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UNITAR-UNOSAT Centres in Nairobi delivers regional and national capacity development activities to Member States in Africa with a major focus on hands-on applications of geospatial information technologies to support disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction....
UNITAR-UNOSAT Centre in Bangkok delivers regional and national capacity development activities to Member States in Asia, with a major focus on hands-on applications of geospatial information technologies to support disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction....
UNITAR hosted a mid-programme review for the “Developing Essential Digital Skills for Women and Youth in Africa” programme in Nairobi (15-16 January 2024).
Ambassador of Japan to Kenya Mr. Ken Okaniwa joined the Head of UNITAR Hiroshima Office Ms. Chisa Mikami, partner representatives, industry experts and programme participants at the review.
The digital reskilling programme is funded by the Government and the People of Japan. It trains 5,000 women and youth across 24 sub-Saharan African countries.
The programme is implemented by the United Nations Institute for...
17 September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - The COVID-19 outbreak that began in late 2019 evolved rapidly and globally. The pandemic, and subsequent policy and security measures taken in response, impacted the administration of justice in every legal system around the globe. One of the greatest impacts is that lockdown measures and social distancing have rendered in-person hearings challenging or impossible. The disruption to conducting hearings and other judicial proceedings has the potential to significantly undermine access to justice, due process, and civil and human right...
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UNITAR is launching its Strategic Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Empowering the Sahel Region through Digital Reskilling and Upskilling to Enhance Productive Sources of Livelihood and Employment training programme on 15 November 2021.
The programme is for women and youth in the Sahel region interested in digital technologies and motivated to make a positive impact on society.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to transform their entrepreneurial ideas into digital products to empower others in their communities.
The 6-week onl...
26 November 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – On Thursday 25th November, the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), hosted an online event to celebrate 20 years of operations. The great discussions and testimonies from partners only scratched the surface of the tremendous work achieved so far, and what is to come.
“I am pleased to congratulate UNOSAT – the United Nations Satellite Centre – on 20 years of outstanding support to the United Nations System and its Member States. […] Satellite imagery and analysis is an essential resource for the United Nations and the broad...
浅木⿇梨耶さんは、日本出身の開発分野の専門家で、教育および人道支援に従事しています。外務省による「平和構築・開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」（広島大学受託、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）および国連ボランティア計画(UNV)協力）の2024年度プライマリー・コースに参加しました。この研修を通じて、⿇梨耶さんは危機管理や国連システムについての知見を深めました。現在派遣されているヨルダンでの国連ボランティアとしての活動において、平和に向けた持続可能な解決策を模索しながら、この研修で得た知識を実践に移そうとしています。, 2025年7月1日、広島－日本出身の浅木⿇梨耶さんは、過去7年間にわたり、アフガニスタン、ラオス、ミャンマーにおいてNGO職員として教育および人道支援に従事してきました。国連で働きたいという想いから、2025年1月から2月にかけて、オンラインおよび広島と東京で開催された「平和構築・開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」プライマリー・コースに参加しました。この事業は、外務省により実施されており、2024年度から広島大学が外務省の委託を受け、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）および国連ボランティア計画（UNV）と協力して運営しているものです。, アフガニスタンとミャンマーで活動する中で、⿇梨耶さんは、社会的再統合、物理的再建、制度構築...
Over the past decade or two, increasing efforts have been directed to promote gender equality and empowerment of women in all sectors of society, including women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions. To contribute to this common objective, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and UNITAR organised a series of three e-workshops on gender, women’s leadership and mentoring in November and December 2020. The series aimed to strengthen female leaders’ confidence, resilience and leadership capacities, and targeted women and men in leadership pos...
Captain Stanley Osaba, working at the National Emergency Coordination and Operations Centre under the Department of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management in the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, experienced a significant professional transformation. This transformation was sparked by his participation in a UNOSAT training course that covered the introduction and advanced GIS training sessions, which is part of the broader "Capacity Building in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improving Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa (2021-2024)" project. Initially a...
23 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – 24 technical experts from the government and academic institutions in Uganda successfully completed a one-week course in the use of Earth observations (EO) and geographic information system (GIS) for hazard assessment, delivered by UNOSAT from 25 to 29 March 2019 in Kampala, Uganda. When it comes to GIS technical training, the trend towards a more balanced gender ratio has been remarkably harder to achieve; however, this learning event had over 50 percentages of female participants.
The training was provided in collaboration with Inter-...