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UNITAR Partners with Leading Public Universities to Promote Sustainable Development Goals in Curriculum and Research
24 September 2018, New York, United States - The Executive Director of UNITAR and United Nation's Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Nikhil Seth attended a special meeting during U.N. General Assembly week, hosted by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, gathering university leaders to discuss and lay out an action plan.
Close to 50 leading public universities in the United States, Canada and Mexico as well as higher education…
国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局は新規プログラム「生活基盤の向上を目指して：ポーランド在住ウクライナ避難民女性のためのデジタルリスキリング研修」の開会式をワルシャワ市内で開催しました。
政府関係者、教育機関関係者、NGO、研修参加者の代表らが開会式に参加しました。
2023年10月から2024年3月まで実施される同研修プログラムには、ポーランド在住の約500名 のウクライナ避難民女性が参加する予定です。
ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局にとってウクライナ避難民を対象とした初の研修となります。
同プログラムは、日本国政府ならびに国民の皆様のご支援により提供されます。
, 2023年 10月 26日、広島 - 国連訓練調査研究所（UNITAR）持続可能な繁栄局は、2023 年 10月 16日、新規研修プログラム「生活基盤の向上を目指して：ポーランド在住ウクライナ避難民女性のためのデジタルリスキリング」の開会式をワルシャワ市内で開催しました。政府関係者、教育機関関係者、NGO、研修参加者の代表らが参加しました。, 開会式では、初めに隈元美穂子ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局長が、同プログラムの運営にあたりお力添えくださった来賓やパートナーの皆様に謝意を述べました。
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On 16-17 August 2012, CIFAL Jeju hosted its first training to bring to South Korea The Green Dreams Around the World Campaign, which represents the voice of the "My Green Dream" project. The Campaign aims to activate youth worldwide to collect citizens' feedback by training them to be ‘dream-catchers’ and map the priorities of urban citizens into 14 categories. ‘Dreams’ lasting up to 1 minute are recorded using cameras or smart phones and uploaded on a YouTube Channel and website. These dreams are then presented in ranked form to local decision makers encouraging them to…
UNITAR Delivers ECOSOC Briefing with Italian Mission Sponsorship
17 January 2017, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, with generous sponsorship from the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations and in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, held an orientation course on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for members of the council.
The objective of the briefing was to enable participants to familiarize themselves with the role and functions of the Economic…
UNITAR Organizes Briefing on General Assembly and Main Committees
29-30 September 2016, New York, USA- The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, organized a two-day course entitled, “A Special Briefing on the Work of the General Assembly and the Main Committees”. The event was widely attended by 125 delegates. The briefing was opened by Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Head of Office, UNITAR New York. Mr. Suazo welcomed the delegates to the briefing and provided an overview of the topics…
7-9 June 2011, Plock, Poland. Between 7 and 9 June 2011, Plock’s International Training Centre for Local Actors (CIFAL Plock) held a 1-day conference and 2-day workshop on Sustainable Management of Solid Waste. Hosted within the Municipality of Plock (Poland), the conference provided the opportunity to waste management practitioners from Poland and abroad to present case studies and discuss challenges that many municipalities from Central and Eastern Europe are confronted with nowadays. During the event gathering close to 120 participants, experts explored current…
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) - which is the main forum for coordination, policy development and decision-making between key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners - and UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme successfully concluded the first online course on information management. Forty-four (44) professionals from key UN and non-UN agencies successfully completed this course which aimed at improving their knowledge of how information management can enhance humanitarian action, thereby contributing to improved decision-making in the inter-agency…
25 July 2011, Vienna, Austria. UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) continues with its innovative training designs. On 20 July the programme for the first time connected the security-relevant agendas of Vienna-based organizations with the work of the United Nations Security Council in a briefing customized for Vienna-based diplomats. At the core of the one-day briefing was a panel with presentations from Directors and senior leaders at key institutions in Vienna: OSCE, CTBTO, IAEA, UNODC, and even UNIDO. Prior to the panel, the participants reviewed the…
The European Space Agency (ESA) will host an Earth observation conference during the ILA 2010 Berlin Air and Space Show to present how the space community and other major players, among which the United Nations, are responding to the increasing demand for remote-sensing applications. Modern challenges needs modern decision making support tool as decision-makers worldwide become often faced with environmental change, natural disasters and human security issues.
ESA and European agencies have responded to these needs by developing the Global Monitoring for Environment…
21 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - After initial assessment, Humanitarian agencies are in agreement that Tropical Storm Mahasen that hit Bangladesh and Myanmar last week spared local populations any serious impact. What is more, the emergency was a positive test for inter-agency coordination for emergency response. The Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar underlined that both the government and UN agencies involved had been proactive in responding to the threat of the storm. In Myanmar, over 100,000 people were moved to safer places and are now beginning to return to their…