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From July 6-26, CIFAL Shanghai, in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the P.R. of China, hosted its third training programme of 2011, with a focus on information and communications technology (ICT) services to build Smart Cities.
The 20-day training brought 38 participants from 24 countries, covering Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean regions to explore not only Chinese development of integrated ICT services in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing, but also to…
ASEAN Member States Representatives Visit UNOSAT Office
20 May 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – On Friday 13 May we had the pleasure to welcome 12 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member state Ambassadors and Representatives for an information session on how Governments can benefit from UNOSAT’s support. Einar Bjorgo – UNOSAT Manager – presented our different areas of work:
Satellite Imagery Analysis
Training and Capacity Development
Research and Innovation
For each of the topics above, Mr. Bjorgo shared different examples from our work in Southeast Asia…
3 December 2024, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - President of the Dominican Republic, H.E. Mr. Luis Abinader, signed Decree 656-24, formally declaring road safety a national priority and initiating the development of the National Road Safety Plan 2025–2030. This comprehensive plan, developed by INTRANT in collaboration with key stakeholders from all sectors, sets ambitious goals to reduce road traffic fatalities by 2030, in line with the target set in the Decade of Action for Road Safety. President Abinader remarked, “Through the signing of the National...
The project is part of an ongoing profile of projects that UNITAR coordinates for capacity building in the Niger Delta region linked to resources, conflict mitigation, and economic development via the Port Harcourt Project Office (PHPO).
The Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Programme (MAP) Training of-Trainers (TOT) was organized by UNITAR/PHPO in partnership with the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute of Geneva (MEA-I). The institute is a non-profit organization supported by the computer giant Hewlett Packard (HP) whose key objective is to…
On the 28th of June 2010 seven participants from Egi Land in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria attended a five-day intensive training course to develop regional Master Trainers on Micro-Enterprise Acceleration (MAP). The training seeks to provide the trainees with key technical and facilitation skills, as well as the knowledge necessary to implement the MAP curriculum.
The project is part of an ongoing profile of projects that UNITAR coordinates for capacity building in the Niger Delta region linked to resources, conflict mitigation, and economic development via the…
CIFAL Jeju Co-organises Workshop on Integrated Solid Wastes Management and Circular Economy
24 April 2018, Jeju, Republic of Korea – UNITAR’s Affiliated International Training Center for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) organized a 4-day workshop on ‘Strengthening Governance for Low-carbon Integrated Solid Wastes Management and Circular Economy’ in Jeju-do, Republic of Korea. The workshop was co-organized with the Green Technology Center (GTC), Republic of Korea and took place from 24 to 27 April 2018. 23 participants from 13 different…
Innovative Applications for the Humanitarian Community
29 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Over the course of the past several weeks and months, UNOSAT has been working with partners to develop innovative applications for the humanitarian community by integrating geographic data into new systems. The idea behind these initiatives is to empower end-users by providing them with actionable information and/or in user friendly formats to improve impact from their job.
Examples of such innovations at UNOSAT are Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR & AR). Led by the video…
15 July 2016, New York, USA – As the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development (HLPF) prepares for its first round of 22 national voluntary presentations (NVPs) on 19-20 July, UNITAR brought together a panel of eminent experts to discuss the ways in which these discrete, global-level Government-led presentations could be better linked to strong, regular and inclusive national and subnational review processes. The learning session entitled “National reviews and M&E systems for the SDGs” was the second event organized by UNITAR as part of the UNDESA-UNI...
21 July 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held ceremonies in Tokyo and Hiroshima to celebrate its 60th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. The ceremony in Tokyo was held at the United Nations University on 29 June, while the ceremony in Hiroshima was held at Mielparque Hiroshima Hotel on 30 June.
The Tokyo ceremony was attended by approximately 100 guests including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yoshimasa HAYASHI and guests from the House of Representatives, House of Councill...
Through a partnership agreement signed with UNITAR, Sulá Batsú Cooperative will be cooperating with the Institute on the delivery of the course Innovative Collaboration for Development , the first e-Learning course implemented by UNITAR and FAO in the framework of their agreement to jointly deliver a series of online courses on knowledge management and web 2.0 technologies.
Sulá Batsú is a cooperative of professionals based in San José, Costa Rica, which seeks to contribute to social transformation through creative work with knowledge sharing and collective creation…