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10 October 2018, Atlanta, United States – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) and the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Greater Atlanta hosted a raising awareness event at the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
The primary work of the RCE is to offer broad-based, multi-stakeholder educational and training programs to support regional sustainable development efforts. The RCE aims to create a new regional model for collective impact, by harnessing higher education capacity and knowledge for regional be...
10 March 2019, Jeju, Republic of Korea – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in partnership with Jeju National University conducted the course “International Cooperation”, which forms part of Jeju National University’s ‘Global Public Diplomacy Training.
The course was held on 23-24 January 2019 with the objective to build capacity through intensive lectures and the development of proposals on international cooperation by participants. This 2-day course gathered 18 university students and three experts in the area of inte...
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.…
25 July to 23 September 2011, Social Media Tools, e-learning course. In the framework of their collaboration aiming to jointly develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have developed the course Innovative Collaboration for Development, an e-learning course on social media tools.
UNITAR is pleased to announce the opening of registrations of a special session, taking place from 25 July to 23…
25 April - 1 July 2011
The Local Development Programme of UNITAR is launching a new session of its proven e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation, in English language. This e-course has been awarded with the International ECBCheck Quality Label for e-Learning!
The course, which will run from 25 April to 1st July 2011, 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…
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...
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 ...
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Bonn, Germany from 10-12 June 2009 – UNITAR's Climate Change Programme and partners presented African and Asian scientists' and local communities' results on transforming scientific research on climate change into actions that address the impacts of a changing climate. This collaboration was made possible under the umbrella of the Advancing Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA) project.
Some of the ACCCA project outputs showcased included, the development of risk communication materials to educate and raise awareness about climate change…
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…