training of-Trainers (TOT) was organized by UNITAR/PHPO in partnership with the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute of Geneva (MEA-I). The institute is a non-profit organization supported by the computer giant Hewlett Packard (HP) whose key objective is to…
DIHAD is the largest event in the Arab region focusing on humanitarian efforts. The conference eight edition held in Dubai at the end of March 2011 focused on new technology for humanitarian aid and development. Its Scientific Board called on UNOSAT to chair the session on satellite technology, which featured speakers from Google, the European Commission Joint Research Centre and European Space Imaging a leading company based in Germany providing satellite imagery.
The event gathered all principal UN agencies and NGOs active in humanitarian relief as well as a number of…