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November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop on “Multilateral Financial Negotiations: Key Challenges for Africa” (8 to 9 November 2011), which was directed by Dr. Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu (Associate Professor at University of Manchester) and Dr. Carlo Cattani (Senior international consultant on Finance and Development) had 17 participants from 12 Sub-Saharan African countries. Dr. Ngangjoh Hodu and Dr. Cattani both made several presentations on specific issues and shared their insights and experiences with the participants in the debates and discussions at the end of…
UNITAR NYO Delivers Peacekeeping Workshop with Sweden Sponsorship
5 December 2016, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, with generous sponsorship from the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, held a briefing on the status of United Nations peacekeeping operations. The course was instructed by Dr. Roy S. Lee, former Assistant Secretary-General for legal affairs at the United Nations and a veteran of the United Nations legal system. He currently teaches at Yale University’s School of Environment and…
Last Seats Available for UNITAR Online Master Programmes
We are pleased to inform you that few seats are still available for UNITAR Online Master Programmes beginning in early 2017.
Master in Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding (jointly delivered by UNITAR and Oxford Brookes University)
Application deadline: 9 January 2017 Fee: 8500 GBP
The programme is designed for practitioners working in the fields of humanitarian action and peacebuilding, though is open also to personnel working in related fields (such as military and police officers deployed or about to be…
UNITAR New York Office and International IDEA Organize a Seminar on Inclusive Societies
06 February 2015, New York, USA – The UNITAR New York Office organized a seminar in cooperation with International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), entitled: Peaceful and Inclusive Societies and Democratic Governance. The half-day seminar aimed to raise awareness on the importance of peace and inclusive societies and democratic governance within the sustainable development framework, to frame the discussion of linkages between democratic governance and…
UNITAR and Columbia Law School Sign Memorandum of Understanding
23 May 2016, New York, USA - UNITAR and the Columbia Law School joined forces today by the signature of their Memorandum of Understanding. This memorandum recognizes the importance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and aims to share common goals and objectives with regard to developing knowledge, skills and awareness of New York-based delegates and other professionals through targeted training and other learning-related programme…
UNITAR Office in New York Debuts Writing and Public Speaking Skills Course with UAE Mission
5 October 2016, New York, New York, USA – Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Director of UNITAR’s New York Office, gave the opening remarks for a new series of training courses in partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a brief introductory session held at the Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations. The series is entitled, “Refining Communication Skills in a Context of Global Diplomacy: Writing Intensive Training Course in Classic Arabic and English, with a Special…
30 Argentinean Officials Graduate from 2016 IEFPA - UNITAR Programme for Trainers in Transnational Fiscal Transparency
24 October 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The Public Finance Institute of Argentina (IEFPA) and UNITAR successfully concluded the 2016 Programme for Trainers in Transnational Fiscal Transparency with a seminar held on 17 October 2016 in Geneva. On 18 October participants undertook a study visit to Bern where the Head of the International Financial Affairs Section at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE) Mr. Alexander Renggli briefed the…
09 March 2023, Merida, Mexico – Together with airport executives, and civil and aeronautical authorities, CIFAL Merida has met in the city of Merida Yucatan, to review with specialists from the National Hurricane Centre, and renowned meteorologists, the processes of preparation of airports for their immediate reopening in case of being impacted by a tropical cyclone.
As happens every year, before the start of the hurricane season in the Pacific and the Atlantic, ASUR's Merida International Airport, through CIFAL Merida, convenes the eighteenth edition of the international ...
9 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – In partnership with Europe Foundation (Georgia), UNITAR has established its 32nd CIFAL centre in Georgia, which will offer a range of learning opportunities on artificial intelligence, social inclusion, and effective governance to facilitate knowledge-sharing between government officials, leaders, and civil society members from the Caucasus region.
“We will contribute to the CIFAL Global Network by bringing new thematic areas. We want [these themes] to bring not only partners from our regions, but also universities, and practitioners tha...
22 October 2019, New York, USA – UNITAR jointly with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) hosted 50 Academic Fellows from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). The Fellows visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York to learn about UNITAR’s capacity building initiatives in support of sustainable development and to hear insights from a private sector executive on how to build partnership to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
YSEALI is the U.S. government’s signature progr...