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Launching of the Creative Economy Initiative: the Road to New Opportunities for Development
28 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR presented the “Launching of the Creative Economy Initiative” for delegates from Permanent Missions and members of international organizations at the Palais des Nations. The objective was to introduce a capacity development initiative, which aims at enhancing knowledge and building skills of policymakers, creative entrepreneurs and professionals as a way to build socio-economic value to all countries with rich cultures and creative talent.…
Despite being the most abundant resource in the world, only about 2.53% of water is freshwater usable for agriculture, human consumption and industrial purposes. Therefore, knowledge of international law governing the management of freshwater resources is indispensable.
In order to meet the needs to develop capacities of professionals involved in negotiating or implementing treatieson or related to freshwater resources, UNITAR and the University of Geneva, through the Platform for International Water Law, with financial assistance from the Swiss Confederation…
Partnership Between the Russian Federation and UNITAR to Strengthen Multilateral Regulation in Ecology
21 - 25 November 2016. Moscow, Russian Federation - The Regional Capacity Development Programme for Government Officers from the Russian Federation and other Commonwealth of Independent States Countries (the Programme hereafter) is organized in the framework of the five-year cooperation agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and UNITAR. Each year, the Programme is focused on a different thematic based on the learning needs of the partner government.…
CIFAL Shanghai organizes XVI Smart City Public Lecture
13 July 2015, Shanghai, China – CIFAL Shanghai hosted the 16th Smart City Public Lecture: “Smart Education: Status Quo and the Future”, in partnership with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and Shanghai Association of Sciences and Technology. The event, held on 1 July 2015, brought together 47 participants from academia, public and private sectors, government, and others.
The objective of this lecture was to raise awareness on how through smart education global education resources can be…
30 June 2011, New York, USA. The UNITAR New York Office is pleased to announce the international workshop on “Migration Profiles: Developing evidence-based Migration and Development policies”, carried out within the framework of The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2011, chaired by the Swiss Government, and jointly organized with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the MacArthur Foundation. The international workshop, part of the…
July 2011, Benghazi, Libya – ACTED and UNOSAT have expanded their cooperation by joining forces in the area of humanitarian assessment in the field. In Libya, ACTED experts in the field and UNOSAT analysts in Geneva have been working jointly using satellite imagery analysis and ground surveys to create impact assessment maps that are used by humanitarian operators in Benghazi and Misratah. After the previous successful projects in Kyrgyzstan, where dedicated GIS solutions were created and implemented in the wake of inter-ethnic clashes, ACTED and UNOSAT are now…
In an effort to complement the analysis of very-high resolution imagery with data acquired in the field and in-situ mapping, UNOSAT and French NGO ACTED (Agence de Cooperation Technique et Developpement) have established a specific collaboration agreement for the generation of advanced geographic information during and immediately after the crisis. The agreement, which comes after the two organisations started working separately but in consultation over the main areas affected by the incidents of the recent weeks, identifies a few specific areas of cooperation and the…
A New York Times article dated 20 August 2010 uses analysis released by UNOSAT, UNITAR Operational Satellite Applications Programme. The article, focused on the worsening situation in flood affected Pakistan, reports “Millions have been left homeless by flooding that extends across Pakistan. An analysis by UNITAR/UNOSAT, an Agency of the United Nations, of satellite images taken since the beginning of August shows thousands of square miles of water-covered land along the Indus River”.
On the same day The New York Times featured also a map based on UNOSAT data, both in the…
24 May 2024, Shanghai, China – The “Autosobriety Training Camp” aims to enhance participants’ knowledge about the dangers of drinking and driving by learning and testing. It consists of a dedicated digital training platform for college students to provide them with essential knowledge related to the topics of drinking and driving, alcohol and the law in China and ways for preventing drink-driving.
The Autosobriety Training Camp aims to help trainees gain an appreciation of the close link between drinking and driving and everyday life, turning them into qualified...
28 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - An innovative training course on using satellite imagery as evidence in international judicial proceedings has been launched by UNITAR-UNOSAT, the Asser Institute, the Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI), and IUSTICOM. Legal professionals working with international justice organizations are the first beneficiaries of the course concerning technical and legal requirements of using satellite images as evidence in court.
Satellite images are often the only way to prove that human rights abuses and...