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Webinar on Micro-/NanoplasticsThe “Webinar on Micro-/Nanoplastics” took place on 1 October 2024, from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. CEST (9:00 - 10:30 a.m. EDT).This webinar covered the lifecycle of plastics, from litter to nano-scale particles, and explored key polymer types and their applications. ResourcesAgendaWebinar recording PresentationsThe plastic continuum from litter to microplastic and finally to nanoplastic: Release and exposure considerations, B. Nowack. Download.An overview of plastics, E. Rushton. Download....
UNOSAT and UNICRI decided to formalise their collaboration in a recent exchange of letters.
Like UNITAR, UNICRI (Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute)is one of the 5 global Research and Training Institutes of the United Nations which report to the UN Secretary General. UNICRI carries out applied research, training, technical cooperation and documentation / information activities in the areas of Emerging Crimes and Anti-Human Trafficking; Security Governance and Counter Terrorism; Justice Reform, and Post-Graduate Training.
As a broker of…
Vienna’s Diplomatic Community Builds the Negotiation and Leadership Capacities
4-5 May 2015, Vienna, Austria - Authority is not enough to get things done. Both negotiators and leaders must learn to empower and motivate their teams and lead in situations where they may not have any formal authority. They must know which decisions are the right ones and how to make them. Key to becoming an effective negotiator is the ability to listen. When building their vision and goals, negotiators must create a process that includes all stakeholders, build coalitions and…
The related postgraduate qualifications in Conflict, Peace and Security, offered jointly by UNITAR, Division for Peace and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), focus on specific parts of the curriculum of the Master’s Degree in Lifelong Learning in Conflict, Peace and Security, providing leaners with academic flexibility depending on their interests and professional needs. All programmes are offered online and provide a corresponding number of academic credits. Successful participants receive official certificates of completion at the end of each programme.
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UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Training and research are important dimensions of any modern organization. For the United Nations, facing numerous challenges on a broad canvas of issues, the ability to provide in-depth independent and balanced research findings, as well as appropriate training and capacity development for its staff and for Member States, is indispensable. Currently the scope of the training and research institutes of the UN ranges from economic and social development to disarmament and security…
6 and 10 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UNITAR Executive Director, Carlos Lopes, visiting Singapore and Malaysia next week for a series of high-level meetings, was invited to deliver public lectures on challenges to multilateralism by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) on 6 June and Malaysian Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations on 10 June.
The lectures will discuss a qualitative change in international order over the past two decades and a new discourse that has gained prominence in the international relations theory and that emphasizes…
High Level Political Forum Learning, Training and Practice Sessions
Ensuring that no one is left behind
11 July 2016, New York, USA - The 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) opened today at UN Headquarters in New York. The HLPF is the central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Alongside the HLPF, UNITAR is working with the United Nations…
2022年も残りわずかになりました。本年も国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局は、「新たな日常」のなかで、実務的なスキルや考え方を得られる学びの機会を必要とする多くの方にお届けしようとまい進して参りました。
来年2023年は、ユニタールにとって特別な年となります。ユニタールが創設されてから60周年、ユニタール広島事務所が設立してから20周年を迎えます。研修の提供や組織強化に一層力を入れ、SDGs達成に貢献して参ります。
※リンク先が英文となっている場合があります。ご了承ください。, 2022年11月22日、東アフリカ地域政府間開発機構事務局は国際連合開発計画（UNDP）・ユニタールと共同で、女性を対象とした起業・金融リテラシーオンライン研修を東アフリカで開始しました。25名の女性起業家がパイロット事業に参加し、5週間のオンライン研修と1週間の地域別対面ワークショップに取り組んでいます。研修を通して、参加者の起業及び金融に関する能力を強化し、参加者が自身でビジネスの機会を見出し、地域課題の解決に貢献することを目指しています。
なお同研修は、2021年にユニタールが実施した、アフリカにおけるジェンダー平等と女性の地位向上プロジェクトにおける、研修ニーズ調査の結果に基づいて作成されました。
もっと読む, 2022年9月、ユ...
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※リンク先が英文となっている場合があります。ご了承ください。, AGFUNDとユニタールは、2022年2月、グローバル・パートナーシップ・ハブを設立するための新たな協定に調印しました。これは、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）のための教育、研究、イノベーションを強化し、所得の低い国や人々が誰も取り残されることなく金融サービスにアクセスできるよう促していくことを目的としています。サウジアラビアで行われた調印式には、ユニタール総代表のニキル・セスと持続可能な繁栄局長の隈元美穂子が参加しました。
これに先立ちほかに2つの協定を結んでおり、ひとつは持続可能な繁栄局が実施するアフリカ・サハラ地域と中東におけるファイナンシャルインクルージョンと女性のエンパワーメントに関するもので、もうひとつは平和局が担当するアフガ...
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...