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20th International Hurricane Seminar: Twenty years of Innovation, Resilience, and Knowledge Exchange
21 March 2025, Merida, Mexico — Celebrating 20 years of leadership in hurricane risk management and operational resilience, the 20th International Hurricane Seminar brought together distinguished experts from around the world for two days of collaborative learning, strategic dialogue, and forward-looking action. With over 200 participants in attendance—including airport leaders from Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean—the seminar reaffirmed its role as a key platform for advancing regional preparedness. The agenda focused on strengthening strategic communication, ...
Master Class Series: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR SAFER ROADS TOOLKIT2nd of December, 2020OnlineIn the framework of IRF Vision Zero for Africa Conference on “Delivering Safer Roads by Design":To read UNITAR’s news article on this event, please click here.Partners:· International Road Federation (IRF)· Department of Transport from the Province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa· AB InBevBeneficiaries:406 senior government authorities and executives from the private sector...
The University of Newcastle, CIFAL Newcastle and UNITAR are offering the Master of Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development that exposes professionals, organisations and communities to global best practice knowledge, and tools to implement the new UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This programme equips people from diverse backgrounds to understand resilience and sustainable development principles, and systematically apply them to the design of public, private, NGO, civil society organisations and the built environm...
As the President of the National Breastfeeding Commission of Costa Rica, for Dr. Ruiz Valera, participation in the Regional Forum “The Best Start for Life” The Magic Drop, co-hosted by the Office of the First Lady and Government of El Salvador, highlighted the importance of tracking and recording lactation rooms in Costa Rica, as the country lacked comprehensive data despite existing laws. Following her participation in the forum, the Commission proposed a reform to assign a specific office for evaluating and approving these rooms. This initiative aims to ensure better comp...
13 September 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative (BFEI) is pleased to invite you to join our Experts Conversations on Breastfeeding Promotion and Education!Between September and November, our BFEI is offering the Learning Webinar Series on “Supporting Breastfeeding in the Community”. This 3-part series seeks to provide comprehensive information and support to mothers, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in learning more about breastfeeding practices and their benefits. The series will bring together inter...
25-27 April 2021, Shanghai, China - The first Seminar on Digital Transformation for Executive Managers jointly organized by UNITAR's CIFAL Shanghai International Training Center and Information & Data Security Solutions Co., Ltd. was held in Shanghai, China between 25-27 April. The 17 senior managers who attended the seminar represented the following companies: China Merchants Bank, SAIC MOTOR, Digital Guangxi Group, Armed Police Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd, Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange, Shanghai A...
26 February 2020, Dakar, Senegal - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Dakar (CIFAL Dakar) in collaboration with the Canadian Executive Service Organization are offering a series of 7 seminars on leadership and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the aim of strengthening the capacities of professionals from the public and private sectors on the SDGs and their contribution to ensure peace and prosperity.
Reflecting on the importance of the SDGs, CIFAL Dakar successfully concluded the first Seminar Series on Leadership and Human Deve...
Established in 2019, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Senegal (CIFAL Dakar) is hosted by the Municipality of Dakar in Dakar, Senegal. The centre aims to strengthen the capacities of government authorities, private sector representatives and civil society leaders in the areas of urban governance and planning, capacity for Agenda 2030, and social Inclusion. Scope: West Africa (focused on Francophone countries).Thematic Areas:Urban Governance and PlanningCapacity for Agenda 2030Social Inclusion , Mr. Mamadou MbowMr. Mbow is an ex...
The evaluation analysed the first of three phases of this project (2012-2015). It has found that the starting assumption (the improvement of knowledge and competency will allow for a more sustainable and targeted utilisation of the water resource) is still pertinent. Indeed, knowledge and competency for a more effective use of water resource are still lacking in Chad. The evaluation has also found that all the activities are relatively pertinent for the implementation of the project. However, it will only have an impact with sufficient institutional stability and clear ma...
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