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Interactive conference to mark the UNITAR Division for Peace Advisory Board side event in the wider context of the WHO’s “Health and Peace Initiative".
February 11th, 2022, 10:00 am-12:00 am CET
While conflict is a major obstacle to healthcare, the failure of the healthcare system itself, through lack of access to healthcare and basic social services can be a major driver of conflict and violence.
In this context, the WHO Health and Peace initiative, launched in January 2020, aims to develop innovative ways to address health challenges in conflict. The innova...
今号のニュースレターでは、2025年3月から2025年5月までの国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局の様々な研修事業や取り組みをご紹介しています。既刊号English version is available from here, コロンビアでのマネー・ローンダリング対策のオンライン学習プログラムが再開・拡大へ国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）が実施する、コロンビアのマネー・ローンダリング及びテロ資金供与対策に関するオンライン学習プログラムが再開しました。本プログラムは、米国国務省の国際麻薬・法執行局（INL）の財政支援を受けて実施されています。これまでに数千人の参加者から非常に前向きなフィードバックが寄せられており、本プログラムの重要性とインパクトが示されています。第１ディプロマの残りのモジュールは間もなく公開予定であり、第２ディプロマは9月までに開始予定であり、同地域における制度強化とより安全・安心な社会の実現を目指します。[全文を読む], アジア太平洋地域の17名の次世代リーダー、防災スキルを強化：国連ユニタールの研修がフィジーのワークショップをもって閉幕国連ユニタールの2024年度津波防災に関する女性のリーダーシップ研修事業が、2025年3月7日に終了しました。フィジーでの5日間のワークショップには、アジア太平洋地域11か国からの実務者17名...
In October 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) jointly launched its first Arabic edition of the e-Learning course on 'Trade and Food Security'. This initiative aimed to support government representatives and related authorities in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region who are directly involved in shaping and executing agricultural policies and programmes. The course, which lasted for four weeks and was led by experts, was designed to help participants better understand the challenges an...
This initiative is part of a global momentum towards sustainable and multi-partner development.
Today, public-private partnerships and sustainable development have become part of everyday vocabulary and the number of public-private partnerships concluded in the last decade has grown exponentially.
Business engagement is crucial to the advancement of the Post-2015 development agenda, which will be officially adopted in September 2015:
“Governments, acting in concert, will need to lead, but a truly effective global partnership will have to enlist as active partners all of...
September 2020, All communities are at risk of emergencies and disasters, including those associated with natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks, conflicts, technological and other hazards. Particularly in the context of increased urbanization and climate change, frequency, severity and impact of those events are crucial. Currently, countries face the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of cases and thousands of deaths confirmed worldwide, demonstrating the profound impact that pandemics have for public health systems and for oth...
The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) seeks to put sustainability at the heart of economic policymaking. Its members include: the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The Partnership supports nations and regions in reframing economic policies and practices around sustainability to foster economic growth create income and jobs, re...
11 May 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The Humanitarian Energy Conference (HEC) will take place this year on Monday, 16 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda on the day preceding the SEforALL Forum. The HEC is co-hosted by the Steering Group of the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA), Practical Action, and NORCAP with the generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
The conference will bring together a diverse range of...
19 May 2022, Victoria, Seychelles – The First Multi-Sector Policy Dialogue between the Government of Seychelles and the United Nations Country Team provided space for discussing areas of focus for the UN’s support for the implementation of national development strategies and SDGs, as well as the areas of focus for the next Strategic Partnership Framework. On this occasion, UNITAR’s representative had an opportunity to present to the Ministers of the Seychellois Government and UN Regional and Country Directors UNDESA-UNITAR’s analytical paper illustrating the use of sys...
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...
Branson Pitakia, Information Technology Officer at the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office, illustrates the potential of knowledge and innovation in disaster management. His story shows how geospatial technology can help in disaster preparedness and response, and ultimately protect communities.
Branson Pitakia's quest for knowledge led him to enrol in UNOSAT's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) training courses, which are part of the project “Strengthening Capacities in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improved Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa (...