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Upcoming Event at Osaka, Japan Expo 2025Promoting Sport for Development and Peace: Co-creating Culture through Sport and DiplomacyTo commemorate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Japan Sport Council (JSC) are proud to be hosting a special event on May 4th 2025 at the Osaka, Japan Expo 2025 entitled, "Promoting Sport for Development and Peace: Co-creating Culture through Sport and Diplomacy". Through interactive community walls and sport-tech activities, the event will provide an oppo...
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UNITAR Convenes South African Cities to Discuss how to Improve Road Safety and Transport Systems
22 - 23 March 2017, Durban, South Africa - UNITAR in collaboration with the eThekwini Municipality, the Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Durban, and with the support of Diageo hosted a two-day workshop to facilitate knowledge exchange on measures that improve road safety and to discuss how to mainstream road safety into sustainable mobility and transport infrastructure planning and design.
Through…
18 July 2022, New York, USA – Today, UNITAR unveiled a road safety mural offered to New York City. The artwork, curated by Street Art for Mankind (SAM) and created by street artist Dragon76, supports the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021-2030), conveys road safety messages and envisions a future in which roads are safer places for drivers and pedestrians. The mural was made possible thanks to the support of AB InBev Foundation and AB InBev. The wall was donated by the Chhabra family and the production was facilitated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TB...
Barcelona, Spain, 8-12 November 2010. The Police Platform for Urban Development hosted its second training from 8-12 November 2010 in Barcelona, Spain at the police training facilities of the Catalan Institute for Public Security (ISPC). The platform was launched in November 2009, and has now hosted its second training for African cities and national security officials for the development of more democratic and human rights based policing of public spaces and demonstrations in the region and the integration of community policing concepts into urban security policy.…
24 July 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT just released its latest analysis over the Zaatari Camp in Jordan. The camp, thought to be home to over 80,000 Syrians who have fled from the violence in their country, has been monitored by UNOSAT since its birth as part of the humanitarian rapid mapping effort deployed by the satellite programme in support of UNHCR, OCHA and other humanitarian agencies operating in Syria and in neighbouring countries hosting Syrian refugees.
The series of imagery analysis testifies of the impressive growth of the camp over time. At one…
Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall during the night of 14 to 15 March 2019 near Beira, a low-lying city of 500,000 residents in central Mozambique, before moving inland to neighbouring Zimbabwe and Malawi. The cyclone brought winds of up to 177 km/h (106 mph) and torrential rains that caused rivers to burst over their banks and submerge streets and homes across several provinces in Mozambique. Governmental officials described the damage as "massive and horrifying" while IFRC and UN officials described seeing “water and water for miles and miles” and “90 percent of the Beir...
"The Value and Practice of Open Government Data" - The 17th Smart City Public Lecture Held in Shanghai
29 July 2015, Shanghai, People's Republic of China - The 17th Smart City Public Lecture entitled “The Value and Practice of Open Government Data,” sponsored by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization Shanghai Association for Science & Technology, was held successfully in Shanghai. The lecture brought together 72 participants from public and private sector, government organizations, academia including colleges and universities, citizens and…
CIFAL Philippines Officially Launched in Quezon City to Offer Training on Migration, Gender Equality in the Asia-Pacific region
29 September 2016, Quezon City, Philippines – With the objective of expanding its training activities on migration and development at local level, UNITAR in partnership with the University of the Philippines launched the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Philippines, which will be based in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
CIFAL Philippines will be hosted by the University of the Philippines (UP) under the auspices of…
Economics of the Public Sector
Date: May 6 to Jun 7, 2019 (5 weeks) | Delivery: Online, Instructor Moderated | Fee: USD800.- | Language: English
More information and online registration: https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/economics-public-sector-2019
Fundamentals of Money Creation
Date: May 6 to Jun 7, 2019 (5 weeks) | Delivery: Online, Instructor Moderated | Fee: USD800.- | Language: English
More information and online registration: https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/fundamentals-money-creation-2019
Cross Cultural Negotiation
Date: May 13 to Ju...