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The Building Capacity for the 2030 Agenda 2.0 project aims to contribute to the transformation of the capacities of countries, institutions and individuals with a view to embedding key principles of the 2030 Agenda into their daily analysis and practices and enabling them to design, implement and review policies, programmes, actions and initiatives that contribute to making sure the world is a better place for all using Leave No One Behind (LNOB) as a guiding principle.
The evaluation assessed the project against the six OECD/DAC criteria; relevance, coherence, effectivene...
21 November 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - On 21 November 2019, UNITAR hosted the first meeting of UN SDG:Learn Steering Group in Geneva, organized together with the UN System Staff College (UNSSC). The Steering Group is composed of representatives of 51 partner organizations, making up 53 UN SDG:Learn partners in total with UNITAR and UNSSC. The main objective of the meeting was to jointly discuss the ways forward in terms of leveraging UN SDG:Learn to amplify each organizations’ efforts in serving the needs of their target audiences, sharing experiences and innovative a...
In the fight against poverty through education, we can describe a large number of extension projects that reach communities in situations of extreme social and economic vulnerability. In this sense, it is worth mentioning actions as preparations for the national exam for entering higher education, aimed at underprivileged students. Another pioneering project led by UFPE Social Technologies Incubating Program, a 2012 action, has contributed to traditional and popular communities, stimulating the popular expertise and research networks, capable of generating labor and income,...
In a call for action, leaders from around the globe gathered for a hybrid side event during the Action Days of the Summit of the Future, focusing on the transformative role of higher education in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event, held on September 21, 2024, marked the official launch of the Certificate Programme of the LEAP-FAST initiative—an ambitious global alliance aiming to position higher education institutions as vital agents of sustainable transformation. Higher Education Leaders participating in this initiative have earlier produced a Jo...
19 October 2018, New York, USA – The United Nations for Training and Research (UNITAR) held a briefing for 63 administrative service officers from the Government of India in collaboration with Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations. These administrative officers represented 20 different states within India and many of them started from grass-root roles to now, policy-making roles with 15-20 years of government experience.
UNITAR New York Head of Office Mr. Marco Suazo opened the session by welcoming the administrative service officers and thanking the Permanent M...
20 August 2025, Geneva, Switzerland — From 24 to 26 June 2025, UNITAR supported a three-day workshop in Castries, Saint Lucia, as part of the country’s ongoing experimental data project. The initiative aims to explore the integration of data collected via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with other sources, namely the 2022 Population and Housing Census, satellite imagery, household surveys, and citizen-generated data, to produce official statistics.As informal settlement areas are rapidly changing, utilizing UAV imagery would be a cost-effective method to improve population ...
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University have launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Infrastructure Asset Management for Sustainable Development. The course was developed based on the UN publication “Managing Infrastructure Assets for Sustainable Development: A Handbook for Local and National Governments” – the result of a joint collaboration of UN DESA, UNCDF and UNOPS.
This e-learning course a...
30 September 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) has released the 9th update of its assessment of the damage inflicted on buildings in the Gaza Strip. This analysis, based on very high-resolution satellite imagery collected on 3 and 6 September 2024, shows that two thirds of the total structures in the Gaza Strip have sustained damage. UNOSAT compared imagery captured on 3 and 6 September 2024 with previous data, providing a comprehensive view of the evolution of the destructions.Those 66% of damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip acco...
November 2021 - This article brings some light into the black box of how the transition can be tackled in practice, and is written by Eliya Devay, graduate of the UNITAR-Franklin University Switzerland Joint Master’s programme in Responsible Leadership & Climate Action. Eliya is specialized in Sustainable Finance and currently works at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) as a Consultant.
In light of the recent COP26, this article features outcomes and reflections from Eliya's experiential learning project with UNEP FI, as part of his ...
9 August 2022, New York, USA (Virtual) – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) office in New York concluded its summer 2022 collaboration with the Harbour Education (Beijing) on Sunday August 7, 2022. This online training series marked the fourth successful endowment of the Harbour – UNITAR global competency training programme – a training programme equipped with curriculums centered around knowledge sharing and skill development, for students who desire to work in the international organizations post college graduation.
, The summer 2...