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UNITAR Concludes Training on Road Safety Management in Ghana
26-27 September 2017, Accra, Ghana – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in partnership with the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) of Ghana, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), and with the support of Diageo hosted the training workshop “Strengthening Capacities for Road Safety Management” in Accra, Ghana on 26-27 September 2017.
The training workshop brought together 60 government officials from Ghana representing the Ministry of Transport,…
UNOSAT Reinforces its Collaboration with the Red Crescent and Red Cross Movement
29 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – After several years working together to mainstream the use of geospatial analysis in the humanitarian sector and supporting each other´s respective mapping services, UNITAR-UNOSAT and the International Red Crescent and Red Cross Movement are taking a leap forward by further strengthening their cooperation.
On 15 September 2017, UNITAR entered into an agreement with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to…
Building Capacity to Develop and Implement Cities Resilience Action Plans
A public forum “Capacity Development for Implementing Cities Resilience Action Plans” to be held in the 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) on 16 March 2015.
27 February 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - Urban risk is continually increasing. Urbanization is taking place at an unprecedented rate. By 2030 more than 60% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities, with record concentrations in large urban conglomerations and megacities in the developing world. …
UNITAR Launches Three Interactive Case Studies on National Adaptation Planning (NAP)
5 October 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR in collaboration with the GEF-LDCF funded UNDP-UNEP National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Support Programme (GSP) expands its on-line tool-box to improve countries’ accessibility to knowledge and resources for adaptation planning and decision-making.
Three NAP case studies have been developed to synthesize and facilitate the sharing of good practices and lessons learned from developing countries engaged in the NAP process.
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International Judicial Training Dates Scheduled for 27 November – 10 December 2016 in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, USA
16 May 2016, Kennesaw, GA, USA - CIFAL Atlanta, in conjunction with the Dean Rusk International Law Center, announces new dates for an International Judicial Training in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia. The upcoming trainings are open to foreign judges and other legal practitioners.
The training is designed to further the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which world leaders adopted in 2015. At the core of this Agenda are 17 …
Support to Ecuador Earthquake Relief Operations: Synergy Through Collaboration
20 May 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – On 16 April 2016, 23:58 UTC, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck offshore of the west coast of northern Ecuador, near the coastal town of Muisne. The capital city, Quito, located 170 km from the epicenter, felt the effects strongly. According to the latest information provided by Ecuador´s Risk Management Office, 654 people were killed and 12,492 were injured.
Immediately following the event, UNOSAT received a request from the United Nations Office for the…
Creativity for Development - New Free Open Access Course Available
Geneva, 26 September 2016. We are pleased to announce that the new “Creativity for Development” (Crea4Dev) course is now available. Crea4Dev is an initiative of UNITAR and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
In most countries, there is an abundance of creative talents, but the development potential of creative industries remains under-utilized. Crea4Dev was developed to raise awareness on the value of creativity and culture as pillars of sustainable development.
The…
South Sudan: Achievements & Challenges - 86th UNITAR Hiroshima Public Session
20 January 2016, Tokyo, Japan - The 86th UNITAR Hiroshima Public Session on the topic of "South Sudan: Achievements and Challenges" was successfully held at the United Nations University, Tokyo on Wednesday, 20 January. Organized on the occasion of the second workshop of the UNITAR South Sudan Fellowship Programme being held in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan, the session was attended by over 90 people, including members of diplomatic missions, international and NGO organizations, and…
12 June 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - The UNOG Library Talk of last week in Geneva was dedicated to the launching of the new UNOSAT study on Piracy. This report is the result of five years of research in the area of geospatial information applied to piracy. The research, conducted by UNOSAT experts is the an attempt to look at piracy globally from a geospatial angle, combining mapping and satellite observations to reveal trends and patterns that can only be observed when “looking from above”.
The launching took the form of a panel discussion with the participation of the…
CIFAL Jeju Co-organises Workshop on ICT-based Innovative Industries for Sustainable Local Development
23 May 2018, Jeju, Republic of Korea – UNITAR’s Affiliated International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) organized a 4-day workshop on ‘ICT-based Innovative Industries for Sustainable Local Development’ in Jeju-do, Republic of Korea. The workshop was co-organized with CIFAL Shanghai and Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute (KLID), Republic of Korea and took place from 23 to 26 May 2018. 20 participants from 13…