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13 March 2013, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR is honoured to have recently joined the Hiroshima Research and Educational Institutes Network for Peace. The Network's objective is to share information and expertise with regard to Hiroshima and its role in peace building efforts. Member Institutes include:
Hiroshima University
Prefectural University of Hiroshima
Hiroshima City University
Hiroshima International University
Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chugoku International Center
Hiroshima…
31 July 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – The UN Decade of Action for Road Safety- 2011-2020 aims to reduce the number of deaths from road accidents down to 50% by 2020. Based on information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population, 1.24 million of road traffic deaths occur every year.
In this framework, UNITAR’s Training Center -CIFAL Curitiba- with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched the “First call for case studies on road safety for universities in Latin America and the Caribbean” to…
CIFAL Quito Organizes a Forum on New Rurality
16 April 2015, Quito, Ecuador – CIFAL Quito, in collaboration with the Decentralized Government of the Province of Pichincha (GADP) and the Consortium of Autonomous Provincial Governments of Ecuador (CONGOPE) hosted the forum on New Rurality: a reflection on rural development on 7-8 April 2015 at FLACSO University in the city of Quito.
The event convened 235 authorities, including provincial prefects and mayors, to debate on alternative solutions to the main rural development issues in Ecuador.
During two days, participants…
Facilitating a dialogue on urban mobility and sustainable transport in Santo Domingo
20 September, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – UNITAR jointly with the Habitat III Secretariat and with the support of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) and the Dominican College of Architects and Engineers (CODIA), hosted the “Urban Morning on Mobility and Sustainable Transport”, bringing together some 65 government officials, private sector representatives, professionals and academics for a dynamic and open discussion on how to improve transport in Santo…
CIFAL El Salvador Hosted the Urban Morning: Central America Towards the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda
29 September 2016, San Salvador, El Salvador – CIFAL El Salvador jointly with the Habitat III Secretariat, the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Central American Council of Housing and Human Settlements (CCVAH) hosted the dialogue “Urban Morning: Central America towards the implementation of the New Urban Agenda”, bringing together the Vice Ministers of Housing from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and the…
UNITAR Hiroshima concludes Second Anti-Corruption Workshop for the Sahel Region
4 March 2016, Hiroshima, Japan - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office successfully completed the second workshop of the UNITAR Hiroshima Law Enforcement Anti-Corruption Training Programme for the Sahel Region. Supported by the people of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, participants from law enforcement related organizations from 8 countries in the Sahel region of Africa - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal - undertook intensive training in Tokyo…
CIFAL Atlanta Helps Host Participants of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative
21 March 2016, Georgia, United States - From 1 February to 4 March 2016, CIFAL Atlanta, in partnership with Kennesaw State University (KSU), welcomed 21 young leaders from Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam as part of the U.S. State Department’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). Their four-week academic residency was spent on the KSU campus, where the participants developed a deeper understanding of human and…
Alia Abbas is the director of the Community Development Division in the Iraqi Ministry of Health. She works tirelessly on raising awareness for women’s issues through Iraq’s primary healthcare centres.UNITAR Division for Prosperity launched the fourth phase of its Gender Equality and Women Empowerment programme in 2024, teaching participants leadership and communication skills.Alia learned how to manage her team effectively, which in turn had a positive effect on the skills of her staff., 8 November 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - When asked about her personal goal for women ...
Shumoos Ghanim Jaber, Iraqi entrepreneur, is a participant in UNITAR’s Great Ideas Space 2022: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon.
Shumoos advocates for plant-based solutions to both promote health and counter climate change.
Shumoos launched her green business in 2021 selling vegan products and meals.
Her use of social media to advocate for veganism and women’s empowerment led her to an opportunity to participate in a COP27 side event.
UNITAR Division for Prosperity trains entrepreneurs to design and implement so...
Title: Senior Marketing Manager
Country: Argentina
Course: Climate Change: from Learning to Action
“I had a series of ‘awakenings’ throughout my life”, reveals Bárbara A. Smith straightaway. One of the most impactful was when she scuba dived for the very first time. “When we submerged, I discovered a myriad of colours in the corals, an unbelievable variety of fishes, sea turtles, and immense peace. It was as if I found ‘another world within ours’. I cannot put in words what it feels like to discover such an environment for the very first time, but I believe it must be a ve...