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Call for Applications: UNITAR SDGs and Digital Futures: Changemaking Through AI/Digital Storytelling
Youth (ages 15-28) in Hiroshima Prefecture and other locations around Asia are invited to apply to the “UNITAR SDGs and Digital Futures” programme.The programme will teach young changemakers how to use AI and digital technologies for impactful storytelling.The programme will start in June 2025 and run for approximately five months.The programme is funded by Hiroshima Prefecture and the City of Hiroshima, powered by Microsoft Japan, and run by the UNITAR Hiroshima Office.Applications will be accepted until 2 June 2025 (deadline 5 p.m. ...
UNITAR designed training programmes offering participants a full immersion into the UN´s multilateral working environments in Tokyo and Hiroshima (Japan), Bangkok (Thailand) and Geneva (Switzerland). The overarching purpose of this activity is to bring the United Nations closer to the hearts and minds of participants.UNITAR also intends to strengthen the participants’ conviction of the principles enshrined in the UN charter, especially multilateralism. In the long term, this does not only result in participants’ more favourable view on the organisation, but also in a higher...
13 October 2010, Jeju, Republic of Korea. CIFAL Jeju’s Inauguration ceremony was held on October 13th, 2010 at the International Peace Center in Jeju, Republic of Korea.
Ambassador Dalho Chung, CIFAL Jeju’s Director, welcomed the audience of 60 guests, while the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Mr. Keun Min Woo gave congratulatory remarks, highlighting the significance of CIFAL Jeju in support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region through capacity-building and knowledge sharing. Mr. Jun Young Sun…
Geneva 21 March: Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters and UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes signed an implementation agreement further to the decision taken by the Flemish Government last Friday to provide financial support over the period of 2011 to 2013 to the future UNITAR-affiliated International Training Center on Corporate Opportunities (ITCCO).
This agreement represents a milestone for the establishment of ITCCO, an Antwerp based center of excellence to engage global business communities in finding constructive, inclusive and innovative solutions to global…
17 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, in partnership with GIZ, the German Technical Cooperation, is launching a new session of the e-Learning course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, from 26 November 2012 to 15 March 2013.
The online course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, based on the material jointly developed by GIZ and UNITAR, is designed to provide solutions and suggest alternative approaches in the area of urban transport planning, towards a more sustainable transport system in Developing Cities.
The e-course aims to…
4 March 2009
Background
Training in multilateral negotiations as part of UNITAR’s Core Diplomatic Training has been at the heart of the Institute’s activities since its inception in 1965. Since then, the training need in the area of negotiation skills and techniques has not diminished, on the contrary. Various factors explain this trend: The issues at stake in international negotiations have become increasingly complex in substance, climate change being only one example. Secondly, the global nature of the problems at hand urges for multilateral action, be it in the area of…
Report for New Creativity for Development Course Ready!
16 February 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - We are pleased to announce that the report for the Creativity for Developement Open Access Course is ready! In the last quarter of 2016, UNITAR and UNCTAD, together with Asa Baako One Dance, Cirque du Monde, HATCH,Momentom Collective and UNISINOS delivered the course to raise awareness on the value of creativity an culture for socioeconomic development.
The course provided participants with an overview of the creative economy, touching upon concepts such as co-creations…
CIFAL Durban Organizes the Seminar “Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa”
29 July 2017, Durban, South Africa – The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by 193 countries as a new global agenda on 25 September 2015 and came into force officially on 01 January 2016. The SDGs are a set of goals towards ending poverty, ensuring prosperity and protecting the planet. The 17 goals and 169 targets matter to local governments. In particular, they are applicable across all clusters, units and departments of the eThekwini Municipality in South…
UNITAR and RACE Partner to Establish a CIFAL Centre Dedicated to Road Safety Training
12 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) signed a cooperation agreement for the establishment of the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Madrid (CIFAL Madrid). The CIFAL Madrid aims to provide a range of learning opportunities on road safety management and to facilitate knowledge sharing between public servants and leaders from Spain, Europe, Middle…
CIFAL Quito Organized the II Regional Forum on Risk Reduction and Climate Change
27 February 2015, Quito, Ecuador – CIFAL Quito, in collaboration with the Decentralized Government of the Province of Pichincha (GADPP), held the II Regional Forum on Risk Reduction and Climate Change in Quito on 18 - 19 February 2015. The event brought together 130 local government officials, private sector representatives and civil society leaders from Ecuador and the Latin American region.
The objective of the event was to enhance the capacity of the participants to make the appropriate…