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25 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The President of the 74th World Health Assembly and Minister of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan, Ms Dechen Wangmo visited the Defeat-NCD Partnership’s office at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva today to set the tone at a high-level panel discussion aimed at tackling the twin challenges of COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
“I understand that time has passed for mere statements and rhetoric in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of universal access to healt...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNITAR jointly delivered a four-week online course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” from May to June 2020. The course, held in the Russian language, targeted professionals working in trade and agriculture from eleven post-Soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The course captured experiences across the post-Soviet region and globally on trade policies and achieving food security while...
Nawidさんはアフガニスタン出身の起業家で、食料品、電子機器、アパレル業界でいくつかの事業を経営しています。Nawidさんは、日本政府の支援を受け行われた国連ユニタール「グレート・アイデア・スペース 2023：アフガニスタンの食料安全保障と雇用創出のための起業家精神とイノベーション」研修事業に参加しました。同研修への参加を通して、Nawidさんは事業経営とマーケティングの知識および財務戦略の策定について学ぶことができました。Nawidさんは、アフガニスタンの人々が協力して課題を克服し、お互いに支え合えるようになることを望んでいます。, 2024年8月28日、広島 － Nawidさんはアフガニスタンの起業家です。アグリビジネス、グリーンエレクトロニクス、ファッションの分野で3つの事業を立ち上げ、経営しています。その原動力となっているのは、自国の人々のために何かをしたいという思いです。困難な状況に適応し、可能な限り画期的なアイデアで立ち向かうNawidさんは、逆境に直面しても粘り強さと創意工夫を発揮し、ビジネスを行っています。彼の最新の事業では、2023年に参加した国連ユニタールによるアフガニスタン女性と若者を支援するための起業家研修で学んだ知識とスキルを応用しています。, 数年前に起業家としてビジネスを始めた時、Nawidさんは自分のためだけ...
It’s been 20 years since the Taliban government fell in Afghanistan. Many young women are now growing up knowing they have the right to opportunities and hoping to shape their own lives. But conservative attitudes persist. Madina Walizada, a UNITAR alumna from Afghanistan, says:
I thought ‘I’m a girl, I don’t have equal rights that my brothers have.’
“People don’t believe women can take over tough work”, says Mariam Ghaznavi, another UNITAR Afghan alumna.
Some [colleagues] believe that my good manners and soft behaviour make me incapable of dealing with the harsh re...
9月21日午後6時から、国際平和デーに際した公開ウェビナーを開催します。
各国で核軍縮の分野で活躍する若手リーダーたちが核兵器のない世界への突破口について議論を交わします。
英語と日本語の同時通訳で実施します。
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, 2022年9月13日・広島 – 国際平和デーの9月21日、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）持続可能な繁栄局・広島事務所は、各国で核軍縮の分野で活躍する若手リーダーたちが核兵器のない世界への突破口について語り合う公開ウェビナーを開催いたします。
日時：2022年9月21日（水）18:00 – 20:00 （日本時間）
媒体：オンライン
言語：英語・日本語（同時通訳有。小集団でのセッションは主に英語で行われますが、必要に応じて日本語でのサポートがあります）
入場料：無料
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, 実験が繰り返し行われてきたマーシャル諸島の学生団体や、カナダを拠点とする核科学などの情報提供を行うNGO団体、核兵器廃絶のための行動・提言を展開しているKnow Nukes Tokyoなど9団体が参加します。
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The Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) brings together nine UN and multilateral organizations that aim to strengthen international cooperation on chemical safety and improve coordination of their own chemicals-related policies and activities through the IOMC.
The IOMC Toolbox for Decision Making in Chemicals Management Project is a logical response to increasing needs and demands from policymakers working within developing and transitional economies. The toolbox was developed to provide an easy, web-based access to a consolidated libr...
Independent evaluation of the Training and Advanced Training of West African Security Forces project
The “Training and Advanced Training of West African Security Forces” project aimed at supporting the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre (KAIPTC) in becoming the leading international centre for training, education and research in African peace and security, supporting the establishment of i) operating frameworks; ii) infrastructure and equipment; iii) training and mentoring; and iv) expanding partnerships, while being aware of the numerous international and regional partners to the centre.
The evaluation assessed the project against the six OECD/DAC criteria: rel...
11 October 2023, Dublin, Ireland - Delegates from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and TU Dublin met in Dublin this week to establish a strategic partnership that will undertake a varied programme of activity in learning, teaching, and research related to Sustainable Development, making TU Dublin the Irish University to partner with the UN Institute for Training and Research on a Sustainability Education programme. The programme, Global Sustainability Leadership, harnesses Ireland’s leadership in peacebuilding and entrepreneurial thinking...
UNITAR, the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS), and the Taylor Institute at Franklin University Switzerland (FUS), collaborate on National Competitiveness Report: Two rankings for each nation with low-cost strategy and differentiation strategy. The results of the IPS National Competitiveness Report were released on October 28, 2021, in a public conference of National Competitiveness organised by IPS and FUS, and co-hosted by UNITAR. UNITAR will be involved in fully contributing to the 2022 Report., Currently, there are three institutions that announce&n...
As part of their efforts to mainstream knowledge about the obstructive consequences of corruption practices in sustainable development, UNITAR and the Rule of Law and Anticorruption Centre (ROLACC) organized the e-learning course “Anticorruption and Sustainable Development”. The course highlighted the causes, consequences and challenges posed by corruption in sustainable development and emphasized the benefits of prevention for the enhancement of the rule of law and the enjoyment of human rights. The course also provided guidance on the formulation of strategies on anti-cor...