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Lilian Olivia, a gender and technology lawyer from Kenya, is the founder of a non-profit dedicated to combating technology-facilitated gender-based violence.Her advocacy was inspired by personal experiences of online harassment, leading her to pursue supporting young women and girls.Through the UNITAR “Developing Essential Digital Skills for Women and Youth in Africa” training programme, Lilian gained valuable skills in project management, cybersecurity and mindfulness that have helped her scale her impact.She envisions expanding her initiative...
On 06 January 2022, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr Anurag Thakur, inaugurated the pilot phase of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Youth Volunteers Online Training Programme. Organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS) in collaboration with The Defeat-NCD Partnership, UNITAR, and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), the initiative was coordinated by the Capacity Building Commission, Government of India.Mr Anurag Thakur highlighted the Indian government’s commitment to skilling India’s yo...
As a curriculum or learning designer, few things are as heartbreaking as spending months crafting a course, only to witness low engagement, high dropout rates, and lacklustre response from your target learners. Unfortunately, disengagement is a widespread issue.Consider these statistics:Around 90% of online learners disengage with MOOCs (Reich, J., & Ruipérez-Valiente, J. A., 2019; Moore, R. L., & Blackmon, S. J., 2022). Approximately 20-30% of learners drop out of face-to-face courses (Rothkrantz, L., 2017).At least 39% of US university students...
Sara El Koussa from Lebanon started an online platform to support cancer patients and caregivers after her mother’s battle with breast cancer.Sara aims to fill gaps in the cancer community with free services and a new crowdfunding branch. To date, her work has reached over 1,500 students and supported 65 cancer patients.Sara took part in the UNITAR programme Great Ideas Space 2023: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Promoting Health Security and Economic Development in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, where she learned new strategies and ideas to enhance her project., 17 January 2025...
On 22 August 2024, the “Leader for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security” programme concluded its first phase with a final webinar. This first phase featured asynchronous online learning on the EdApp platform and four webinars, from 20 June to 22 August. Phase 2 of the training programme will be in-person workshops, to be held in Jakarta (Asian cohort, 10-20 September) and in Nadi (Pacific cohort, 1-10 October), for the 80 top performers from each cohort (160 total). Phase 3 of the training programme is scheduled to take place in February 2025 ...
In light of the current globalized and multi-cultural business world, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and Arrowad for Building Values (Arrowad International Group) have partnered to create a unique training programme on "Value-Based Leadership."
The Value-Based Leadership programme will offer participants an understanding of how the different value systems of individuals, society, and cultures affect values and culture within organizations, especially in today’s globalized and multicultural business world. The programme recognizes that...
E-learning Course- The Magic Drop: Supporting Mothers Along the JourneyLearning Webinars SeriesMicrolearningsInteractive Breastfeeding Tool, Background:This E-Learning course developed by UNITAR comes as part of the Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative (BFEI).UNITAR helps Member States and other United Nations stakeholders implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by providing learning and knowledge services that meet internationally recognized quality standards.As a practical step towards protecting the survival and health of babies and women, breastfeedin...
20 April 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently signed an agreement to deliver a joint online course on Trade, Food Security and Nutrition for officials from Eastern and Southern Africa. This is an updated version of the same course delivered in 2019 which generated a great interest across the region.
The increasing need for trade experts to support trade related development agenda in the region has posed a major challenge. National and regional institutions need to develop technical capacity ...
UNITAR Division for Prosperity has reached an agreement with Columbia Business School Executive Education.
UNITAR Social Entrepreneurship with Digital Health training course is set to launch the partnership.
The course caters to learners in Africa and the Middle East to explore on social entrepreneurship that use digital technologies in the health industry.
, 28 March 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division for Prosperity and Columbia Business School Executive Education (New York, USA) will launch a new partnership on digital health and technologies...
UNITAR and UNITAR Association invite Hiroshima high school students (grades 10 to 12) to apply to the “2024 UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassador Programme: Leaders for a New Era.”
The programme theme will be centred around nuclear disarmament and peacebuilding. The programme will take place mainly at the UNITAR Hiroshima Office and partially online, from 30 June to 30 August 2024.
The training programme is free of charge and financially supported by the Hiroshima Prefectural Government.
The deadline for the application is 3 June U2024 (10 a.m...