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From July 12-16, in Barcelona, Spain. UNITAR and UN-HABITAT came together with the other members of the Police Platform on Urban Development (PPUD) to offer the initiative’s first training seminar since its launch in November 2009. The first training seminar, titled “Improving the Policing Public Events in Urban Spaces, focused on training participants from various African countries, such as Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Nigeria. Each country had at least two participants representing both municipal or local government institutions and national policing departments to…
CIFAL Bengaluru Contributing to Empower Women
10 March 2017, Bengaluru, India – The Sustainable Development Goal 3 calls for ensuring health and well being for all, at every stage of life. Contributing to advancing the health of women, children and adolescents is certainly a priority for UNITAR’s affiliated training centre in India, CIFAL Bengaluru.
CIFAL Bengaluru hosted the workshop “SHE (Strong, Healthy, Elegant) – An event to celebrate women” with the objective of empowering women in Bengaluru through education and awareness.
The workshop included sessions to…
Building Capacity for Sustainable Tourism Management in Coastal Destinations of Asia-Pacific
27-30 June 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in collaboration with United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Jeju Tourism Organization convened the workshop “Sustainable Tourism Management in Coastal Destinations of the Asia-Pacific Region”, in Jeju Island on 27-30 June.
Through the workshop, 21 representatives from central, state…
CIFAL Jeju holds a workshop on Sustainable Tourism Development
From 17 to 20 November 2015, CIFAL Jeju ran a three day workshop on “Sustainable Tourism Development: Policies for Delivering Social, Environmental and Economic Benefits in the Asia-Pacific Region”, in Jeju, Republic of Korea.
The workshop was organized in response to the need for a capacity building programme throughout the Asia-Pacific region,introducing tourism as a way of delivering not only economic benefits but also social and environmental benefits to the local people.
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UNITAR Participates in Gamification for Development MOOC
15 March 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR is proud to announce that it will participate in the development and facilitation of the Gamification for Development MOOC that will be held from 11 April to 27 May 2016.
Although exhaustive literature is available on gamification and user engagement, the Game4Dev MOOC intends to provide learning and development professionals with a knowledge sharing platform where resources on the use of gamification for development are compiled and to engage them through…
UNITAR Invited the International Court of Justice to Geneva
24 November 2014, Geneva, Switzerland – Located in the Peace Palace, The Hague, the Netherlands, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the primary juridical organ of the United Nations. The ICJ performs two very crucial functions: It settles legal disputes submitted to it by states and provides advisory opinions on questions on international law submitted by authorized international agencies. The ICJ thereby plays an important role for the peaceful settlement of disputes as well as for the strengthening…
31 October 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) signed an agreement with Hiroshima University to collaborate on the implementation of the Programme for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development. The agreement was signed by the President of Hiroshima University Dr. Mitsuo Ochi and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director Mr. Nikhil Seth.Hiroshima University was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to implement the programme in cooperatio...
UNITAR and Franklin University Switzerland signed an agreement on 2 February 2024 to collaborate on their Master of Science in International Management.
The one-year graduate programme is designed to equip learners with knowledge and practical skills in business management.
UNITAR and Franklin University Switzerland will hold a webinar on 20 March 2024 to introduce the programme to prospective students.
, 15 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – On 2 February 2024, UNITAR and Franklin University Switzerland signed an agreement for UNITAR to contribute to the un...
Today, UNITAR resumes its core diplomatic training targeting the Nairobi-based diplomatic community with the organization of an intensive, two-day workshop on negotiation skills. More than twenty diplomats are taking part in the activity, which includes short presentations, role plays, simulation exercises and video analysis. For more information on the Institute's core diplomatic training, visit http://www.unitar.org/mdp
The United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), France and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) are committed to the promotion of gender equality and the protection of everyone, particularly in the context of peace operations.
In order for UN peace operations to best integrate a gender perspective in the implementation of their mandates, DPO and UNITAR, with the support of France and OIF, launched in November 2021 the first UN online introductory training course dedicated to milit...