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The Public Finance and Trade Programme is pleased to announce its new calendar of e-learning courses for Fall/Winter of 2011-12 for a global audience of finance-sector and trade officials. Over 50 executive-level e-Learning courses in English, French and Spanish are now open for registration. All courses are internet-based, moderated by senior international experts, asynchronous and place emphasis on online discussions and self-paced learning.
The content for each course has been developed based on UNITAR’s training experience in public debt and financial management…
7 July 2011. UNITAR Executive Director, Mr. Carlos Lopes, participated in the Secretary-General’s meeting with UN Principals in Geneva on 7 July. The meeting was organized during the Secretary-General’s visit and participation in the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council that took place at the beginning of July. Mr. Ban Ki-moon addressed the Economic and Social Council in the context of the launch of the 2011 Millennium Development Goals Report. The text of the Secretary-General’s remarks delivered to the ECOSOC on this occasion is available…
6 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. UNITAR Executive Director took part in the meeting of Principals of ‘ECESA Plus’ that gathered in Geneva on 6 July. One of the main objectives of the meeting was to advance preparations by the UN system for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. More specifically, the focus of the meeting was on concrete suggestions and contributions of UN organizations for the outcome document and initiatives to be launched in Rio next year. More information on the meeting is provided on the webpage of the Executive Committee on…
13 to 15 July 2011, Asmara, Eritrea. Following Eritrea’s June 2011 persistent organic pollutants inventory validation workshop, UNITAR supported a two-day national training workshop on strengthening skills for action plan development to implement the Stockholm Convention. This completes the two UNITAR/UNDP projects to assist 40 Least Developed Countries with Action Plan Skills Building as part of National Implementation Plan Development under the Stockholm Convention, which were funded by the Global Environment Facility, with support from the Swiss Federal Office for the…
Results-oriented and participatory planning can help achieving concrete improvements in environmental quality. In order to support local authorities in developing environmental quality management plans through multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (MINAET) released a training manual entitled “Governance and Environmental Quality Management”. The document was developed in cooperation with five cantons. According to María Guzmán Ortiz, Director of the Environmental Quality Management…
Participatory strategic planning at the local level is an important prerequisite for effective environmental quality management. To strengthen the capacity of municipalities in this area, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (MINAET) with support from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) implemented a project on “Implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration: Construction of a Participatory Space for Environmental Quality Management”. Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration was adopted in 1992 at the Rio…
From 25 to 26 August 2011, the UNITAR New York Office is organizing a workshop on “Women in Diplomacy” at the United Nations Headquarters. The workshop aims at enhancing the negotiation skills of women delegates and to enhance their skills to assume leadership roles in multilateral diplomacy.
The workshop is part of the UNITAR / Olof Palme Memorial Fund 2011 Negotiation Series “Towards a level playing field”. It is designed as an advanced-level skills-building course for women diplomats, particularly those from developing and least developed countries. It will…
UNITAR is supporting the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen the capacities and capabilities of government officials and stakeholders outside of government to address and identify polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and manage existing sources of PCBs as well as their elimination/destruction. This issue was identified as a priority in the National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention) for the Republic of Ghana.
A mission to Ghana is taking place the week of July 24 2011. The mission is another avenue for…