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UNITAR’s Executive Diploma on Diplomatic Practice Delivers its Third Workshop on Diplomatic Report Writing
24 – 25 November, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR delivered a Diplomatic Report Writing workshop to members of the diplomatic community in Geneva. This workshop is the third in a series of ten activities included in the 2nd Edition of the Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice in Geneva, Switzerland.
The main aim of this workshop was to provide participants with the necessary tools to better synthetize information acquired in diplomatic conferences and other…
CIFAL Flanders Hosted a Dialogue on Agenda 2030 during the European Development Days
15 June 2017, Brussels, Belgium – In the framework of the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Antwerp (CIFAL Flanders) hosted a brainstorm session to debate how to move forward towards an inclusive, participatory and representative implementation of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
The session was organized jointly with the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP), bringing together…
The 2030 Development Agenda and Urban Resilience
26 April 2016, Newcastle, Australia – CIFAL Newcastle jointly with CIFAL Atlanta hosted a half-day session on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 development agenda. The discussions also explored the connection between disaster risk reduction, "build back better" and sustainable resilient development. In attendance were 45 university students and faculty members, along with local community members.
Participants learned about the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals and how they will help…
His Excellency Dr. Bosun Tijani is the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. An accomplished entrepreneur and business leader, Dr. Tijani is a pioneer in the African startup ecosystem and has been instrumental in driving innovation and fostering the growth of tech startups across the continent. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading pan-African technology and innovation center with presence in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Namibia. Founded in 2010, CcHUB has played a pivotal…
As UNITAR contributes to the implementation of the SDGs, a delegation participated at the COP27 to organize side events, workshops, and bi-lateral meetings to bring attention on the ‘leave no one behind’ principles in climate action and sustainable energy. The impact of climate change on displaced populations is rarely brought up in climate negotiation agenda. Therefore, UNITAR’s Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) made efforts to raise awareness of humanitarian energy in the climate action discussions. This included ensuring that...
Viaje de Héroes y Heroínas (The Superhero’s Journey) is the second component of the project “Youth-led Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia: A Transformational Approach”. It has been designed based on the principle that children and youth are not just victims of conflict, but that they can take an active role in creating a more peaceful and inclusive society by realizing their own potential and starting change processes in their immediate environments. Furthermore, communities can play an active role in protecting children and youth from the risk of being recruited by crimi...
Sustainable development is ultimately about changing the ways we think and do things in our private and professional lives. It requires that all people around the world benefit from learning opportunities that can empower them to promote this change. UN SDG: Learn was created in 2019 to respond to this challenge by making the available learning from UN and other partners easily accessible around the world and by helping learning providers broker partnerships to develop new services and meet the needs of diverse constituencies.
10 July 2023, New York, USA - UN SDG: Le...
25 April - 1 July 2011
The Local Development Programme of UNITAR is launching a new session of its proven e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation, in English language. This e-course has been awarded with the International ECBCheck Quality Label for e-Learning!
The course, which will run from 25 April to 1st July 2011, aims to enhance the capacity of local decision-makers and sanitation professionals to make the most enlightened decisions and investments in the area of urban sanitation. It provides analytical tools to understand the financial and institutional…
10-12 May 2011, Bergen, Norway. During the 2011 GDACS Stakeholders Meeting, a crowd-sourcing application for geo-tagged photos was released to the disaster management and early responders community.
Developed under the EC funded GEO-PICTURES project by AnsuR, in collaboration with UNOSAT, this Android app automatically geo-locates (tags) photos, size them according to bandwidth and send them off to a web-server - all with the touch of one button. In the web-server, photo location is indicated on a map, and the photo can be further assessed, shared…
In furtherance to the UNITAR/ Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) (www.nddc.gov.ng) partnership and the release of 70% of the pledged counterpart fund for the implementation of the UNITAR/NDDC agreed work plan, a training workshop on Leadership and Management was executed in February, 2010. This pragmatic capacity building workshop aimed at initiating and developing, in Senior Commission Officials, a comprehensive view of the overall people management function and of the leadership role and its responsibilities. It was a further step in the direction of officials…