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Vice President
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Africa Board
Sarah Anyang Agbor is Vice Chairperson of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) as well as the Vice President, Africa Board, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). Sarah is a Trustee Board Member of the African Progress Group (APG) and Board Member of Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR). Sarah is the African Union (AU) Consultant for Policy Renaissance leading the AU project in providing strategic support and establishing…
Collaboration Agreement Signed between ITAérea, UNITAR and CIFAL Mérida
16 May 2018, Madrid, Spain - the signing ceremony for the extension of the collaboration agreement between the ITAérea Aeronautical Business School (https://www.itaerea.es/), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and CIFAL Mérida (Mexico) (http://unitar.org/dcp/cifal-merida) took place at the ITAérea headquarters in Madrid.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Alejandro Mejía, UNITAR's Director of the Division for People and Social Inclusion, Senior Manager of the Social…
フィリピン・コタバト市の非政府組織（NGO）でモニタリング・評価・学習担当官を務めるJohn Isidore Laureさんは、地方自治体における若者のエンパワーメントに取り組んでいます。彼の活動は、ユース協議会の強化や、暴力的過激主義や誤情報といった課題への対応に焦点を当てています。2024年の国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムに参加したことで、若手公務員を育成するプロジェクトをより洗練させることができました。彼は、若者が変革の推進者であることの重要性を強調し、彼らの声を世界に広めるさらなる機会の必要性を訴えています。, 2025年2月27日、広島 – フィリピン・コタバト市の若き活動家であるJohn Isidore Laureさんは、現在、地元の非政府組織（NGO）でモニタリング・評価・学習担当官を務め、青年協議会（Sangguniang Kabataan）と協力しながら、ガバナンスの向上と地域社会の発展に尽力しています。 10代の頃には、地域における暴力的過激主義や誤情報の防止を目的とした組織を共同設立しました。この経験を通じて、彼は若者のエンパワーメントと社会課題への対応に対する強い決意を培いました。, 2017年、フィリピン南部のマラウィで、政府軍と武装勢力の間で武力衝突が発生しました。暴力は5か月間続き、市...
The year 2023 was a very special and exciting one for the UNITAR Division for Prosperity, as we celebrated not only the 60th anniversary of UNITAR but also the 20th of the Hiroshima Office, which is a part of the Division for Prosperity. We held many events in Japan and Geneva, together with our Advisory Board members, partners, alumni and supporters of UNITAR.
As we close the year with many fond memories, we remain committed to serving the world so that 20 years from now, we can all live in a more sustainable, peaceful and prosperous world.
“People are the core of natio...
27 April 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The current pandemic increased the importance of well-developed negotiation, mediation, and leadership skills for successful crisis management. Critically analysing political, historical, and economic factors is key to understand complex problems and to solve disputes effectively. Therefore, UNITAR and The Ambassador Partnership decided to cooperate to empower growth-oriented professionals working in bi- and multilateral diplomacy, as well as current and future policy leaders. Following the signing of a Letter of Agreement, UNITAR a...
24 March 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - We are thrilled to announce that we've reached the astounding mark of 250,000 users on our e-learning platform. Thanks to your support we have been able to achieve what we didn't think was possible: bring climate literacy to so many people all over the world. Since the set-up of the programme in 2011, we have experienced and gone through many extremely rewarding times. In these past nine years, the way people perceive and understand climate change has changed drastically, and so the way we plan and prepare our courses and initiatives. In...
UNITAR Hosts Town Hall Meeting with Ogoni Stakeholders in Nigeria
4 February 2017, River State, Nigeria - On the 4th of February 2017, UNITAR hosted a town hall meeting with Ogoni stakeholders lunching the start of the Agribusiness Skill Training and Empowerment Programme for Ogoni Women as part of the Ogoni land clean-up and remediation programme. The town hall meeting held at the MOSOP Peace and Freedom Centre, Bori, Ogoni land, Rivers state, Nigeria.
In recognition that the rehabilitation of Ogoni land doesn’t end with an environmental clean-up plan but also includes…
Building Capacity for Fijian Disaster Resilience: Developing Women Community Leaders
29 - 30 June 2017, Nadi, Fiji – The international Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) in partnership with the Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation (MFWCPA), the Fiji Police Force (FPF) and the Grace Trifam Ministry (GTM) hosted the “Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Women and Disaster Resilience” held 29-30 June at the Hexagon Hotel in Nadi, Fiji.
The Commonwealth of Australia through…
CIFAL Atlanta Assists Airports from Developing Nations to Enhance their Air Service Development Strategies
13 - 14 July 2017, Kennesaw, USA – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) in partnership with Airports Council International (ACI) and Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport held a two-day training seminar on “Airport Air Service Development”, bringing together senior level airport officials from Lesotho, Ecuador, Mongolia, India, Nigeria, Barbados and Tonga. The seminar took place in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA…
E-Diplomacy and Cybersecurity Course for Diplomats From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
9 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – On Friday October 6th, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) concluded its five-day course on “E-Diplomacy and Cybersecurity” for diplomats from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This course was the sixth in a series of eight workshops, as part of a training programme to strengthen Saudi Arabian diplomat’s capacities in current and pertinent areas of multilateral diplomacy and international affairs.
The first half of the course…