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9 June 2021, Bonn, Germany - In the first three quarters of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 30% fall in electronic and electrical equipment sales in low- and middle-income countries but only a 5% decline in high-income countries, highlighting and intensifying the digital divide between north and south, according to a new UN report.
Worldwide, sales of heavy electric appliances like refrigerators, washing machines and ovens fell the hardest -- 6-8% -- while small IT and telecommunications equipment decreased by only 1.4%. Within the latter category, sales of...
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...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched its joint e-Learning course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” in July 2017. The course was attended by 65 representatives from government and related authorities directly involved in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. The Planning, Performance Monitoring, and Evaluation Unit of UNITAR wrote this story, 15 months after the completion of the course, to determ...
UNITAR is guided by a four-year Strategic Framework which articulates the Institute’s vision, mission, core values and strategic objectives and enablers. The present Framework, covering the period from 2018 to 2021, was approved by the Institute’s Board of Trustees in November 2017.
The Framework structures the Institute’s objectives, programming and activities under the peace, people, planet and prosperity pillars of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable, in addition to cross-cutting programme pillars on accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, multilateral diplomac...
30 June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – The first phase of United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) Training Programmes on International Diplomatic Law for Honorary Consuls was successfully launched on Tuesday 30th June 2020. The Virtual Forum, entitled: "the role of honorary consuls in times of crisis", brought together head of States, foreign ministers, honorary consuls and private sector stakeholders to discuss the capacity development for this too often forgotten but vital diplomatic actors. Among the most eagerly awaited speakers, participants were abl...
2021年6月14日・広島 ― 国連ユニタール持続可能な繫栄局の諮問委員会が、2021年6月10日にオンラインで開催されました。諮問委員のMichael A. Fors氏、Linda A. Hill氏、 Hans Jurgen Hoyer氏、 Ashleigh Owens氏、Jos Verbeek氏と、国連ユニタールのニキル・セス総代表、持続可能な繁栄局の隈元美穂子局長が集まり、同局の2020年の成果と今後の目標について話し合いました。
Michael Fors氏は、ユニタールの研修のオンライン化についてこのように述べました。
国連ユニタールのチームが、迅速かつ臨機応変にオンライン研修に切り替えたことは大いに評価に値する。簡単に見えるようで、様々な苦労があったと思います。
この速やかな切り替えにより、過去1年間でユニタールの研修参加者は4倍に増えたとセス代表は強調。国連ユニタール持続可能な繫栄局は、これを基に、今後も社会の中で最も取り残されている人々の格差解消のため、取り組んで参ります。目標達成の鍵となるのは、パートナーシップです。
研修内容の企画から資金面に至るまで、あらゆる面でのパートナーとの協力・連携が重要です。と隈元局長は話しています。
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マリ出身のJacques Dembeleさんは、国連開発計画（UNDP）ギニアビサウ事務所のモニタリング・評価担当官として働いています。2025年1月から2月にかけてオンラインと対面（広島と東京）で開催された「平和構築·開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」プライマリー·コースに参加しました。彼にとって日本は、平和を発信してきた憧れの地であり、今回の研修への参加を決めました。広島での研修は、平和構築と開発に貢献する決意を新たにするきっかけとなりました。本事業は、広島大学が外務省の委託を受け、国連ユニタールと連携して実施しています。, 2025年6月19日、広島－Jacques Dembeleさんは国連開発計画（UNDP）ギニアビサウ事務所のモニタリング・評価担当官として、民主主義、健康、経済発展、気候変動に関する取り組みに携わっています。国際機関でのキャリアアップに必要なスキルを磨くため、「平和構築・開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」プライマリー・コースに参加しました。, 「平和構築·開発におけるグローバル」人材育成事業プライマリー·コースは、国際機関でのキャリアを目指す若手専門家の実践的なスキル、知識、能力を強化することを目的としています。国内外から優秀な研修員23名を迎え、2025年1月から2月にかけて、オンライン研修に続き広島と東京で対...
31 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - New technologies are profoundly changing the financial industry. The demand for digital solutions is surging, and both private and public institutions are heavily investing in R&D, especially in the field of digital currencies. Big tech companies are more and more involved in supplying financial services as they provide payments solutions, stablecoins and even banking products. Similarly, central banks are actively researching digital money, and many of them are planning to launch their own digital currency in the future.
To res...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 calls to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts with strong emphasis on further implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While climate change is a global phenomenon, some countries are more vulnerable to a warming planet. Given this, the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) was created in 2009 as a South-South cooperation platform for collective action to address global climate change. In 2021, UNITAR partnered wit...
15 December 2022, New York City, U.S.A. – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research New York Office lead the annual Orientation Course of the Economic and Social Council for 2022-2023. The day-long training was held in a hybrid format, with majority of attendees joining in person in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters and more attendees connecting through Webex. , Consisting of nine courses and lasting from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST, the orientation course addressed several topics such as the working methods and structure of the ECOSOC, the...