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Jointly with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the government of Egypt, UNITAR will hold a MDG Partnership Event on the 20th of September at the UN Headquarters in New York during the United Nations MDG Summit.
The event titled Smarter Partnerships for MDG Achievement: illustrating the potential of MDG 8 will showcase outstanding partnership practices that have contributed to advancing the MDGs in areas of Development, Emergency response and Human Rights.
The discussion will draw on effective…
17 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT released fresh analysis illustrating how people are fleeing violence in urban areas in South Sudan to seek refuge at UN bases nearby. In one of the analyses, UNOSAT experts have documented the growth of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Rubkona base of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The analysis shows the progressive increase of informal shelters erected by IDPs to settle in the UN base, most probably to seek safety. Imagery analysis reveals that a portion of the UNMISS compound is in use by IDPs, occupying…
10 September 2012 New York, USA - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Sally Fegan-Wyles of Ireland as Acting Head of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Ms. Fegan-Wyles will replace Carlos Lopes, who has been appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Lopes for his dedicated service to the United Nations and for his able leadership of both UNITAR and the United Nations Staff System College.
With more than 30 years of service as an…
1,400 participants Joined CIFAL Philippines’ Webinar on Migration and Development Challenges Faced in Asia
21 April 2017, Quezon City, Philippines – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Philippines, in partnership with Metropolis Asia succesfully hosted a webinar on the critical issues on migration and development faced by the region. Over 1,400 participated in the webinar to learn about the many issues that make up the migration research agenda in Asia.
During the webinar, panelists from four Metropolis Asia member countries…
CIFAL Flanders hosted the Action Learning Day on the Sustainable Development Goals
10 May 2017, Antwerp, Belgium – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Antwerp (CIFAL Flanders) in partnership with the Antwerp Port Tours, the Port of Antwerp and the University of Antwerp hosted the “Action Learning Day” at the Port of Antwerp to raise awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The event brought together 30 International Business Administration students from the University of Antwerp to learn about Agenda 2030 for Sustainable…
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Opens
11 July 2016, New York, United States of America: 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 Department of Economic…
UNITAR hosts the XIII Annual Meeting of its CIFAL Global Network
21 October 2016. Quito, Ecuador - The CIFAL Global Network serves government authorities and key actors mainly from local and sub-national levels by providing training on how to tackle issues ranging from road safety to migration and development, leadership and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to name a few.
UNITAR’s global network of affiliated training centres is comprised of 16 “International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL)” Centres located across Africa, Asia-Pacific,…
UNITAR High Level Seminar: Implementing the Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment
15 December 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and its Women’s Leadership Programme is organizing high-level seminar on Overview and Next Steps: Implementing the Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment. The event is taking place on Tuesday 19th December, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, at the Club Suisse de la Presse, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 – Genève.
The public panel discussion comes as a follow-up…
UNITAR Strengthens the Negotiation Skills of Diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
9-10 March 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal – At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, UNITAR successfully delivered a two-day training workshop in Kathmandu on Negotiation Skills and Techniques. The workshop was attended by over 30 participants primarily from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as several participants from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Population &…
5 October 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR, in partnership with the Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative, the University of Geneva and the Tsinghua University, launch the SDG Innovation Bootcamps, a series of short programmes (online or hybrid) aimed at a new generation of impact entrepreneurs, willing to collectively act in order to identify, delineate and address outstanding challenges for the SDGs, through open innovation.
The SDG Innovation Bootcamps, are organized in preparation of hackathons, hackathon festivals, Open Geneva and Tsinghua SDG Open Hack!
The 2020 Fall s...