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As part of its outstanding Women’s Leadership for Peace Programme, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has developed the Women’s Leadership for Peace Emerging Leaders course. The course offers a unique opportunity for the participating women to revisit their approach to leadership within the wider peace and security field while also further building their career pathways and exchanging with senior women leaders within the Geneva Ecosystem. Through experiential learning, participants engage in exercises that support their profe...
Massive Open Online Course
This self-paced course has been developed by UNITAR and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A number of countries have attempted to better link their budgeting with the SDGs and national planning overall, however, the progress is uneven. As underscored in the recent UNDP guidance, any country regardless of its budgeting system can take a number of steps that can help align the allocation of public resources with the national SDG priorities. This set of measures has however to be adapted to the specific situation of the country....
6 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - To mark UNITAR's 60th anniversary, a gala concert entitled “Music from all corners of the world for peace and our planet” will take place on Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 19:30, at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. This gala concert pays tribute to our commitment to empower individuals and organizations to create positive change for peace and sustainability.
The concert will feature international musicians from India, the Andes, and the Maghreb regions, reflecting our global engagements. Notable artists set to perform incl...
Traduzido em Inglês, Francês e Arabe, A Iniciativa dos Ativistas da Carta Africana da Juventude representa a primeira iniciativa da União Africana (UA) com a plena inclusão da representação da juventude dos 55 Estados Membros. A iniciativa foi lançada num momento crítico para a juventude no continente africano, uma vez que julho de 2021 marca o 15º aniversário da adoção da Carta Africana da Juventude (AYC) - um quadro baseado nos direitos que orienta o envolvimento e a capacitação da juventude na África, consagra os seus direitos, deveres e liberdades. Liderado pelo Gabinet...
Diane Shayne Lipana, a diplomat of the Philippines, was a participant in UNITAR Hiroshima’s Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
The Philippines has had a pro-disarmament stance for decades and is a member of both the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW will have its first meeting in June 2022.
The training programme helped Diane zero in on the key topics for negotiating for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
, June 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – The ...
26 March 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - On the 30th anniversary of the landmark Beijing Declaration, UNITAR convened a virtual side event, "Bridging Gender Gaps and Advancing Equity in Water Governance." In conjunction with World Water Day for the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, the event emphasised the critical importance of glaciers to freshwater resources. The gathering brought together experts and practitioners to address the inextricable link between gender equity and sustainable water management, reinforcing that women's inclusion is not simply about fairne...
Dr. Clare Gately has been a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and a UNITAR resource person since 2017.
Dr. Gately believes that UNITAR’s training programmes on entrepreneurship and innovation/leadership develop an ambitious mindset in future entrepreneurs.
The UNITAR programme equips learners with the tools, skills and networks that they can use to act on those ambitions.
Dr. Gately enjoys working with the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. The strong team has a culture of learning and of mutual support.
, 26 October 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - What do potential entrepre...
UNITAR and Cushman & Wakefield have signed a memorandum of understanding.The meeting was led by UNITAR Director of UNITAR Division for Prosperity Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, and Chief Executive Officer of Greater China at Cushman & Wakefield Mr. Jinquan Zhao.This strategic partnership seeks to pursue collaboration in several key thematic areas, business facilitation, environmental, social, governance (ESG) development and sustainability, international communication and leadership and empowerment., 8 July 2024, Shanghai, China - UNITAR and Cushman & Wakefield signed a m...
11 April 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - As our global learning community is growing at a faster pace than ever (almost 400k certificates issued!), we invite our alumni to take part in our contest to become the next UN CC:Learn Champion.
Our alumni are drivers of change in their communities, and we want once again to give them a platform to showcase their work and initiatives.
We want to hear from you – our alumni – what you have been doing to address the climate crisis in your community, workplace, or household as a result of taking our courses. Your impact stories...
UNITAR’s Road Safety Global Training Initiative combines its experience in training and research to create adapted road safety programmes wherever it’s needed most. Explore our reports to better understand the Initiative's scope and how, through different activities and components (capacity building, public awareness and partnerships), it fosters road safety around the globe., This training programme aims to contribute to reducing and preventing alcohol-related traffic fatalities and injuries, and ultimately advance UN Global Road Safety Performance Target 9 with educationa...