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For the Master of Music Education (M.ME)/ Music Performance (M.M) program by UNITAR, Longy School of Music of Bard College, and GFPA, we are committed to providing a seamless and straightforward application process to help you pursue your passion for music education. Below, we outline the application procedure and provide detailed information on the application steps.
Step 1: DOWNLOAD STUDENT NOMINATION FORM
The application process begins with downloading the student nomination form, which can be accessed towards the end of this page (titled Longy Student Nomination ...
From 28 February to 25 March 2011, participants from all over the world are invited to attend this four week online course, to be delivered via UNITAR’s e-learning platform. Last year more than 100 participants coming from 54 different countries attended this e-learning course. During the evaluation 91 % of the respondents considered that the course was relevant for their job and that they would recommend it to their colleagues. As one participant exclaimed, “Everybody involved in an international conference should take this course!” (Testimonial from a participant of the…
17 June 2025, Victoria, Canada - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Victoria, hosted by the University of Victoria, is dedicated to advancing knowledge and capacity in key thematic areas, including oceans, climate and sustainability; innovation and entrepreneurship; decolonisation and Indigenous knowledge; and global health and well-being. In line with its mandate, CIFAL Victoria works to facilitate the transfer of knowledge, experience and best practices; encourage cooperation and multi-stakeholder partnerships; provide networking...
International Women’s Day is an important reminder of the enormous role that women have historically played and continue playing in their communities and globally for the achievement of a peaceful and sustainable future. Yet, at UNITAR, we believe that celebrating women and their achievements should go beyond a single – albeit important – date, as each day presents opportunities to take an active step towards gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Therefore, starting on 6 March 2020, UNITAR will launch a social media campaign #TakeAStep dedicated to the amplificati...
Ms. Uthpala Sankalpani is a Resource Efficient Cleaner Production Technologist at the National Cleaner Production Center (NCPC), which is one of the foremost sustainable solution providers in Sri Lanka. At NCPC, Ms. Sankalpani’s job is to consult with industries in an effort to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
She already held a degree in Business Administration and has nearly completed a Masters of Environment Management, which gave her a good understanding on the theories of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), however…
From July 6-26, CIFAL Shanghai, in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the P.R. of China, hosted its third training programme of 2011, with a focus on information and communications technology (ICT) services to build Smart Cities.
The 20-day training brought 38 participants from 24 countries, covering Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean regions to explore not only Chinese development of integrated ICT services in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing, but also to…
5 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Investment arbitration is possibly the fastest-developing area of international law. Due to the widespread geographical participation of States in investment treaties and the increased use of arbitration to settle disputes involving significant amounts of money, understanding the particularities and dynamics of investment law and arbitration is becoming increasingly important. With this four week course LALIVE and UNITAR aim at giving public and private sector executives an overview of the specific issues relating to arbitration…
New and Free e-learning course on “Resolving Agricultural Trade Issues in the CIS Region” - Call for application
24 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the new joint e-Learning course on “Resolving Agricultural Trade Issues through International and Regional Trade-related Agreements in the CIS Region”. The online course will be held from 1 to 26 June 2015 in Russian language only.
The course aims to equip participants with a better…
3-Day Workshop to Change Perceptions of Disability
2-4 March 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – In November 2015, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, with the support of the Inter-Agency Support Group for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (IASG), launched the e-learning course “The Human Rights-based Approach to Disability”. This 5-weeks online course aims to introduce the human rights-based approach to disability and to learn how to apply it, as well as to understand core aspects of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
Since 2016, the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, in collaboration with the Government of Japan, has organized the “UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day”. The programme's objective is to strengthen women professionals’ knowledge of tsunami-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) to better prevent, prepare, confront, and recover from tsunami-related disasters. It also develops skills in women’s leadership, inclusive approach to DRR, effective communication, and development of multi-stakeholder coal...