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Senior Advisor
Shift
Ashleigh Owens is a Senior Advisor with Shift, a New York based non-profit that works with a wide range of government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, NGOs, trade unions, major investors and financial institutions to provide companies around the world with practical, context-specific advice on how to ensure respect for human rights. Ashleigh leads Shift’s work with financial institutions and investors, supporting them to model and move markets to reward respect for human dignity. Prior to relocating to NYC in 2018, Ashleigh was Executive Director at…
22 April 2022, New York, United States (Virtual) – The closing ceremony for the Global Diplomacy Initiative Programme (GDI) took place to celebrate the GDI fellows’ graduation at the United Nations Institute Training and Research office in New York. The GDI programme provides a unique training experience for professionals and students in higher stages of education who are interested in the United Nations to understand how it functions while developing technical knowledge and gaining learning experience from experts.
The closing ceremony was attended by the GDI fellow...
1 to 6 August 2011, Addis Ababa. More than seventy Ambassadors and senior Government Officials of Ethiopia convened in Addis Ababa during the first week of August at a workshop co-organised by UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, to share information and benefit from tailor-made briefings on the latest developments in business, trade and economic diplomacy. The topics discussed ranged from economic and commercial diplomacy to international perspectives on…
24 October 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - In September, Member States came together to adopt a visionary Pact for the Future aimed at aligning international efforts with contemporary realities and future challenges. Today, on UN Day, the six research and training institutes of the United Nations reaffirm their commitment to supporting the Pact of the Future through specialized knowledge, learning, research and training for the UN system – benefitting the world as a whole. The UN research and training organizations include the United Nations Interregional Crime and Ju...
Title: Food Scientist
Country: Ethiopia
Fellowship programme: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2020 Horn of Africa Programme
Entrepreneurs have been responsible for truly revolutionary innovations throughout modern history that deeply impacted countries’ economies, politics, culture and, in some cases, completely changed the way entire societies were organized. But with the diminishing of our planet’s resources and the increased inequalities worldwide, a more thoughtful approach to entrepreneurship started to flourish; one that focuses primarily on developi...
Established in 2004, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in South Africa (CIFAL Durban) is hosted by the eThekwini Municipality. provides training to local government authorities to help them identify the most pressing development challenges, conduct strategic urban planning processes, and respond more effectively to local development issues. The centre plays a key role in strengthening governance by enhancing the capacities of local authorities in South Africa.Scope: South Africa and English-Speaking African countries. Thematic Are...
3 February 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - Among the many lessons gleaned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that our previous lives were neither environmentally nor economically sustainable. If we are to build an equitable and sustainable future, one that limits, if not eradicates, the potential for a similar crisis and ensures viable livelihoods for even the most vulnerable among us, we need not look farther than the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which provides a valuable blueprint on wh...
22 July 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - The Division for Multilateral Diplomacy (DMD) of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) successfully hosted the second cohort of students from the International Leaders Professional Diploma Program in a 6-day in-depth workshop in Geneva from the 12th to 18th of June 2019.
The International Leaders Program was launched as a result of the partnership between the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with the vision to create a network o...
The two organizations have designed a collaborative Master of Science in International Management with an emphasis on Responsible Management and Climate Change. The curriculum will provide students with an intensive path of study that gives a strong background in leadership, creates situations that build experience in collaboration and project management, and offers a practical experience through working on real ongoing UN projects.
An informative session will be held on Friday 29 March at the United Nations Office in Geneva and will provide the participants with an overvi...
June 2010, Geneva, Switzerland - The Duke University Course on Humanitarian Assistance and Human Rights provides each year participants with a thorough introduction to international humanitarian assistance, human rights, and human security. Since a few years the course is hosted at UNITAR and supported by the UNOSAT Team.
Senior UNOSAT staff and analysts participate actively in the course which include an innovative module on the use of geospatial information and advanced satellite analysis for humanitarian assistance and human rights. The module, particularly appreciated…