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Mele Moimoi is a disaster risk reduction trainer at Tonga National Council of Churches (TNCC).
Her preparedness habits and knowledge about disaster risk reduction helped her in the 2022 Tonga disaster.
Mele learned about gender leadership in disasters at the 2021 UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Training Programme.
Tongan women take care of the family while men work far from home. Women need to know how to respond to disasters and lead in crises.
, April 2022 - The volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami that hit Tong...
Hanna Nyamal Yohanis is a South Sudanese law student who founded an NGO to help young people in her community access further education.Hanna participated in the Great Ideas Space for South Sudan 2023: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Training for Food Security programme, which brought her to Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan.The UNITAR programme helped Hanna develop and manage her NGO. She also gained a strong sense of direction and the confidence to get through challenges., 23 August 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - Hanna Yohanis is a South Sudanese law student who wants to...
11 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR launched its comprehensive Digital Finance Initiative, beginning with a recently held virtual conference on Digital Finance. This initiative aims to offer training for government bodies and policymakers for harnessing digital technologies for sustainable development.
The programme is titled Systemic Trends in Cross-Border Trade and Finance: Opportunities and Risks of the Digitalisation Challenge. This programme covers various topics under the broad field of digitalisation and recognizes that the move towards digital forms of financ...
4 - 5 November 2019, Lima, Peru- The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office participated in the “X Virtual Educa Multilateral Forum” within the framework of the XXI Virtual Educa Peru meeting, represented by UNITAR Head of New York Office, Mr. Marco A. Suazo, who serves as president of the Advisory Council of Virtual Educa.
The Forum is a space for analysis and debate on the trends, challenges, and opportunities posed by the Fourth Industrial Revolution to educate and train human resources for social innovation. Participants included re...
This story is about one of the two radio programmes that have sparked a wave of environmental consciousness across Zimbabwe, educating its listeners and fostering a nationwide discussion on climate change. Based on interviews with three different individuals—the radio host, an interviewer, and a teacher—the story is explored through their unique perspectives, showcasing how the programme has influenced both its creators and educators who engage with it. By providing accessible, engaging content, the show was a vital source of climate change education for a wide audience, fr...
The CommonSensing project is funded by the United Kingdom Space Agency and aims to strengthen disaster risk reduction and climate change resilience in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu through 1) increasing national resource capacities in the use of Earth Observation (EO) solutions to address disaster risk reduction and climate change resilience by 2020, and 2) enhancing evidence-based decision making by using CS solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (CCA).
The endline evaluation assesses the project’s effectiveness, efficiency and likel...
12 December 2023, New York, USA – An evening of musical grandeur unfolded in the New York City landmark, Carnegie Hall, on December 11, 2023, as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research - New York Office (UNITAR-NYO), the President's Office of the 78th United Nations General Assembly, and Carnegie Hall partnered for an extraordinary concert. Titled "In Celebration of the Work of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and PGA H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis: A Concert For Peace, Prosperity, Progress, and Sustainability - An Annual UN Family Reunion". Under the suppor...
In a world where more data are generated in one year than over decades before, its value to informing important policies and decisions aimed at the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is ever more important. The surge in data presents both significant opportunities for generating much needed evidence, as well as new challenges as the spread of fake news increasingly threatens the very foundations of our societies. Against this backdrop, UNITAR’s Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Unit (SI Agenda 2030) has teamed up with UN Statistics Division...
The 13th annual conference presented by GILPP and UNITAR is taking place virtually from 20-22 June 2023. To register click here.
This Conference is open to all who are Committed to Advancing Good Governance and Human Rights:
Government Leaders
Leaders of International Organizations
Key Stakeholders and Policy Implementors
Academia
Organization Leaders
Private Sector Leaders
Media Leaders
Civil Society and Other Stakeholders
Attendees of the Peace and Security Conference will receive a Certificate of Participation from both GILPP and UNITAR., “Responsible ...
4-6 February 2020, Stirling, United Kingdom – For three days, 26 Masters in Diplomacy and Human Rights students from the University of Stirling welcomed five UNITAR staff members, including the director of the Multilateral Diplomacy Division, Mr. Rabih Haddad, who provided their extensive knowledge on a range of issues related to the architecture of Human Rights institutions within the UN system, as well as the UN mission and hiring mechanism.
The three-day workshop’s intensity could only be compared to the vast array of knowledge provided to the students. The professiona...