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UNOSAT presented the results of its latest research and applications project conducted in cooperation with the University of Geneva. In a talk at the “7th Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Neuchatel 2009” UNOSAT trainee and volcano expert Sebastien Biass presented a methodology likely to help decision makers to deal with volcanic ash fallouts during catastrophic events in densely populated areas.
Volcanic ash plays an important role during volcanic disasters, especially when related to explosive activity. Because of a constant increase of population density around volcanoes,...
24 May 2018, New York, USA - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a workshop titled “Climate Change and the Paris Agreement: Challenges and Expectations” conducted by Professor Narinder Kakar, the Permanent Observer for the United Nations mandated University for Peace, and Mr. Santiago Villalpando, the Chief of the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. Professor Kakar also serves as Director and Adjunct Professor on UN Environmental Diplomacy Programme at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law of Pace University. The worksh...
25 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and UNESCO, in collaboration with a group of universities, have launched a new initiative “Leaders in Higher Education Alliance and Programme – For Accelerating Sustainability Transformations” (LEAP-FAST) aimed at creating a movement of committed sustainability leaders in higher education to advance deep transformations and enable HEIs to fulfil their potential with regards to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Higher education is not just a place of learning, but is a powerful driver of sustainability and re...
国連ユニタールイラク奨学プログラムは、イラクの社会経済の安定に貢献する地域に根ざしたビジネスの発展と強化のために、若手起業家の育成とリーダーシップスキルの向上を図る研修プログラムです。本研修の目的は、ハードスキル（理論・手法・ツールなど）とソフトスキル（自己および対人関係に関するスキル）の両方を強化することです。ハードスキルとしては、事業立ち上げや実施に必要な計画立案、ビジネス／収益戦略、ニーズアセスメント、営業・マーケティング戦略、モニタリング評価の手法などについて学びます。ソフトスキルとしては、事業運営に必要なチームワーク戦略、コミュニケーションやプレゼン、リーダーシップ、課題の特定と解決に必要なスキルなどを学んでいきます。
本プログラムは2016年度に開始し、毎年約6か月間に海外で2回、イラクで2回ワークショップを行い、起業に必要なスキル、プロジェクト運営やリーダーシップスキルを学び、若手起業家の育成を図ります。研修生は各ワークショップで課題を与えられ、次のワークショップまでに課題を仕上げ、メンターやイラク在住のコーチのアドバイスを受けながら、最終的には個人の事業計画書を作成します。2017年度から、優秀な研修卒業生はコーチとして次年度の研修にボランティアで参加できる制度を設け、研修生をサポートしています。, 本プログラムは開始以来、...
2015年9月16－21日の日程で国連ユニタール広島事務所は米国国際開発援助庁（US AID）女性開発プロジェクトと中国新聞共催で国連ユニタール アフガニスタン女子代表サッカーチームのリーダーシップとコミュニケーション能力向上研修を実施しました。
スポーツをすることには多くの利点があります。特に紛争国に住む女性にとって自尊心を高め社会参画を促進し、既存のジェンダー規範を疑問視し、リーダーとして活躍する機会を与えるなどスポーツを経験することによる多くの潜在的な利点が挙げられます[1]。本研修ではアフガニスタン女子代表サッカーチームのサッカースキルおよび個々人の能力強化を通じてアフガニスタンの発展に寄与することを目指しました。
リーダーシップスキル、チームワーク向上、コミュニケーション手法やスポーツ心理学などアフガニスタン女子代表サッカーチームのニーズに沿った研修を広島で実施しました。様々なトレーニングやコーチング手法の成功事例や選手としての課題やリーダーシップを磨く機会などについてスポーツ選手との対談を通じて学びました。また、9月20にエディオンスタジアムで開催されたアンジュビオレ広島との親善試合では懸命にプレーしました。
[1] J. Larkin, S. Razack &am...
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-...
6 December 2022, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – The National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation of the Dominican Republic (INTRANT), hosted the Road Safety National Week taking place from 19 to 26 November 2022. To amplify the outreach of the Autosobriety Training Programme to prevent drink-driving in the country, training and public awareness activities were rolled out throughout the week with a total of 340 beneficiaries.
Between 19 and 20 of November, various activities to present the programme took place in two of Santo Domingo’s main shopping centres (G...
Geneva, 16 April 2020
Excellencies, Friends of UNITAR,
We, the Board of Trustees of UNITAR, are deeply concerned about the profound impacts and disruptions being caused by COVID-19. Our concern is first and foremost for the immediate human loss and suffering especially for those who face the most vulnerabilities in withstanding the shocks. But beyond this we know that the economic and social upheavals that the pandemic is generating will last for a long time. We endorse the UN Secretary-General’s urgent call for action and with this statement share the vision of UNITAR in...
The UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day was first launched in 2016 in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). The programme targets women from around the world but particularly those living or from Pacific SIDS. The UNITAR Hiroshima Office, echoing the Government of Japan, underscored that a gender-focused perspective to DRR. The Programme aims to “help focus attention on the distinct gender-specific capacities and vulnerabilities to pr...