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UNOSAT is gradually integrating collaborative mapping and crowd sourcing into its work. In the case of the floods in Colombia, UNOSAT is reaching out to disaster managers and field staff in the country to assist with validation of the flood extent analysis and by sending in geographic position tagged photos. The application being used for this operation has been developed within the EU funded GEO-PICTURES project in which UNOSAT works with AnusR Technologies of Norway and numerous other partners....
11 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - A UNOSAT analyst told a TV reporter on Monday that what she could see on the satellite image she was processing looked “very much like a tsunami”. First satellite analysis reports released today by UNOSAT corroborate this impression and in describing the devastating consequences of Typhoon Haiyan UNOSAT refers to towns as “eradicated”.
Reports coming in from the Philippines and satellite imagery analysis converge in illustrating a disaster of vast proportions. According to figures released by OCHA, 9.8 millions people are affected…
27 July – 30 July 2020 | Budapest, Hungary
This course is organized by the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) agencies UNIDO, UNEP, UNDP, ILO, and UNITAR in cooperation with the Central European University (CEU).
In many countries, industrial production and consumption patterns outpace the renewal capacity of natural resources and governments' capacity to manage waste products. These trends in resource use and energy consumption indicate that current forms of industrial production are not sustainable in the long run, and risk undermining the social and economi...
Traditional gender stereotypes often exclude women from decision-making fields. Even where certain positions of responsibility are enabled, they are often restricted to less influential areas of governance. Providing aspiring leaders and allies with the necessary skills for empowerment is a crucial step to break the glass ceiling. To that end, accentuating efforts of capacity-building for women leadership lies at the core of UNITAR’s vision for the Agenda 2030. Earlier this year, the Institute’s work...
13 July 2022, New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Port Luis, Mauritius & Victoria, Seychelles – During the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized jointly with the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA/DPIDG) a virtual side event entitled "Enabling small island states to achieve the SDGs through more forward-looking and holistic planning ...
11 September 2019, New York – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), New York Office, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations, concluded the briefing for the delegates of the UN General Assembly in Conference Room 12 of the UN Headquarters building. The second day of the briefing Session began with opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of the UNITAR office in New York.
After welcoming all the delegates back to the final day of training, Mr. Suazo gave a brief recount of what was discussed on the first day of...
From 31 January to 1 February 2011, UNITAR’s Board of Trustees met in Geneva for its 50th regular session. Highlights of the session include the approval of the revision to the Institute’s 2010-2011 Programme Budget and taking note of progress in implementing the 2010-2012 Strategic Plan with the new business model and the mobilization of self-generated income very much at the centre of discussion. The Board also took note of the status of the Fellowship Fund which was newly created in line with the Strategic Plan to facilitate access to fee-based training services for…
UNITAR and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) successfully conducted session of the first two joint e-Learning courses on “Assessing Regional Integration in Africa: Towards an African Continental Free Trade Area” and on “Economic Report on Africa 2012: Unleashing Africa’s Potential as a Pole of Global Growth” from 17 September to 19 and 26 October 2012, respectively.
A total of 266 African delegates and officials participated in the two courses, which combined self-study, online discussions, and weekly assessments with the aim of providing…
To bridge the digital divide and foster a more efficient, responsive, transparent, and citizen-friendly government by providing comprehensive training that enables civil servants to build and manage digital platforms providing services without the need for IT programming skills using a no-code development platform. , In 2005, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) created the Business Facilitation Programme offering a series of tools and participative methodologies to improve the enabling environment for business by streamlining administrative processes and mobilizing ...
UNITAR Strengthens Diplomats’ Skills to Efficiently Chair Conferences
October 2014, Rome, Italy – In times of multilateral decision-making, the Chair of an international conference or high-level meeting plays an essential role in ensuring an effective exchange of arguments and a substantive negotiation outcome. In light of the Chair’s important role, UNITAR's Multilateral Diplomacy Programme organised a two-day workshop on “Chairing International Meetings and Working with the Chair” at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome…