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10 January 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - From the 29th of November to the 2nd of December 2022, the XIX Annual Steering Committee Meeting of the CIFAL Global Network, hosted by CIFAL Honolulu and Chaminade University took place in Honolulu, USA. The meeting brought together all 25 CIFAL Centers with team members of CIFAL Centers to be inaugurated in 2023 also present. Mr Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director presided over the meeting, which was led by Mr Alex Mejia, Head of the CIFAL Global Network., Mr Seth, and Mr Mejia a...
On 7 June, UNITAR launched the 5-month hybrid training programme “UNITAR SDGs and Digital Futures: Changemaking Through AI/Digital Storytelling”.Motivated youths from Hiroshima Prefecture and Asia joined the programme.This programme introduces concepts and ethics of AI use and trains the youth on using AI tools for digital storytelling.By the end of this programme, participants will be able to use basic AI tools with an understanding of their role in digital storytelling and advancing the SDGs.The programme will be run by the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, powered by Mi...
Latest Event at Osaka, Japan Expo 2025Promoting Sport for Development and Peace: Co-creating Culture through Sport and DiplomacyTo mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in collaboration with the Japan Sport Council (JSC), proudly hosted a special event on 4 May 2025 at the Osaka, Japan Expo 2025 , entitled “Promoting Sport for Development and Peace: Co-creating Culture through Sport and Diplomacy.” Through interactive community walls and sport-technology activities, the event offered p...
“Born and bred in Nigeria”, as her typical first name indicates, 37 years old Sa’adatu Bowsan developed an interest in political topics in her early youth, although coming from a family that never was heavily implicated in politics in the first place. That interest developed further when she enrolled to study political science in Abuja’s university from 1999 to 2002, bringing back a Degree in that field that very year. Later, she took part in various trainings, monitored elections and political events, consulted with political institutions and worked with organisations in…
16 December 2022, New York, United States (hybrid) – The Global Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) Closing Ceremony took place, celebrating the GDI Graduates for the Fall 2022 Cohort at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). The GDI Programme provides a kind experience for students and professionals in their higher education levels who are interested to learn more on the is United Nations and how it functions. They have the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience from experts and diplomats in the field. , For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic...
17 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) and the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) are partnering to promote a new mobile application for the WHO’s Surgical Safety Checklist, which is destined to facilitate its use among healthcare professionals. The dissemination of the mobile feature is enhanced through a video that aims of raising awareness of the Checklist’s importanc...
Kefa Akroush and Mireille El Alam are two of more than 50 government officials from Jordan and Lebanon that participated in UNITAR’s Gender Empowerment Now! Project.
Kefa Akroush, Head of the Gender and Strategic Partnerships Department at the Ministry of Education in Jordan, leads the department in breaking the identified stereotypes found in the curriculum.
As the Head of the Women’s Affairs Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs in Lebanon, Mireille El Alam and her team deliver various programmes that benefit women and the youth.
UNITAR Division for Prosp...
人間の安全保障の観点から海洋環境は重要な役割を果たすと考えられます。人間の安全保障の社会的、政治的、環境的、そして経済的側面を含む様々な要因は海洋環境の持続的かつ包括的なガバナンスと管理に影響を受けます。
人間の安全保障の観点から海洋環境を総合的に分析するために2002年度に「国連ユニタール広島事務所 海洋と人間の安全保障に関する研修」が始まりました。本研修では海洋分野の政策立案者間の情報の共有や能力強化を行うことを目的としています。, 研修ごとに異なるテーマを設置していますが、本研修受講後には研修生は下記の項目を理解し達成することを目的とします。
分野ごとの課題の特定
各分野の相互関係の説明
ケーススタディから学ぶ教訓
政策開発と実践戦略
政策実行のための実現可能なプランの作成
課題解決のための目標設定
各分野の相互関係を考慮した上での戦略の策定
包括的な海洋の安全保障の必要性の説明
, 本研修では下記の異なる学習手法を組み合わせ参加型で研修を行います。
対話型講義とグループ演習
多角的な視点から講師が理論を説明し、実際のケーススタディを参考にしながら対話型で講義を進めていきます。講師の講義の後にはグループごとに議論を深め演習を行い、分野の文脈化促進を図ります。
前日の振り返り
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14 November 2016, Tokyo, Japan - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has completed the UNITAR Hiroshima Women's Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2016. Conducted in collaboration with the Government of Japan and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNIDSR), the workshop was successfully held between 30 October to 7 November 2016 in Tokyo, Sendai and Wakayama. Twenty-six senior female participants, selected from fourteen Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) including: ...
Together with its academic partners, UNITAR runs a series of webinars dedicated to various issues pertaining to the modern peace and security landscape, with a specific focus on education and training needed by personnel and professionals operating in these highly complex environments. Each time, we invite a special guest from the international sector, field operations, academia or media to share their experience and expert knowledge with our audience. Thematic areas vary from current conflicts and related political developments, media coverage and perceptions of conflicts,...