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9 April 2013, Kabul, Afghanistan - UNITAR recently launched the Call for Applications for the 10th annual cycle of its highly successful Fellowship for Afghanistan Programme. The Fellowship is a seven-month long programme which builds the capacity and enhances the leadership, management, and professional skills of a core group of senior government officials, academics, and practitioners from Afghanistan. Sharing Hiroshima's lessons in post-conflict reconstruction, the Fellowship discusses important themes such as organization development and change, project design and…
UNITAR Organizes a Workshop on "Human Rights and the SDGs"
8 May2017, New York, Unites States - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized today a workshop on “Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals” taught by Professor Jacques Fomerand, Assistant Director of the United Nations Program of Occidental College and teacher at the Center for Global Affairs of New York University
The workshop began with a few opening remarks by Mr. Pelayo Alvarez from UNITAR New York Office, and the participants were asked to introduce themselves.…
"The Value and Practice of Open Government Data" - The 17th Smart City Public Lecture Held in Shanghai
29 July 2015, Shanghai, People's Republic of China - The 17th Smart City Public Lecture entitled “The Value and Practice of Open Government Data,” sponsored by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization Shanghai Association for Science & Technology, was held successfully in Shanghai. The lecture brought together 72 participants from public and private sector, government organizations, academia including colleges and universities, citizens and…
UNITAR Hosts Webinar: Promoting Dialogue on Inclusive Cities
13 June 2016, Quito, Ecuador - UNITAR, jointly with the University of Melbourne, Australia and the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador hosted on 13 June a webinar titled “Inclusive Cities and the New Urban Agenda”.
The main objective of the webinar was to provide an overview of the concept of Inclusive Cities and to present examples of specific projects worldwide that promote social inclusive cities. Dr. Carolyn Whitzman, Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia…
CIFAL Philippines Raises Awareness about Road Safety amongst College Students in the Philippines
22 February 2018, Quezon City, the Philippines - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) and the University of the Philippines (UP), in cooperation with the Honda Safety Driving Center organized a practical workshop on motorcycle road safety for students of the New Era University in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
The event was held on 22 February 2018 and is part of the Students on Safety Campus Tour,…
25 May 2021, Hong Kong, China / Hiroshima, Japan - The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and ITS Education Asia will jointly launch the UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme in Hong Kong and other cities in China. The 10-week programme empowers high school students to help our world build back better, greener, and stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic. It trains the young people on sustainable development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“Youth are the driving force of social development and how we act...
30 October 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and the University of Newcastle (UoN) with the support of the City Government of Newcastle in Australia signed a partnership agreement to establish an “International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL)” in the city of Newcastle with the aim to provide training to government authorities from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. UN Assistant Secretary General and UNITAR Executive Director Nikhil Seth, University of Newcastle President and Vice-Chancellor Caroline McMillen, and Lord Mayor of Newcastle Counci...
September 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people, and countries’ economies in unprecedented ways. The governments’ efforts to achieve the global 2030 Agenda have halted or even rolled back as a result of the global health crisis. A number of short-term measures had to be taken to respond to this health emergency and then address the recovery through significant money injections. This short-term response has, however, at times failed to account for mid-term and long-term effects and objectives. The need for a sustainable recovery as part of a more inte...
For the Division for People and Social Inclusion, multilingualism is key for the expansive outreach of our activities and events. Mr. Alex Mejia, Director of UNITAR’s People’s Division and Social Inclusion explains, “it is fundamental to embrace multilingualism for two main reasons. One because we are the United Nations, we are supposed to be multilingual, and two, we cannot teach other people to embrace multilingualism if we do not embrace it ourselves.” , The Division for People and Social Inclusion has continuously ensured multilingualism remains at the core o...
16 April 2018, Madrid, Spain - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized the Madrid International Conference on “Strengthening Preventive Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiation” in close collaboration with the Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDG-Fund), which was hosted at the Escuela Diplomática España (Diplomatic School of Spain). The conference served as the follow up phase of the previous New York preparatory briefing on 31 October 2017 with the key note participation of Under Secretary-General Ms. Ana Maria Menendez, Assistant S...