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16 December 2022, New York, United States (hybrid) – The Global Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) Closing Ceremony took place, celebrating the GDI Graduates for the Fall 2022 Cohort at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). The GDI Programme provides a kind experience for students and professionals in their higher education levels who are interested to learn more on the is United Nations and how it functions. They have the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience from experts and diplomats in the field. , For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic...
8 December 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - To celebrate a milestone of the partnership and to strategize the way forward, UN SDG:Learn partners gathered for a Retreat “Transforming Sustainable Development Learning on the way to the Summit of the Future”. The Retreat was hosted by UNITAR and organized in a hybrid format.
In preparation for the Summit of the Future, partners conducted a comprehensive review of the accomplishments from 2019-2023 and discussed the strategic pathways for the parternship. The focus was on identifying areas where collective efforts could address emer...
16 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - On 17 March 2022, UNITAR, the University of Geneva, and the University Global Coalition, will host the fourth Geneva Trialogue edition, under the theme of "Open Innovation for Education". The Geneva Trialogue fosters communication and collaboration between academia, international organizations and the private sector, to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Geneva Trialogue builds on a rapidly growing network of international actors who seek new collaborations to accelerate innovative solutions.
Following the 2...
Established in 2019, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Turkey (CIFAL Istanbul) was created in collaboration with Bahçeşehir University (BAU). CIFAL Istanbul's mission is to advance and enhance capacity on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for public and private sector leaders, non-governmental organisation representatives, academics, local authorities, and students. Through the transfer of best-knowledge practices, social awareness, and cross-sectional collaboration, CIFAL Istanbul seeks to strengthen sustainable developme...
The UNITAR Global Water Academy (UGWA) empowers learners all over the world with the knowledge and skills to respond to the global water sustainability crisis by providing hybrid training and online courses developed by global leaders in water research, resource management, and policy development; developing scientific and two-eyed water solutions to water sustainability; and by building the capacity and international partnerships necessary to achieve the objectives of UN Sustainable Development Goal 6., The UGWA fosters training and capacity development, empowers community...
Established in 2010, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in South Korea (CIFAL Jeju) was established to build regional and local governments capacities for green growth and human security through an annual series of specialised workshops. Based in South Korea’s southern most territory, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, which has been designated as the “Island of World Peace” by the Korean government in 2005, CIFAL Jeju shares South Korea’s expertise in green growth and human security, to exchange knowledge and good practices and to strengthen C...
国連ユニタール研修の研修生であるRachel Nunnさん、Alex Rilifiaさん、Alex Rilifiaさんの3名が、ソロモン諸島でのインクルーシブな早期警報システムを開発する国家事業で活躍しています。この早期警報システムの技術は、インターネットや個別の電話番号を必要とせず、すべての携帯電話利用者に即時の警報を届けることが可能です。研修生たちの取り組みは、国連ユニタールが日本政府の支援を得て2024年度に実施した「誰一人取り残さない：気候危機への緊急対応のための早期警報システム」研修事業の具体的な成果の一例です。, 2025年7月1日、広島— 国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）の「早期警報システム（EWS）」研修の修了生たちが、ソロモン諸島において学びの実践を通して活躍しています。Rachel Nunnさん（世界モバイル事業者協会（GSMA） 人道支援のためのモバイル（M4H）イノベーション・プログラム コンサルタント）、Branson Pitakiaさん（ソロモン諸島国家防災管理局 IT担当官）、Alex Rilifiaさん（ソロモン諸島気象局 上級気象予報官）の3名は、2024度に日本政府の支援の下で国連ユニタールが実施した「誰一人取り残さない：気候危機への緊急対応のための早期警報システム」...
March 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – The UNOSAT Rapid Mapping Service has been supporting the humanitarian community with satellite imagery analysis for over 16 years. The service was established in 2003 to meet the demand of United Nations agencies, Member States and other humanitarian agencies for rapid mapping and satellite derived analysis in the wake of disasters and complex emergencies.
Last year, UNOSAT assessed 28 humanitarian crises resulting from natural disasters in 22 countries* across Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America upon request from sister UN agencies, go...
For this event, UNOSAT requested the activation of the « International Charter Space and Major Disasters ». This arrangement between several national space agencies and ESA provides free satellite data for the realisation of geospatial products to be used in humanitarian and emergency response operations following natural and technological disasters.
UNOSAT has benefited from this mechanism since 2003 and created hundreds of maps based on Charter data for the benefit of a large number of humanitarian and development agencies of the UN involved in responding to large disa...
21 July 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is sometimes referred to as the “World’s Hazard Belt”. During the past five years, the region experienced tsunamis and earthquakes in Indonesia, severe droughts in Madagascar, floods and landslides in India, seasonal cyclones in the Islands of the Indian Ocean, and many more calamities. In these countries prone to both man-made and natural hazards, the domino effect on poverty, famine, societal imbalance cannot be discounted. Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is a priority area of collective interest to the Indi...