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14 February 2020, New York, USA – On Thursday night, 13 February, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office attended the reception co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Canada in celebration of the completion of the Women in International Security and Cyberspace Fellowship training organized by UNITAR and sponsored by the Australian Government.
The reception opened with remarks delivered by the Permanent Representative of Canada, H.E. Mr. Marc-André Blanchard, and the Deputy Permanent Presentative of United Kingdom of Great Britain an...
22 April 2019, UNITAR New York Office, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office hosted a workshop with the Maryland-based organization Trees for the Future on the topic of diversifying nutrition and income sources. This was the final workshop of the three-part series on Using Agroforestry to Meet Sustainable Development Goals sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Sweden’s programme “Leveling the Playing Field”.
Mr. Pelayo Alvarez delivered the welcoming remarks and opened the International Mother Earth Day Special Workshop...
Putting it All Together – How UNOSAT Makes Sure Earthquake Relief and Early Recovery in Nepal can Count on Integrated Geo-Spatial Information
7 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – On 25 April, Nepal was hit be a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. As of 6 May, the number of casualties is reported at 7,675 while 16,392 have been injured. Immediately after the red alert by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), UNICEF and OCHA requested UNOSAT rapid mapping service. Priority areas of interest were identified and UNOSAT began the acquisition of satellite imagery…
October 2012, Munich, Germany - At an award ceremony in Munich in October 2012, AnsuR Technologies of Norway, a long standing partner of UNITAR/UNOSAT, won the ESA App Challenge, part of the GMES Masters European Earth Monitoring Competition. The ASIGN crowd-source app, developed by AnsuR and partners within the EU research project GEO-PICTURES, allows citizens worldwide to automatically upload and share geo-referenced pictures, videos and other data.
The application works on Android and iOS operating systems and has been tested by UNOSAT in operational contexts during…
Leveraging the use of Geospatial Information Technology for DRR in Southeast Asia
19 December, 2016, Nay Pi Taw, Myanmar - UNOSAT in partnership with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) successfully delivered two weeks of in-country training in Nay Pi Taw, Myanmar benefiting 40 technical professionals drawn from various line ministries of Myanmar including the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, the Remote Sensing Department Relief and, the Resettlement Department. The two trainings: “Introduction to Geospatial Information technology for Disaster Risk…
“Heavy rains in Colombia have affected close to 2 million persons”, the country's president Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday after inspecting floods in the northern “Atlantico department”.
Following his overflight of some of the affected areas, the president confirmed the arrival of international aid, stressing that the country needed more assistance.
The floods were made worse by the effects of the weather phenomenon “La Niña”, with rains in the second part of the month of November exceeding previous historical records. The International Federation of the Red Cross…
11 February 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Zimbabwe has been affected by heavy rains that resulted in deaths and displacement of people in parts of the country in early February. According to UN sources, damage to property is also important and the National Water Authority of Zimbabwe warned that the water level in dams across the country continues to rise.
UNOSAT was requested to help assess the extent of flood waters. To do so, the Team requested the triggering of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, resulting in the acquisition of satellite data that is…
March 2020 - Since the launch of Ghana’s National Climate Change and Green Economy Learning Strategy 2016, the country has taken important steps to integrate climate change into the general education system. With support by UN CC: Learn and the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), together with the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation have integrated climate change into all subjects of the new primary school curricula, particularly Scien...
Sustainability is a key element that needs to be implemented in every aspect of the environment we leave in.
For this purpose, UNITAR partnered with MLA College to launch the Bachelor in Global Sustainable Development. The collaboration between the MLA College and UNITAR takes place within the framework of CIFAL City of London, the 25th CIFAL Center established, to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and integrate them into higher education programmes.
In order to introduce the students to the concepts and thinking behind the idea of sustainability...
国連ユニタールイラク奨学プログラムは、イラクの社会経済の安定に貢献する地域に根ざしたビジネスの発展と強化のために、若手起業家の育成とリーダーシップスキルの向上を図る研修プログラムです。本研修の目的は、ハードスキル（理論・手法・ツールなど）とソフトスキル（自己および対人関係に関するスキル）の両方を強化することです。ハードスキルとしては、事業立ち上げや実施に必要な計画立案、ビジネス／収益戦略、ニーズアセスメント、営業・マーケティング戦略、モニタリング評価の手法などについて学びます。ソフトスキルとしては、事業運営に必要なチームワーク戦略、コミュニケーションやプレゼン、リーダーシップ、課題の特定と解決に必要なスキルなどを学んでいきます。
本プログラムは2016年度に開始し、毎年約6か月間に海外で2回、イラクで2回ワークショップを行い、起業に必要なスキル、プロジェクト運営やリーダーシップスキルを学び、若手起業家の育成を図ります。研修生は各ワークショップで課題を与えられ、次のワークショップまでに課題を仕上げ、メンターやイラク在住のコーチのアドバイスを受けながら、最終的には個人の事業計画書を作成します。2017年度から、優秀な研修卒業生はコーチとして次年度の研修にボランティアで参加できる制度を設け、研修生をサポートしています。, 本プログラムは開始以来、...