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Geneva, 21 February 2014 – Registration for UNITAR’s online courses in Spanish is now open. This year, you have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to overcome some the current challenges often faced by public officials and entrepreneurs of today.
UNITAR’ objective is to help you achieve your professional goals. In these times of uncertainty and volatility, finance and trade have become delicate subjects. UNITAR is dedicated to deliver high quality courses on priority subjects in a flexible and interactive manner. Our online courses allow you to interact…
11 September 2019, New York – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), New York Office, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations, concluded the briefing for the delegates of the UN General Assembly in Conference Room 12 of the UN Headquarters building. The second day of the briefing Session began with opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of the UNITAR office in New York.
After welcoming all the delegates back to the final day of training, Mr. Suazo gave a brief recount of what was discussed on the first day of...
The “Country of Honest People” launches its National Strategy on Climate Change Learning
Do you know that Burkina Faso was among the first countries to develop a National Adaptation Plan and it hosted the World Day to Combat Desertification in June last year? Indeed, fighting climate change is still a high-ranking goal for Burkina Faso.
10 August 2017, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso has been facing, in the last decades, several extreme weather events, including droughts, flooding, heat waves and intense winds, and thus, is more than ever determined to…
South Africa’s National Academy on Green Economy Fosters Change
2 March 2018, Midrand, South Africa - Stephen Barrow, a consultant at the South African Organic Sector Organisation (SAOSA), was among 100 people who took part in the country’s National Academy on Green Economy.
“This has been an amazing opportunity to expand our horizons and to interact with folk from different sectors of the green economy,” Barrow said. “I am very encouraged by PAGE and GIZ’s support for the organic sector in South Africa, which has been hugely important. We have battled to raise…
The workshop on “L’intégration régionale: les principaux défis dans la négociation du commerce et de l’investissement – perspectives pour l’Afrique Centrale et l’Afrique de l’Ouest” (26 to 27 October 2011), which was directed by Dr. El Hadji A. Diouf (Executive Director, African Agency for Trade and Development) and Dr. Christian Häberli (Senior Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland) had 16 participants from French-speaking Sub-Saharan African countries. Dr. Diouf and Dr. Häberli both made several presentations on specific issues and shared their…
October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations Development Programme – Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP RBA) and UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme successfully conducted the skills-building workshop on “Négociations financières multilatérales: les défis pour l’Afrique” (Geneva, 20 to 21 October 2011). Fifteen (15) negotiators and officials from French-speaking Sub-Saharan African countries participated in this two-day event. The main workshop goal was to enable participants to effectively prepare and participate in multilateral financial negotiations such…
Climate Classroom @ COP23 Gets Attendees up to Speed on Key Climate Change Matters
22 November 2017, Bonn, Germany - The Climate Classroom provided an opportunity to COP23 attendees to get up to speed on key climate change topics. This 45-minute learning experience aimed at introducing and providing highlights in key climate change areas, for people to be better prepared when joining other discussions and events going on at the annual UN conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany.
On this occasion, the sessions were delivered in English and French by expert…
First batch UNITAR-Total E&P Trainees in Electro and Tubing Instrumentation at Stord/Norway 2009
New mile stone in Youth development
UNITAR/PHPO (Port Harcourt Project Office) Nigeria records a capstone achievement in Youth Development. With the support of Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (Total E&P), forty youths from Oil and Gas bearing communities in the Niger Delta Region have commenced Industry-driven Technical Capacity Development Programme in millwright, instrumentation, electro/tubing, cable tray, drilling, quality maintenance and safety…
Building Capacity in LDCs for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
1 - 2 March 2017, Abuja, Nigeria - In the framework of its initiative “Capacity for the 2030 Agenda”, UNITAR organized a learning conferences on “holistic approaches for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda” for African Least Development Countries (LDCs). This conference specifically targeted government officials from the 17 English-speaking African LDCs and took place in Abuja, Nigeria on 1 - 2 March 2017.
Giving us the best chance to achieve the SDGs
In September 2015, UN Member States adopted a…
UNITAR Hiroshima Winter Update 2016
Contents
Greetings
Japan in the UN
Training Programmes
Community Outreach
Looking Ahead
Greetings from UNITAR Hiroshima Office Head Mihoko Kumamoto
It is a great pleasure to release the winter update about the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. The second half of 2016 has been eventful for both Hiroshima and the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. For Hiroshima, one of the most memorable events was the Central League Championship of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Hiroshima’s local baseball team, which happened for the first time in 25 years. The…