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Title: Auxiliary Police Officer
Country: Canada
Course: Management Practices for Safer Roads: Toolkit
In 2002, the town of Drachten, in the Netherlands, removed nearly all traffic lights and road marks in the name of road safety. The aim was to reduce accidents and improve the town’s quality. The paradoxical experiment worked, and despite increases in traffic volumes, accident numbers fell from 8.3 per year between 1994 and 2002 to an average of just one per year in 2005.
If traffic signs are supposed to make traffic flow safer, how did the experiment work? The answer lie...
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Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. - Barack Obama, The Former 44th President of the United States of America
, Interactive Virtual Panel Event
30th June 2021, 9:00 am -11:00 am Colombia time (CET+7), online via zoom
The Colombian society has been undergoing more than 50 years of armed conflict. Generations of Colombians carry the memories of their personal experiences of violence, exclusion, and...
UNITAR Division for Prosperity will hold the final workshop of the 2023 Cycle “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day” from 5 to 11 March 2024 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
The programme empowers women leaders in the Pacific and other small islands developing states and Asian countries with practical expertise and insights to spearhead disaster risk reduction management initiatives that are both gender-inclusive and oriented to the whole of the community.
The top 20 learners selected from more than 200...
As nations continue to grapple with the effects of climate change, inequality and injustice and other global issues, young people have stepped up as change-makers within their local and regional communities. However, despite the positive actions of many, their creative solutions do not reach a wide enough audience. To give these children the voice they deserve, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is partnering with Barbara Harrison Media to launch "Through the Lens of the Youth Documentaries by Youth Worldwide".
This 13-episode creative series invi...
22 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is joining forces with the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to support the growing demand for global emergency response capabilities and promote sustainable development.As part of this collaboration, the ICF and UNITAR will develop training programmes on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) within the realm of sport, incorporating programmes such as a dedicated ‘Paddlers for Disaster Response’ initiative.The partnership aims to incorporate paddle sports in...
Guyana is extremely susceptible to hydro-meteorological hazards, such as flooding and droughts that often have a devastating impact on the country’s primary industry – agriculture. The multiplier effect of climate change poses numerous cross-cutting challenges to agricultural communities with regard to poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, and livelihood opportunities, especially for vulnerable small farmers, livestock holders, and agro-processors.
In order to reduce vulnerabilities and bolster disaster management capacity in Guyana, the United Nations ...
11 May 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The Humanitarian Energy Conference (HEC) will take place this year on Monday, 16 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda on the day preceding the SEforALL Forum. The HEC is co-hosted by the Steering Group of the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA), Practical Action, and NORCAP with the generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
The conference will bring together a diverse range of...
22 March 2024, Suva, Fiji - A Climate Finance Write-Shop held from 5 to 7 March in Suva, Fiji, empowered representatives from Pacific Island nations to secure vital climate finance for their communities. This collaborative effort, spearheaded by the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH), the Pacific Community (SPC), and UNOSAT, addressed a critical need for Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) facing the brunt of climate change., Limited fiscal resources pose a significant challenge for Pacific leaders striving to implement climate change mitigation and a...
UNITAR launched its new training programme “Developing Green Livelihoods for Women and Youth in Africa: Strengthening Food Security, Supporting Climate Resilient Economies” on 9 November 2023 at an online event hosted from Geneva.
Guests included dignitaries, government officials and programme partners, as well as participants of the new programme.
150 women and youth participants from Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe with a passion for development will gain skills to support climate-resilient economies.
The programme will run from November 2023 to February 2024 and have ...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organizes a series of open lectures that are held on a regular basis at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNITAR also organizes high-level panels on key issues related to the United Nations, bringing together key stakeholders from the Private and Public Sector and major, key UN players., The Geneva Lecture Series (GLS), organized in partnership with the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), aims at bringing awareness of pressing global challenges to the concerned public and civil society in Geneva, with a foc...