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3 March 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - This week, UNITAR is delighted to announce an innovative new partnership with the British Legal Centre. This collaboration is meant to implement four courses providing instruction on various legal aspects for lawyers, law students, businesspeople, and others who may be interested in the legal process.
The British Legal Centre and UNITAR have created a system where both organizations’ audiences may be introduced to further opportunities to advance their skills, networks, and careers on their own time. Having an underst...
Name: Pierluigi Sinibaldi
Organization: OXFAM America
Functional Title: Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist
Country: USA
Course participated in: 13th International Course on GIS for Disaster Risk Management
Pierluigi Sinibaldi is a Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist at OXFAM America. He took a course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT).
Pierluigi has worked in the humanitarian sector since 2002 in a variety of areas, including food security, emergency response, a...
UNITAR and the Africa Pastoralist Empowerment Organization signed a memorandum of understanding on 11 February 2025, aimed at empowering women and youth in Africa’s dryland regions and promoting climate resilience across the continent’s vulnerable areas.The partnership will promote sustainable agriculture and food security, advance green agribusiness through innovation, foster community engagement and capacity-building, strengthen public-private partnerships, and leverage technology and innovation. , 18 February 2025, Geneva, Switzerland — On 11 February 2025, the Unit...
2 March 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The largest ever opinion survey on climate change was carried out by UN CC:Learn partner UNDP in 2020 and showed that 64% of 1.2 million respondents think that climate change is a global emergency. The survey entitled "People's Climate Vote" covered 50 countries, reflecting a bit more than half of the world's population, and its results were analyzed by the University of Oxford. Over 500,000 respondents of the survey were under the age of 18 at the time of the poll, which made youth the biggest age group surveyed.
One of the survey'...
From 6 October to 2 November 2024, UNITAR and FAO are launching the third edition of their joint online course titled "Trade and Food Security".Participants will benefit from the latest insights and data, on key topics such as trade policy formulation, agricultural development measures, and governance under the multilateral trading system.The course aims to enhance the capacity of stakeholders in Arabic-speaking countries to develop and implement evidence-based trade policies that support food security., 24 June 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and FAO are launching the t...
27 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a Call for Applications for their joint online course on Trade and Food Security which will take place from May 28 to June 22, 2023. The course will be facilitated by experts and delivered fully in the Arabic language in an asynchronous manner.
This is the second edition of the course to accommodate the large demand from the region...
23 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a Call for Applications for their joint online course on Agri-food Export Promotion Policy and Practical Tools which will take place from September 6 to October 1, 2021. The course will be facilitated by Experts and delivered fully in Russian language in asynchronous manner.
A better trade policy environment for modern agrifood markets requires the development of capacity to understand both t...
17 July 2019, Jeju, Republic of Korea - The International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) and in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) hosted the 14th Youth Workshop on Engagement for Sustainable Consumption and Production from 10 to 12 July 2019 in Jeju, South Korea. The workshop gathered students from different backgrounds and nationalities including 20 students from the University of Newcastle in Australia, and 27 Korean and International students enrolled in various universities in the Republic of Korea.
The main goal of this workshop was to rai...
核兵器の禁止と廃絶に向けた国際的な動きが進展している一方で、急速に変化する地域覇権争いの影響を受け、核軍縮が世界平和の実現に不可欠であるという共通認識を確立することが、これまで以上に急務となっています。 国連ユニタールは、平和の象徴である広島に拠点とする唯一の国連機関として、核軍縮交渉の最前線に立つ政府関係者の研修や啓発活動を通じて、広島発の平和へのメッセージの普及に努めています。 私たち参加者にとって、学術的に学ぶだけでなく、核兵器が人々や都市に与える影響を（自ら）実際に見て学ぶための絶好の機会でした。-Aiyarat Kosakul、タイ外務省一等書記官、国連ユニタール研修修了生重点テーマ 核軍縮を取り巻く世界的動向 外交交渉術 異文化間コミュニケーション 軍縮と不拡散における課題 核兵器がもたらす人的・環境的影響 対象地域 アジア太平洋地域、世界各地 , 核軍縮・不拡散広島研修 核軍縮交渉の最前線に立つアジア太平洋地域の外交官など政府関係者を広島に招き、被爆の実相を伝えると同時に、核兵器をめぐる最新の課題等を学び、国際会議において核軍縮を推し進めるための交渉術を強化する機会を提供します。 , ユース非核...
E-learning Course- The Magic Drop: Supporting Mothers Along the JourneyLearning Webinars SeriesMicrolearningsInteractive Breastfeeding Tool, Background:This E-Learning course developed by UNITAR comes as part of the Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative (BFEI).UNITAR helps Member States and other United Nations stakeholders implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by providing learning and knowledge services that meet internationally recognized quality standards.As a practical step towards protecting the survival and health of babies and women, breastfeedin...