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These E-learning Courses are offered throughout the year and cover several topics including: ‘Achieving Peace, Preventive diplomacy, Multilateral Negotiation and Mediation: A Road to a Call for Peace E-Learning Course’ , ‘Business and the 2030 Agenda: Working Together Towards a Sustainable Future.’ and 'Harnessing Climate & SDGs Synergies: Raise Ambition in the Era of Paris+5 and Pandemic Recovery.'
Business and the 2030 Agenda: Working Together Towards a Sustainable Future
Achieving Peace, Preventative Diplomacy, Multilateral Negotiation, and Mediation: ...
Welcome to the SDG Bytesize – your go-to destination for short, impactful and engaging courses meticulously designed to interactively enrich your skills and knowledge.Powered by MLA College in collaboration with UNITAR, Bytesize extends the gateway to elevate your understanding so embark on a journey of opportunity and knowledge enhancement with us.Upon completion, proudly showcase your expertise with a certificate from UNITAR, validating your commitment to addressing the SDGs worldwide.You can also access course materials using the Bytesize app, available via the...
The Learning Solutions team within UNITAR’s Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building develops high-impact academic programmes and certifications to advance global health, digital innovation, and sustainable health systems, with a strong focus on equity and vulnerable populations. Our team of learning specialists, instructional designers, and innovators excels in developing high-quality training projects and comprehensive solutions to address complex global health challenges.Rooted in SDG 3 on Good Health and Well-being and SDG 4 on Quality Education, our Certi...
A Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) is an open-access database of releases and transfers of harmful (and potentially harmful) chemicals to the environment. The data for PRTRs can be collected from point (or fixed) sources of pollution, such as factories, as well as from diffuse (or extended) sources, such as agricultural operations or transportation activities. A PRTR usually covers releases to air, water and land, and waste transported to treatment and disposal sites.Key features of a PRTR include: annual reporting by industrial facilities and estimation of em...
UNITAR, in collaboration with the UN Environment Global Mercury Partnership and a group of national and international experts, has developed the Handbook for Developing National ASGM Formalization Strategies within National Action Plans. The Formalization Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to ASGM formalization, including key concepts, best practices, and a human rights-based approach. This is followed by step-by-step suggestions for creating an enabling environment for ASGM formalization and developing a national strategy for formalizing the ASGM sector. The va...
The series of regional e-learning courses Introduction to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) aims to provide policymakers from Asia, Africa and Latin America with a comprehensive introduction to the SCP approach and its application opportunities. The courses are moderated, take 8 weeks to complete, and are highly interactive and practice-oriented.
The e-course on SCP has been developed in close collaboration with the regional offices of UN Environment, the Secretariat of the 10 Years Framework of Programmes on SCP (10YFP), as well as the SWITCH-Asia and...
“Breastfeeding gives infants the best nutritional and emotional start of their lives”Breastfeeding is a central part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is linked to many of the Sustainable Development Goals. Breastfeeding is, for example, a critical aspect in achieving SDG2 and SDG3, which include ending hunger, improving nutrition, and promoting health and well-being.The Breastfeeding Education Initiative (BFEI) aims to promote breastfeeding education through training and public awareness to contribute towards the achievement of 70% of babies breastfed excl...
This project was established to preserve and pass on the valuable lessons and experience of Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General (SRSGs) and to ensure these are used to refine and enhance UN peace practice. The five components have included: 1) the debriefing of current and past representatives through in-depth interviews; 2) the publication of a book for new SRSGs based on a distillation of the major issues raised in those interviews; 3) the production of a set of DVDs/videos of the interviews; 4) a regular seminar for SRSGs and senior U...
This groundbreaking series, taking place every Spring and Fall since 2016, UNITAR-NYO and the Columbia Law School Mediation Program, with the full backing of Columbia Law School and Columbia University, provide rigorous, intellectually engaging, interactive, custom programming delivered to United Nations diplomats and change agents around the world. Our individual, day-long courses leverage Columbia’s unparalleled strength in the area of conflict resolution, weaving it in with skills-building programming that acknowledges the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. P...
Ambient air is one of the two core matrices considered in the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) of POPs. This training film, produced by the Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX) for UNEP’s Chemicals and Waste Branch, takes stakeholders through the procedures of passive air sampling, including preparation and cleaning of the polyurethane foam (PUF) disks, and mounting of the samplers in the field. The PUF is a sorbent (a material used to absorb or adsorb liquids or gases) suitable to capture all 23 POPs listed in the Stockholm Convention - basic POPs p...