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Approximately 30 per cent of the global burden of disease is caused by conditions that can be treated by surgery or that require the direct care of a surgeon. Each year, total surgically avertable deaths alone are approximately six times greater than total deaths from HIV, malaria, and TB combined. Yet, 5 million people worldwide do not have access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical care. As part of the Global Surgery initiative’s work conducted by the Division for People, the National Surgical Obstetric Anaesthesia Planning (NSOAP) manual was published in colla...
12 December 2016, Hiroshima, Japan – The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has successfully completed the first workshop of the UNITAR Iraq Fellowship Programme: Entrepreneurship and Leadership Youth Training, held in Amman, Jordan, from 28 November to 2 December. The Fellowship is a six-month specialized capacity-building programme, incorporating two face-to-face international workshops, implemented with the generous support of the Government of Japan, that examines entrepreneurship and youth leadership in the context of Iraq.
Twenty-four Fellows, including eight women, from variou...
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July Edition: 19 Jun 2023 - 16 Jul 2023 / August Edition: 24 Jul 2023 - 20 Aug 2023
, 目前估计有 180 万人年龄在 10 岁至 24 岁之间，这是人类历史上最大的青年一代。他们的人 数预计将会增长 - 仅在 2015 年至 2030 年期间，预计将有约 19 亿年轻人年满 15 岁.
他们前所未有地联系在一起，年轻人日益为创新解决方案做出贡献，推动社会进步并激发政治倡议。他们是变革的推动者，动员起来推进可持续发展目标（SDGs），改善人民的生活和地球的健康。
联合国训练研究所非常高兴能在日内瓦提供专门针对全球青年的在线培训课程。它将为参与者提供获得有关联合国的第一手经验的机会，并为他们提供充分发挥全球领导潜力所需的知识和技能。 , The United Nations Young Leaders Online Trainin...
A second edition of the FAO and UNITAR Joint e-Learning Course on “Trade, Food Security, and Nutrition” for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) policy decision-makers was launched in October 2019.
The course was expert-facilitated and administered in English over a four week period. It was delivered via the e-learning platform developed by UNITAR with FAO training materials and experts. This second edition was intended to assist representatives from government and related authorities, who are directly involved in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and progr...
Multilateral Diplomacy - Building capacities in the area of gender, women’s leadership and mentoring
In a bid to enhance efforts towards attaining gender equality and women’s empowerment across societies, UNITAR has held five online workshops on gender, women’s leadership and mentoring. The main objective of the workshops was to foster the implementation of gender equality in the participants’ workplaces through increasing women representation in leadership roles and to forge partnerships with other actors in the field of gender, women’s leadership and mentoring. The workshops also sought to build leadership skills and the capacity of women to participate in all levels of ...
The evaluation analysed the first of three phases of this project (2012-2015). It has found that the starting assumption (the improvement of knowledge and competency will allow for a more sustainable and targeted utilisation of the water resource) is still pertinent. Indeed, knowledge and competency for a more effective use of water resource are still lacking in Chad. The evaluation has also found that all the activities are relatively pertinent for the implementation of the project. However, it will only have an impact with sufficient institutional stability and clear ma...
UN CC:Learn 2014-2017 Implementation Phase: Recommendations and Lessons from the mid-term evaluation
The mid-term evaluation found that the project has been an efficient and effective initiate, and highly relevant to its targeted users at both the global and national levels. The project is well on track to delivering its agreed outputs and outcomes, with good evidence to suggest that the work is already contributing to long-term impacts. The project is clearly building understanding of climate change amongst its target audiences and – more importantly – there are early signs that UN CC:Learn-supported resources and processes are triggering a degree of positive behaviour ch...
This free-of-charge tutorial has been designed together with GFCS Office with the aim of promoting GFCS, raising awareness about its objectives and illustrating the benefits of climate services for decision making in selected topical areas. This learning tool is meant for national experts as well as other interested stakeholders and the general public, The tutorial is available at this page for an initial period of 6 months, during which all modules may be accessed in any preferred order. The modules feature video interviews with experts from international agencies, as well...
26 – 27 October 2016, Bangkok, Thailand – A first Regional Training Workshop on “Developing National Evaluation Capacities to Support the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda” was jointly held by UNITAR and UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub on 26-27 October 2016 in Bangkok, back-to-back with the major Regional SDG Knowledge Exchange Forum. The workshop was organized in collaboration with other UN agencies and partners, including professional evaluation networks, and was attended by 30 participants, mainly government officials, UN staff and representatives of CSOs and VOPEs, primarily ...
15 July 2016, New York, USA – As the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development (HLPF) prepares for its first round of 22 national voluntary presentations (NVPs) on 19-20 July, UNITAR brought together a panel of eminent experts to discuss the ways in which these discrete, global-level Government-led presentations could be better linked to strong, regular and inclusive national and subnational review processes. The learning session entitled “National reviews and M&E systems for the SDGs” was the second event organized by UNITAR as part of the UNDESA-UNI...