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The programme is now accepting applications from Afghan youth including men and women engaged in sustainable entrepreneurship initiatives, such as small-scale agriculture, handicrafts, education, health and digital businesses to promote economic stability. Evacuees returning from different countries are also encouraged to apply, to establish entrepreneurial activities and to improve their economic situation. Applicants should be between 18 and 35 years of age with a working level of English language. Women with university degrees are highly encouraged to apply.The...
For the Bachelor’s Degree programs by UNITAR, GFPA, and Oberlin College, we are committed to providing a seamless and straightforward application process to help you pursue your passion for music education. Below, we outline the application procedure and provide detailed information on the application steps.
Step 1: DOWNLOAD STUDENT NOMINATION FORM
The application process begins with downloading the student nomination form, which can be accessed towards the end of this page (titled Oberlin Student Nomination Form). The deadline for the Fall 2023 semester is approachi...
Upcoming:TBAPast:The 2nd UNITAR International Research Conference - December 3 - 4 2024Building capacities to further the New Agenda for Peace - April 19th, 2024Building Bridges for Peace: An exchange of experiences on DDR and its linkages with human rights, early warning, and conflict prevention between Colombia and African contexts - March 11th, 2024 The 1st International UNITAR Research Conference - Climate Security: Peace & Security Consequences of Climate Change - November 23rd to November 24th, 2023Can Peace Ever Return to the Sahel? Exploring actions to ...
First Phase of Shimanami Collective Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction Training Concludes
On 27 November 2024, UNITAR concluded the online phase of the “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction” training programme, engaging over 130 participants from Asia and the Pacific Island region, in a series of “virtual classroom” webinars and online discussion forums.In Phase 1, participants learned about gender equality in disaster risk reduction, community-based disaster risk reduction, disability inclusion, and the empowerment of vulnerable groups within disaster risk reduction initiatives.The top performers will be invited to Phase 2, an in-person w...
In a world where more data are generated in one year than over decades before, its value to informing important policies and decisions aimed at the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is ever more important. The surge in data presents both significant opportunities for generating much needed evidence, as well as new challenges as the spread of fake news increasingly threatens the very foundations of our societies. Against this backdrop, UNITAR’s Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Unit (SI Agenda 2030) has teamed up with UN Statistics Division...
20 June 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division of Prosperity welcomed 917 professionals from Asia and Pacific Island Countries to join the inaugural webinar of Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security on 20 June 2024. The programme aims to provide government officials and activists in Pacific Small Island and Asian countries with skills, knowledge, and capacity to enhance and stabilize climate, economic stability, food security, and maritime security. Another fundamental purpose of the programme is to establish a network and collaboration mechanism...
UNITAR invites young entrepreneurs in Afghanistan to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Job Creation through Entrepreneurship and Innovation training programme.
The online programme will train participants on key topics in entrepreneurship and food Security.
Applications are open until 15 July 2023.
, 26 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity invites entrepreneurs and innovators in Afghanistan to apply to the Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Jo...
11 April 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - UN CC:Learn and the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education Project (MECCE) are shedding light on the state of online climate change learning among adults worldwide.
Building on a collaboration that was established in 2022, UN CC:Learn and the MECCE Project, an international research initiative bringing together over 100 leading scholars and agencies hosted by the University of Saskatchewan, have developed a new global indicator that gives a proxy measure of the engagement of adults in online learnin...
7 August, Geneva, Switzerland - The Division for Peace of UNITAR is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Paris School of Advanced International and Political Studies (Hautes Études Internationales et Politiques – HEIP Paris). The newly signed Memorandum of Understanding outlines the scope of future collaboration that will include the establishment of a Master's degree and a research centre in various thematic areas such as conflict prevention, peace development and the rule of law, in Paris and North Africa.
Founded in 1899 in Paris, HEIP is a School of In...
Angela I. Ebeleke Yoka, Gender and Climate Change focal point at the UNFCCC, for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Manchester, England Stepping up as a co-facilitator at COP28 negotiations on gender Angela, or Angèle as she is called in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a National Gender and Climate Change Focal Point (NGCCFP) at the UNFCCC for the DRC and works as a course guide for the night school for new negotiators organized by the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). In...