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20th International Hurricane Seminar: Twenty years of Innovation, Resilience, and Knowledge Exchange
21 March 2025, Merida, Mexico — Celebrating 20 years of leadership in hurricane risk management and operational resilience, the 20th International Hurricane Seminar brought together distinguished experts from around the world for two days of collaborative learning, strategic dialogue, and forward-looking action. With over 200 participants in attendance—including airport leaders from Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean—the seminar reaffirmed its role as a key platform for advancing regional preparedness. The agenda focused on strengthening strategic communication, ...
Twenty-two 2021 UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassadors are exploring ideas to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) in a post-COVID-19 world.
In the 3-month programme, Hiroshima high school students examine today’s pressing issues so they can become future global leaders.
The 2021 round started in July and will include five workshops and group work.
The Youth Ambassadors will make their final presentations on 24 October 2021 in a public webinar (in Japanese only).
Leading companies NEC and H&M joined to give the Youth Ambassadors a broader perspective of th...
10 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) conducted a workshop on Climate Change Diplomacy in close collaboration with the Seychellois Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment in Victoria, Seychelles. The programme, held from 31 October to 3 November, brought together participants and experts representing various sectors of the country.
Led by senior UNITAR expert, Ms. Ana Maria Kleymeyer, and with the invaluable su...
At UNITAR, we firmly believe in the transformative power of the arts to ignite peace and drive positive change. Arts, culture, and heritage play a pivotal role in uniting people, fostering inclusivity, and shaping community attitudes, particularly among women and youth. When effectively harnessed, they become potent tools for sustainable peace and development from the grassroots up.
Our collaboration with the African Union Commission's Silencing the Guns Unit embodies this vision through the project "Leveraging Arts for Peace: Creating Ownership towards the Realizati...
Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, adopted by Heads of State and Governments at the 1992 Rio Summit, promotes access to information, public participation, and access to justice in environmental matters. Principle 10 is gaining increasing importance as a growing number of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other international initiatives promote stakeholder participation in environmental decision-making.
Following requests from a number of developing countries, UNITAR has implemented a global programme, which provides methodological and technical support to countri...
Established in 2019, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Senegal (CIFAL Dakar) is hosted by the Municipality of Dakar in Dakar, Senegal. The centre aims to strengthen the capacities of government authorities, private sector representatives and civil society leaders in the areas of urban governance and planning, capacity for Agenda 2030, and social Inclusion. Scope: West Africa (focused on Francophone countries).Thematic Areas:Urban Governance and PlanningCapacity for Agenda 2030Social Inclusion , Mr. Mamadou MbowMr. Mbow is an ex...
Drivers who are impaired by alcohol have a much higher risk of being involved in a crash. This project exists as part of a commitment to helping people understand the dangers of drink driving worldwide.
This short experience helps you understand the impact that drink driving can have. It features real people, real stories and real consequences.
Register and learn more about the Greek experience of the Wrong Side of the Road - Please click here
Register and learn more about the Mexican experience of the Wrong Side of the Road - Please click here
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Over the past several years there has been an increase in the number of joint master’s degree and other postgraduate diploma initiatives designed and implemented by UNITAR in collaboration with universities and other academic institutions. From 2018 to 2022, UNITAR implemented 31 joint programmes through six of its programme units and the CIFAL Global Network of affiliated training centres.
This evaluation assessed the joint master’s degrees and postgraduate programmes conducted by UNITAR in collaboration with academic partners. It examined the relevance, coherence, effec...
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もっと読む, ユニタールとアフリカ経済開発アラブ銀行 (BADEA)は、ザンビア、ジンバブエ、タンザニアでCOVID-19のパンデミック...
By Pilar Lagos
Originally published on the PAGE website.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, originally from Mongolia, studied at the University of Manchester, where he obtained a Master of Science in Environmental Economics in 2010. He gained his PhD in Agricultural Economics at the Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany in 2016.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa teaching Sustainable Development Goals in the Development Economics course among undergraduate students. / © Sainjargal Zorigtbaatar 2018
Since then, he has become a Senior Lecturer at the Mongolian…