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11 March 2025, Newcastle, Australia - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Progress Report 2024 of the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) is a collective effort by the University of Newcastle community and broader stakeholder engagement. The report details linkages between SDGs, the university and the community as a whole, illuminating opportunities for stakeholders to foster partnerships and work towards common goals. Within the community and surrounding region, CIFAL Newcastle has made a profound impact. As th...
Leading up to the 2023 G7 Summit, UNITAR and UNITAR Association held the Hiroshima G7: Voice of the Youth dialogue last 17 April 2023.
Seven youth from the G7 countries living in Hiroshima shared their experiences in Hiroshima and discussed Hiroshima’s role in promoting global peace.
Approximately 140 attendees joined the session, who had the opportunity to learn more about the panellists' views on Hiroshima’s role in promoting global peace and other global issues.
, 19 April 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – On 17 April 2023, UNITAR and UNITAR Association he...
12 February 2021, Georgetown, Guyana – What do sugar, cars and economic incentives have in common? They could be ingredients of a green industrial policy to reduce the environmental footprint of Guyana’s transport sector through greater use of biofuels such as ethanol derived from sugar cane. As so often though, the devil is in the details. What policies could be adopted to link economic and environmental considerations? What circumstances call for sector-specific support? How can a government account for international legal frameworks when designing green industrial polici...
20th International Hurricane Seminar: Twenty years of Innovation, Resilience, and Knowledge Exchange
21 March 2025, Merida, Mexico — Celebrating 20 years of leadership in hurricane risk management and operational resilience, the 20th International Hurricane Seminar brought together distinguished experts from around the world for two days of collaborative learning, strategic dialogue, and forward-looking action. With over 200 participants in attendance—including airport leaders from Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean—the seminar reaffirmed its role as a key platform for advancing regional preparedness. The agenda focused on strengthening strategic communication, ...
The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) and UNITAR launched the Global Learning Platform on Financial Inclusion in October 2019. The initiative aims to enhance capacities on financial management and financial inclusion. It is oriented to finance practitioners, particularly in micro-credit financial institutions and in government entities fostering financial inclusion of women and young entrepreneurs, as well as officers in governments, NGOs and other civil society organizations. Since its launch, AGFUND and UNITAR have delivered eight online courses and 2 e-worksho...
30 November 2018, New York, United States – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in New York and the New York based music education company Time Ranger Inc. co-hosted a one-day seminar on Music Education and Sustainable Development on Friday, 30 November 2018 in the United Nations Headquarters.
UNITAR firmly believes in the value of inclusive arts, and cooperating with the Time Ranger Inc. offered us a great opportunity to promote sustainable development goals, especially on Good Health and Well-Being (Goal 3), Quality Education (Goal 4) and Redu...
2024年12月21日、250名以上の研修参加者が国連ユニタール「スーダン緊急支援：組織能力と生計向上を通じた社会経済の安定促進」研修事業 の第1フェーズを修了しました。紛争が勃発してから約2年が経過した今、スーダンは依然として政情不安、経済の低迷、数百万人の強制移動に苦しんでいます。日本政府の支援により開催されている国連ユニタールのオンライン研修事業は、参加者にデジタル分野と起業におけるスキルを提供しています。これにより、気候変動に強い革新的なビジネスを立ち上げ、食料不安や貧困の課題への取り組みを促進することを目指しています。第2フェーズは2月上旬から始まっており、オンライン・ブートキャンプの後、2日間のバーチャルハッカソンを行います。また、上位20名の参加者は今後第3フェーズへと進みます。, 2025年2月4日、ジュネーブ、スイス - 2024年12月21日に250名以上の女性と若者が国連ユニタール「スーダン緊急支援：組織能力と生計向上を通じた社会経済の安定促進」研修事業の第1フェーズを修了しました。日本国政府拠出の本事業は、2024年8月より開始されました。スーダンでは紛争が勃発してから約2年が経過し、依然として拡大し続ける人道的危機に直面する中、同事業では、スーダン国民が食料不安と貧困に対処できるよう、農業ビジネスを中心に起...
22 January 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – University students from China visited the European Headquarter of the United Nations, known as the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in a seminar on the Role of Youth in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. During the workshop, co-organized by UNITAR and Association des Étudiant-e-s Sinophones de l'Université de Genève (AESG) and held at the Palais des Nations, the students were introduced to the SDGs and their importance. The purpose of the session was to encourage and inspire these young individ...
8 December 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - To celebrate a milestone of the partnership and to strategize the way forward, UN SDG:Learn partners gathered for a Retreat “Transforming Sustainable Development Learning on the way to the Summit of the Future”. The Retreat was hosted by UNITAR and organized in a hybrid format.
In preparation for the Summit of the Future, partners conducted a comprehensive review of the accomplishments from 2019-2023 and discussed the strategic pathways for the parternship. The focus was on identifying areas where collective efforts could address emer...
Lê Nguyen An Khanh is a young diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Viet Nam. She is passionate about the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and world peace.
UNITAR Division for Prosperity trains government officials in Asia to learn about international nuclear disarmament processes and build their communication and negotiation skills.
, 28 August 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – Lê Nguyen An Khanh is a young official from Viet Nam, working at the Department of International Organisations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She believes that diplomats like her ha...