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今号のニュースレターでは、2025年6月から2025年8月までの国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局の様々な研修事業や取り組みをご紹介しています。 English version is available from here , 国連ユニタール総代表 ミシェル・ジャイルズ＝マクドノーが初来日 8月3日から8日にかけて、ミシェル・ジャイルズ＝マクドノー国連事務次長補兼国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）総代表は、今年2月に同ポストに正式に就任後初めて来日しました。8月3日には、関西・大阪万博の国連パビリオンで開催されたイベントで登壇しました。8月5日から6日にかけては広島を訪れ、広島平和記念式典に参列したほか、弊機関と広島県・へいわ創造機構ひろしま（HOPe）共催の若者対話イベントにて司会を務めました。また、8月7日から8日には東京を訪れ、外務省への表敬訪問を行いました。, 国連ユニタール AIとデジタル・ストーリーテリングで切り拓く変革 研修を広島とアジアの若者を招いて開催 2025年6月7日、5か月間のハイブリッド研修プログラム「国連ユニタール SDGsとデジタル未来：AIとデジタル・ストーリーテリングで切り拓く変革」を開始しました。広島県およびアジア諸国からの16歳から28歳の意欲ある若者が、持続可能な開発目...
As far as he can remember, Algerian born Noureddine Benaidja always expressed interest for a position in the public sector, not a surprise as both his parents pursued their careers working for the government. After four years at Alger's Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), he started to work for the Interior Ministry since 2001. He then studied law, both in Algeria and in France. Now aged 38 and still living thirty miles from Alger, he's still working on his Ph. D. while holding the position of Training Officer for the Ministry.
His everyday work includes the…
It’s been 20 years since the Taliban government fell in Afghanistan. Many young women are now growing up knowing they have the right to opportunities and hoping to shape their own lives. But conservative attitudes persist. Madina Walizada, a UNITAR alumna from Afghanistan, says:
I thought ‘I’m a girl, I don’t have equal rights that my brothers have.’
“People don’t believe women can take over tough work”, says Mariam Ghaznavi, another UNITAR Afghan alumna.
Some [colleagues] believe that my good manners and soft behaviour make me incapable of dealing with the harsh re...
At a time when natural disasters are becoming more numerous and frequent, UNOSAT aims to equip all countries with geographical information systems (GIS) to make informed decisions and reduce the risks associated with these natural disasters. To this end, UNOSAT has set up the project ‘Strengthening Capacities in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improved Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa’. The project focuses on developing the capacity to use GIS in government agencies across eight partner countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Lao PDR, Nigeria, Solomon Islands, Ugand...
Professor Akiko Yuge, a member of the UNITAR Board of Trustees, visited Hiroshima Office for the first time.
Professor Yuge believes UNITAR has the agility to stay relevant in the long term.
In an increasingly complex world, UNITAR can offer capacity-building to empower people to make better decisions.
, 27 February 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – Professor Akiko Yuge, a member of the UNITAR Board of Trustees, visited the UNITAR Division for Prosperity, Hiroshima Office to observe the in-person nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation training of 18 government officials from ...
Learn more about UNITAR Division for Prosperity’s programmes and activities from September 2024 to November 2024. Past issues in May 2024 and August 2024, Japan-funded Shimanami Collective Training Programmes: Progress Report (1)Pacific Learners Complete Japan Study Tour on Early Warning Systems to Combat Disaster Risks Nearly 30 participants from 11 Pacific small island countries completed the second phase of the UNITAR “Leave No One Behind: Rapid Response to Climate Crises through Early Warning Systems” training programme, held in partnership with the ...
Agnes Chiu is a 15-year-old high school student in Hong Kong.She participated in the 2023 UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme, which aims to empower high school students in Asian-Pacific countries to lead change.She founded “Design Your Life at 25” to guide teenagers in career planning. To date, the programme has trained 300 young people from 14 countries through engaging career-visioning workshops.Agnes is piloting an AI-driven app to make her initiative more attractive to youth and accessible in multiple languages, starting with Egypt and expanding to other cou...
Merlyn Hurtado, Finalist of GEAR cycle II Climate Change and Gender Equality (2021) Paris, France We know that, globally, women hold over one-third of seats in local decision-making bodies. However, there is a lack of data on the participation of indigenous women in local decision-making. Merlyn, a research and data analyst at the Learning Planet Institute (University of Paris Cité), knows this issue first-hand. In Colombia, there are around two million indigenous peoples, according to the 2018 Census (IWGIA). However, their inclusion in decision-making processes ...
3 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The ambitious agenda of COP 26 to accelerate action towards and beyond the goals of the Paris agreement may have been a let-down for most people. For the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), it was also an opportunity to promote once more the added value of satellite-derived information for improving climate resilience.
The conference was “an important step but not enough” in the words of António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Despite the negotiations underdelivering, many insightful events took place, where d...
The “Strengthening Crisis Management Capacities of Malian National Police, Gendarmerie and National Guard during Elections” project was implemented from July 2021 to December 2022. The project’s overarching objective was to support national authorities in Mali to transition towards democratic governance and the rule of law, contributing to peace and development in the country.
The project expected to achieve its objective by developing training packages targeting strategic, operational and tactical levels of the national police, gendarmerie and national guard, as well as c...