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During the launch ceremony, simulcast between Kabul, Phoenix and Hiroshima, Dr. Wali Hamidzada, Director of Training of the Afghan Civil Service Commission (CSC) and a UNITAR partner, an official of Ministry of Finance and Ms. Nassrine Azimi, Director of the UNITAR Hiroshima Office made welcome remarks.
In addition to this year’s Fellows, six Afghan coaches and two Afghan Resource Persons (themselves Fellows in previous years) also attended and made presentations. This, the first day of a four-day long orientation session was co-organized with the Afghan…
Strengthening the Capacity of Local Authorities in Algeria
8 - 10 December 201, Geneva, Switzerland - As part of the capacity building activities delivered by UNITAR's CIFAL Maghreb - affiliated International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders - in Algiers, sixteen government officials of the Algerian Ministry of Interior and Local Authorities took part in a Training of Trainers delivered over three full days in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Algerian government has, for many years, made training a priority, in particular, to empower state representatives…
10 August 2023, Port Vila, Vanuatu - Vanuatu faces many threats because of climate change – the most visible of which is sea-level rise. While coastal inundation poses great risks to infrastructure, damage can be mitigated through evidence-based planning geospatial information technologies (GIT). Leveraging GIT with new and innovative technologies like drones can assist decision-makers in targeting their country’s most vulnerable sectors and communities, thereby ensuring future resilience.
One key entry point in boosting Vanuatu’s climate resilience has been in supporting ...
2 December 2022, New York, United States - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) office in New York launched its training session for the Malta delegation in preparation for their membership at the United Nations Security Council, from 28th November to 2nd December 2022. It was attended by more than 45 delegates from the capital and the mission in New York, in person and virtually. , The training began with Mr Marco Suazo, Head of UNITAR office in New York and Ms Francesca Gatt, Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta delivering welcoming remarks ...
8 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Division for People and Tara for Women have signed a collaborative agreement with the aim of creating a framework for cooperation to develop and implement different support programmes for women.
Both institutions will work hand in hand in different areas to carry out initiatives that contribute to generating economic and technical opportunities for women entrepreneurs through the programmes that both UNITAR and Tara for Women have.
The agreement envisages working jointly through different activities, including mentoring, interna...
Nuevos cursos sobre Negociación Económica, Finanzas Públicas y Propiedad Intelectual
El Instituto de las Naciones Unidas para la Formación y la Investigación (UNITAR) ofrece cursos online y presenciales en los sectores de finanzas y comercio. Estos cursos están dirigidos a diplomados y funcionarios públicos involucrados en negociaciones intergubernamentales y a profesionales que desarrollan sus actividades en ambientes internacionales.
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Introducción al Derecho Internacional de la Propiedad Intelectual…
Putting into practice Resolution 2250 through learning and capacity building
Launch event for UNITAR’s free e-learning course on Youth and Peacebuilding and AC4’s YPS Leadership Certificate
Venue: United Nations Headquarters in New York, Room E
Date and time: Thursday, 26 April 2018, 15.00 – 16.30
Registration: https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/putting-practice-resolution-2250-through-learning-and-capacity-building
Moderator:
Ms. Margaret Williams, Senior Peace and Security Officer at the World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA).
Participants…
27 July, Geneva, Switzerland – UNOSAT and the partners of the GEO-PICTURES project activated their on-line geo-tagging capacity to test the operational capacity of the system in the aftermath of the blast at a munitions dump in southern Cyprus. The blast that killed at least 12 people also caused important damage to the island's largest power station causing widespread power cuts.
The pictures collected at the damaged site were uploaded in real time on the web interface realised by UNOSAT together with satellite imagery of the location before and after the incident.
GEO-…
Updated UNITAR Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) Platform
3 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - In the last 20 years, UNITAR has been supporting capacity building activities to develop Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in several countries. PRTRs are public registers containing information from industrial facilities on the releases (emissions) and transfers of harmful, or potentially harmful, substances into the environment.
The PRTR:learn platform, which was launched in 2011 as a tool for training and knowledge-sharing on PRTRs, has…
CIFAL Shanghai Concludes Seminar on E-Port and Trade Facilitation
28 September 2018, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Shanghai (CIFAL Shanghai) jointly with the Ministry of Commerce of China convened the “Seminar on E-Port and trade facilitation” held on the 21 September 2018 in Shanghai.
According to the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation, for four consecutive years Shanghai has reached the No. 1 ranking in the world in terms of container throughput sea transportation. This is the result of important…