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UNITAR - Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) partnership has come to fruition with the signing of a Special Purpose Grant agreement (SPG) and subsequently the selection of credible candidates from all the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State for the UNITAR/RKK Technical Skills Training in Norway and Namibia.
This programme was conceived as a part of efforts to tackle the high level of youth unemployment in the state. The goal of this programme is to provide a technical and vocational training program with internationally recognized certifications…
Geneva 3 March 2011 - Based on a rapid assessment of very-high resolution satellite imagery recorded this morning at 11:26 am local time, UNOSAT released the first satellite based report focusing on people moving away from Libya to flee violence. The report shows several thousands of people located primarily within the Ra´s Ajdir border crossing facility along the Libyan-Tunisian border. The imagery shows multiple concentrations of people and different waiting and processing sites, as well as long lines of people and small vehicles…
20-21 June 2011, New York, USA. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in New York and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held the third annual Orientation Programme for Diplomats on Human Rights at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This course sought to help diplomats understand the evolution of international human rights law and the roles and functions of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Additionally, the orientation programme discussed the ways in which human rights guarantees and…
26 July - 1 October 2010
The Local Development Programme of UNITAR is launching a new session of its proven e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation, in French language.
The course, which will run from 26 July to 1st October 2010, aims to enhance the capacity of local decision-makers and sanitation professionals to make the most enlightened decisions and investments in the area of urban sanitation. It provides analytical tools to understand the financial and institutional framework of the sanitation sector, taking into account the needs of urban poor communities.…
Several provinces in central Vietnam are being affected by torrential rains with an average rainfall of 300 to 800 mm according to reports received from UNDP Country Office. On 07 October UNOSAT humanitarian rapid mapping service was activated at the request of the UN country office in Vietnam to provide accurate geographic information on the extent of the flooding and its impact.
On the same day UNOSAT requested the support of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, an international mechanism established by Space Agencies from several countries to help…
8 August 2013, Mbabane, Swaziland - Under the framework of the project “Developing an Integrated National Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals and SAICM Implementation in Swaziland”,the final national project workshop was held from 6 to 8 August 2013. This project took place as part of a national effort to implement the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
The workshop was attended by 37 representatives of government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, industry, as well as an expert from UNITAR. The objectives of the…
8 - 9 November 2012, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - A
National Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Inception Workshop was held in Kinshasa on 8 - 9 November 2012 to launch the project “Strengthening National Capacities for SAICM Implementation and Supporting GHS Capacity Building in the Democratic Republic of Congo”, funded by the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund.
The workshop provided the opportunity to raise awareness about the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), its…
Curitiba, Brazil, 13 June 2016 - In partnership with the Federation of Industries of the State of Parana (Brazil), the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations Development Programme, the Curitiba International Training Center affiliated to UNITAR – CIFAL Curitiba – hosted a seminar on the industrial sector engagement with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in Brazil.
80 participants, representing companies signatories of the UN Global Compact, took part in the event, which main objective was to allow for a reflection within the private sector…
UNITAR South Sudan Fellowship Programme Workshop II Held Successfully
28 January 2016, Hiroshima, Japan - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has successfully concluded Workshop II of the UNITAR South Sudan Fellowship Programme, which was held in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan between 20-26 January 2016. The Fellowship is a five-month long capacity building training programme, and twenty South Sudanese participants (known as Fellows), from a range of government and civil society organizations in South Sudan, visited Japan to attend the second of the three Fellowship workshops.…
Delivering a Workshop on Climate Information and Services in Ethiopia
10 November 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
"…train, train, train… Once you get back home, train, train. No matter the contextual drawbacks, train decision-makers. Never give up! It will make a difference,”
concluded Mr. Thierry H. Amoussougbo, Senior Programme Manager at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Climate Policy Center Division.
On 26 October 2017, over 25 trainers, parliamentarians, academia and media representatives from 12 African states met in Addis…