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3 February 2021, New York, USA (Virtual) – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York office announced the launching of “Harnessing Climate & SDG Synergies to Raise Ambition in the Era of Paris+5 and Pandemic Recovery” online course series in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and United Nations framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Five years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, Covid-19 pandemic has drastically, yet d...
UNITAR’s 60th Anniversary and UNITAR Hiroshima Office’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
This year marks UNITAR’s 60th and UNITAR Hiroshima Office’s 20th anniversaries. To celebrate this special occasion with its partners, supporters and the public, UNITAR held several events in Japan. UNITAR is thankful for all the support it has received over the years and reaffirm our commitment to continue training and empowering changemakers around the world. Learn more about the events here.
UNITAR 60th Anniversary and UNITAR Hiroshima Office 20th Anniversary Ceremony held in To...
In May 2019, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered a facilitated online course entitled Agriculture in International Trade Agreements. The course was part of an ongoing collaboration, with an earlier, self-paced version of the course having been launched in 2018. The 2019 course targeted policy-makers in eleven European and Central Asian countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The course was designed to cover not only global trade issues but con...
2021年5月25日・香港／広島 ― 今年度より、国連ユニタール青少年大使プログラムをアジア太平洋地域に拡大して実施することとなりました。国連ユニタールとITS エデュケーションアジア（ITS）の共催で、今年度の国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムは香港で実施いたします。新型コロナウイルスのパンデミックからの「より良い復興」を目指し、高校生たちは10週間の研修で持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）などについて学びます。
「社会が発展するための原動力は若者です。SDGs達成を推し進めていくのは、我々の世代のためではなく、次世代の若者のためです。ITSは、香港、中国とアジア太平洋の若者が国際舞台で活躍するために必要な教育と持続可能な開発を支援しています。ITSの揺るぎない貢献を理解していただき、国連ユニタールに感謝しています」とITS創設者のダニー・ハリントンさんは話します。
「世界経済フォーラムで発表されたアップリンク（Uplink）は、SDGs達成や開発課題の解決に必要なアイデアや行動を触発するクラウド型新プラットフォームです。これに参加した若者はみな、新しいシステム構築や社会の変革に携わりたいという熱意にあふれていました。国連ユニタール青少年大使プログラムは、若者が将来の枠組みを自分たち自身の手で描いていく取り組みです」とグローバ...
21 April 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - Adult learning and education has a crucial role in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), covering not just SDG 4 on quality education, but also a range of other goals, including those on climate change, poverty, health and well-being, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, and sustainable cities and communities, as outlined in the recently released UNESCO global report on adult education.
Combined with the unprecedented global impact COVID-19 is having on labour markets and economies, and wit...
, CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR INTEREST!, This project takes a multidisciplinary approach that emerges as essential to help better understand the complex dynamics of the global economy, diplomacy, the evolving geopolitical landscape, and their association. This comprehensive framework addresses the multifaceted impacts of globalization, diplomati...
UNITAR’s mission is to develop capacities to enhance global decision-making and to support country-level action for shaping a better future. The Institute: designs and delivers innovative training to address needs of individuals, organizations and institutions; facilitates knowledge and experience-sharing through networked and innovative processes; conducts research on and pilots innovative learning strategies, approaches and methodologies; and advises and supports governments, UN and other partners with technology-based knowledge-related services. Read more.
UNITAR's national committee in Japan, with its secretariat in Hiroshima, Japan, UNITAR Association held an SDGs Seminar on 5 June 2023 with its members.
As of June 2023, UNITAR Association has 44 individuals and 25 organizations as members.
UNITAR Association’s Sustainable Development Goals Seminar offered Hiroshima-based companies the opportunity to collaborate and share best practices towards achieving SDGs.
, 14 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – On 5 June 2023, UNITAR Association held a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Seminar for its supporting members in Hiroshi...
16 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - During the 26th Conferences of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Glasgow, Scotland from 31 October to 12 November 2021, UN CC:Learn supported two One UN side events and held the eighth edition of its Climate Classroom, the series of 45-minute lessons which have become the programme’s flagship initiative at COP.
UN CC:Learn’s participation at COP26 started out with a class on “Enhancing and Tracking the Arc of Ambition”, delivered in collaboration with the Worl...