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After two years of virtual training, the UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day is set to resume its in-person training on 7 March 2023.
Grounded on the Sendai Framework, the 5-day training programme aims to teach women professionals about Disaster Risk Reduction leadership and management.
Participants will participate in study tours for community and site immersion.
Together with the women-led organization in Sendai City, Japan, the participants will virtually commemorat...
Dr Marwa Nofal is a psychiatrist at a public mental health hospital in Egypt.
In 2020, she launched a non-profit organization that brings together mental health professionals to facilitate more mental health research in Egypt and the Middle East and the North African region.
Dr Marwa turned to the UNITAR Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon programme to learn about leadership strategies, entrepreneurship and teamwork.
Marwa's advice for fellow entrepreneurs is to take action, no matter how small.
, 15 May 2023, H...
Shumoos Ghanim Jaber, Iraqi entrepreneur, is a participant in UNITAR’s Great Ideas Space 2022: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon.
Shumoos advocates for plant-based solutions to both promote health and counter climate change.
Shumoos launched her green business in 2021 selling vegan products and meals.
Her use of social media to advocate for veganism and women’s empowerment led her to an opportunity to participate in a COP27 side event.
UNITAR Division for Prosperity trains entrepreneurs to design and implement so...
UNITAR invites young entrepreneurs in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023: Entrepreneurship and Innovation promoting Health Security and Economic Development.
The online programme will train participants on key topics in entrepreneurship and innovation to address challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute to building a resilient health sector in the region.
Applications are open until 18 July 2023.
, 21 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity invites entrepreneurs in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon ...
UNITAR invites young entrepreneurs in Afghanistan to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Job Creation through Entrepreneurship and Innovation training programme.
The online programme will train participants on key topics in entrepreneurship and food Security.
Applications are open until 15 July 2023.
, 26 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity invites entrepreneurs and innovators in Afghanistan to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Jo...
Andaru Dhaniswara, Indonesian diplomat, is an alum of 2022 UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Indonesia is a member state of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and a signatory state of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Participants of the UNITAR programme learn from world-renowned experts and practice strategies in diplomatic negotiations.
Andaru believes that discussions on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation should be prioritized for international development.
, October 2022, Hir...
Tariq Rauf is an expert trainer for the UNITAR’s Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme.
He is the former Head of Nuclear Verification and Security Policy Coordination at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with years of experience in nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and arms control.
The UNITAR nuclear disarmament training brings diplomats to Hiroshima, where they can stand at ground zero and see the bare memorial dome.
Tariq believes the UNITAR programme fills a critical gap for developing countries in Asia, building their capa...
Yuriy Kryvonos has been a resource person for the UNITAR Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme since 2016.Hiroshima offers the ideal venue for diplomats and government officials to learn about nuclear disarmament.Mr Kryvonos is confident that the programme participants learn real-world knowledge and skills to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation within their ministries as well as on the international scene., 14 August 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – Since 2016, Yuriy Kryvonos has been training diplomats through UNITAR’s Nuclear Disarmament ...
タイの外交官Aiyarat Kosakulさんは、2024年2月、国連ユニタール「核軍縮・不拡散（NDNP）広島研修」 に参加しました。このプログラムでは、世界の核軍縮に関する基本的な知識を、広島ならではの視点で学ぶことができました。Kosakuさんは外交の仕事のダイナミズムに魅力を感じています。将来、国連ユニタール研修の同窓生とも協働したいと期待を膨らませています。, 2024年11月8日、広島 - 現在、タイ外務省の一等書記官として活躍されているAiyarat Kosakulさんは、平和安全保障軍縮部で大量破壊兵器や化学・生物・通常兵器に関する問題に取り組んでいます。同国政府の推薦により、国連ユニタール「核軍縮・不拡散（NDNP）広島研修」に参加。このプログラムを通じて、核軍縮に関する基本的な理解を深め、より広い視野で仕事に取り組むことができるようになりました。, Kosakulさんが外交官になったきっかけは、国のために貢献したい、ダイナミックな問題に取り組みたいという思いからでした。彼は、2024年2月に広島で1週間にわたって行われた「核軍縮・不拡散（NDNP）研修」に参加した外交官・政府関係者18名のうちの一人です。広島県と広島市が支援するこのプログラムは、核軍縮・不拡散に関する外交官の理解を深めるととも...
15 May 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) launched its first joint online course on Fundamentals of Microfinance as part of a series of online courses aimed at supporting financial inclusion initiatives across the Middle East and Africa. Thanks to the financial support of AGFUND, these training courses are made freely available to the participants.
This joint initiative with AGFUND recognizes financial inclusion as an enabler of sustainable development goals including eradicating poverty; achieving gender equality and ec...