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31 March 2023, Merida, Mexico - The Executive Director of CIFAL Merida in Mexico, Héctor Navarrete Muñoz, and the Director of the ITAérea Business School, Mr José Ignacio Escudero, sealed the extension for another 4 years of the partnership that has united these institutions since 2017.
In November 2017, the ITAérea Aeronautical Business School, CIFAL Merida (International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) met for the first time at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, for the signing of the trilateral ...
April 30 2013, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR recently completed a training programme for 24 participants, from 15 countries, examining the nomination process for World Heritage Sites. Held 22 to 26 April, the workshop was the tenth annual cycle in the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites Series, and was subtitled World Heritage Serial Nominations and the Vital Role of Comparative Analysis.
The workshop was supported by Resource Persons from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); International Union for the Conservation of ...
1 November 2016, Casablanca, Morocco - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has successfully completed the first workshop of the UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Anti-Corruption for North Africa. Supported by the People of Japan, the workshop was held in Casablanca, Morocco on 24-27 October 2016 and delivered in French. The workshop brought together 25 participants, including 7 from Algeria, 8 from Morocco and 10 from Tunisia, representing government institutions and civil society organizations.
The workshop covered anti-corruption’s key concepts, norms and practices; i...
26 August 2024 - Osaka, Japan. On the 7th of August, Mr. Nikhil Seth, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UNITAR, along with Mr. Alex Mejia, Head of the CIFAL Global Network, visited Osaka. Their purpose was to meet with key partners and sign a preliminary agreement for the establishment of CIFAL Japan. The formal partnership agreement is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. The new CIFAL training centre will be developed in collaboration with the City of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture; Higashi Nippon International...
2 July 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – Ambassadors and representatives of Permanent Missions in Geneva were invited to join our 5th Friends of UNITAR Meeting, to learn more about UNITAR, its activities and our new Strategic Framework 2018 - 2021., The two Co-Chairs, Her Excellency Ambassador Terhi Hakala (Finland) and Her Excellency Ambassador Beatriz Londono Soto (Colombia) opened the event followed by a welcome message by UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director, Mr. Nikhil Seth., During this meeting, five short presentations covering UNITAR’s thematic and...
The real-time exercise recently performed in Vietnam by UNITAR/UNOSAT and their partners during the first week of May was successful.
The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the support of TANGO solutions for telecom equipment and services (www.teladnetgo.eu) in a typical RESPOND scenario (GMES services supporting humanitarian relief, Disaster Reduction and reconstruction - www.respond-int.org) dealing with preparedness and crisis response in the case of floods disaster event. TANGO provided support to field team activities with portable Satcom equipments…
Over the last century, the face of warfare has significantly changed. Interstate wars are now relatively rate and conflicts have become more complex, often involving an internal and a regional/international dimensions. In this type of conflicts, the battlefield is not clearly delimitated and civilians are often caught up in the hostilities as victims or participants – a distinction that is sometimes hard to draw. Violence against the civilian population by both government and non-state forces is now the rule rather than the exception, with civilians often being…
July 14, 2025, New York, USA — UNITAR office in New York, in partnership with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), launched the 2025 edition of the SDG Learning, Training and Practice series—SDGs in Practice—as a Special Event from July 14 to July 23, 2025 on the margins of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. Designed to accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda, each session brought together global experts, practitioners, and stakeholders to share tools, knowledge, and practical solutions aligned with the Sustainable ...
14 November 2023, Lusaka, Zambia - Countries all over the globe are looking for ways to unlock or tap into funds to help them climate-proof their economies and meet their climate commitments. In this context, Zambia is leading by example.
In a groundbreaking move on 25th October 2023, Zambia spearheaded a transformative initiative— the “Facility for Action for Climate Empowerment to Achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions (FACE-NDC).” This forward-thinking initiative was launched by Zambia’s Minister of Green Economy and Environment, Hon. Eng. Collins Nz...
11 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - A recent study published in Science reveals an inspiring trend: school-age children in the United States are increasingly drawing women when asked to sketch scientists. Over five decades, the percentage of women depicted in these drawings has risen from less than 1% to an estimated 34% by 2016, reflecting a broader shift towards gender inclusivity in science. This transformation aligns with the growing representation of women in scientific fields, marking a positive trajectory towards gender parity.
Amidst this evolving landsca...