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The Global Platform for Action (GPA) is a global initiative to promote actions that enable sustainable energy access in displacement settings, contributing to SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy. The GPA coordination unit is hosted by the Division for Peace of UNITAR. The GPA follows five thematic working areas: planning and coordination; policy, advocacy and host community resilience; innovative finance and funding; technical expertise and capacity building; and data, research and evidence. (1) As part of the technical expertise and capacity building area, the GPA has ...
Established in 2023, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Bangkok (CIFAL Bangkok) is hosted by the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. It provides a range of learning opportunities and facilitates knowledge sharing between public servants and leaders from Asia-Pacific countries to strengthen capacities, improve the decision-making process, and encourage sustainable development.Scope: Asia-Pacific.Thematic areas: Climate ChangeSmart CommunitiesWater-Energy-FoodInfrastructureTechnology, Policy and Society, Dr. Voravate Chonlasi...
Dr. East is a world-renowned champion for sustainability, an educator, and a social innovator. Her work spans the fields of cultural geography, urban ecology, and women’s studies. She holds a Master of Science in Spatial Planning with specialisation in the rehabilitation of abandoned villages and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning on the topic “What if Women Designed the City?”. Her research interests also include nature-based solutions for urban planning and the use of regenerative design approaches for shaping eco-communities, mining cities,…
Mr. Ghory is the Chairman of the SmarterChains Foundation and a senior supply chain executive with over 35 years of experience in the Consumer Goods Industry. He has been the Senior Vice-President of Procter & Gamble Corp and the Chief Operating Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corp. He is a champion for sustainable development and brings extensive expertise in operations, innovation, logistics, and work systems, with a strong record of designing business-relevant strategies, building environmentally committed organisations, and developing high-performing teams.…
Before she participated in her first UNITAR training, Ms. Syeda Bushra Binte Amin was working at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), a regional organization focused on disaster preparedness in Bangladesh.
Ms. Bushra was working on Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessments Project, which analyses the impacts of 8 hazards including flood, landslide, tsunami, cyclone, earthquake, and others. As a Geographical Information System (GIS) consultant at ADPC, her work was to perform analysis for risk assessments of 5 components - housing, livelihood,…
Event on the Theme “Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization”
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) co-organized, on 27 March 2018, a very successful event on the theme “Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization”, attended by over 80 people.
Delegates were able to learn about the comprehensive verification regime used by the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO to make…
The 2nd Yale/UNITAR Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy will take place at Yale University, New Haven, USA from 17-19 September 2010 in the margins of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal Summit, 20-22 September, New York. Focusing on the theme of Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy, the event will take stock of and examine the role of institutional structures and decision-making procedures in fostering (or impeding) low carbon and climate resilient development. Papers and discussions will cover…
The Public Finance and Trade Programme is pleased to announce its new calendar of e-learning courses for Fall/Winter of 2011-12 for a global audience of finance-sector and trade officials. Over 50 executive-level e-Learning courses in English, French and Spanish are now open for registration. All courses are internet-based, moderated by senior international experts, asynchronous and place emphasis on online discussions and self-paced learning.
The content for each course has been developed based on UNITAR’s training experience in public debt and financial management…
Empowering Women in the Peace Process
3 May 2018, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Columbia Law School co-organized a workshop entitled “Empowering Women in the Peace Process” at the United Nations Headquarters as part of the “Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Negotiation” certificate programme 2017-2018, with the sponsorship of the Permanent Mission of Sweden under the programme “Levelling the Playing Field”.
The seminar revolved around two main case studies, each illustrating a certain method of empowering women.…
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 Master 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.
The Programme starts with a period of gaining a shared vocabulary and set of ideas around sustainability...