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25 February 2025, Marrakech, Morocco – In the framework of the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, UNITAR in collaboration with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and FIA Foundation hosted the face-to-face training workshop for FIA Club Members and government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean. The two-day workshop took place on 20-21 February 2025, focusing on defining priorities for the development of national road safety projects, and establishing a monitoring and evaluation framework to measure the impact of post-train...
新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大とともに、虚偽の情報やデマが氾濫し、世界各国の人々の生活に影響を与えています。嘘や誤情報の拡散が健康と命を守るための政策や個人の選択に致命的な打撃を与え混乱をもたらし、インフォデミックーInfodemic）（「インフォーメーション（情報）」＋「エピデミック（流行）」）の時代に突入しています。
2020年11月、国連ユニタールの多国間外交局と持続可能な繁栄局は、国際連合教育科学文化機関（ユネスコ）の情報コミュニケーション局とともに、インフォデミックに立ち向かうためモバイル環境で学ぶことができるeラーニングコースを立ち上げました。偽情報の氾濫に対するあなたのリテラシーのレベルを楽しみながらテストし、対応策を学ぶことができます。このコースは、ユネスコの「インフォデミック－新型コロナウイルスに関する虚偽情報を読み解く」と「インフォデミック－新型コロナウイルスの虚偽情報に関する対処法の分析」（https://en.unesco.org/covid19/disinfodemic）に基づいて実施されます。
本コースでは対話型のマイクロラーニング学習方法を使用し、1回の授業は5～10分間の短時間で区切られているため、隙間時間を利用して学ぶことができます。9つのタイプの新型コロナウイルスに関する虚偽情報、4つのフォーマットモード...
UNITAR’s Road Safety Global Training Initiative successfully launched the Learning App on Management Practices for Safer Roads, with the aim of providing in-hand practical solutions, participatory contributions from different stakeholders including the private sector, and results-based interventions.
The Learning App is based on the Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit, featuring projects and local interventions in cities in Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico and South Africa. This Toolkit, available now on mobile de...
19 October 2020, New York, USA (Virtual) – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York office launched a series of training on Monday, 19 October catered for the members of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ireland. The purpose of the training is to prepare the delegates for the work and the responsibilities of the Security Council. Ireland was elected as a member of the Council in June 2020 by the members of the General Assembly along with India, Norway, Mexico and Kenya. Ireland will serve a two-year term in the Security Council, starting 1 J...
This programme provides advanced training in conflict analysis and negotiation to key representatives of indigenous peoples. The focus is on a problem-solving negotiation approach to strengthen participants' capacity to more effectively negotiate to have their needs met, while also promoting constructive relationships between members of their communities and those in the dominant community. Indigenous experts including Members of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as well as other specialists and representatives of regional organizations serve as resource persons f...
UNITAR Organizes Briefing for Students from University of Fortaleza, Brazil
2 June 2017, New York, U.S.A - The United Nations Institute of Training and Research organized a briefing at the United Nations Headquarters for a group of students from the Professional Master Program at the University of Fortaleza, Brazil, visiting Columbia University in New York. The programme is based on problem intervention and is aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
The event took place in the framework of the partnership between UNITAR and Columbia…
29 August 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The Final Meeting of the Steering Committee of the GEF/UNEP/UNITAR Project “POPs Reporting, Monitoring and Information dissemination using Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)” was held on 29-30 August 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was held back-to-back with an awareness-raising meeting on PRTRs for NGOs and working sessions with the partner countries of the project.
The meeting was attended by 45 participants representing high-level environmental authorities and technical officers of the partner…
UNITAR Hosts Briefing on Human Rights, SDGs and Private Sector
5 June 2018, New York, United States - The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) held a briefing on Enterprises and Humans Rights for students from the Professional Master Program at the University of Fortaleza, Brazil. The event is in its second year and it took place in the framework of the partnership between UNITAR and Columbia Law School, with Professors Alexandra Carter and Shawn Watts from the Mediation Clinic of Columbia Law School. The programme was based on problem intervention…
09 March 2023, Merida, Mexico – Together with airport executives, and civil and aeronautical authorities, CIFAL Merida has met in the city of Merida Yucatan, to review with specialists from the National Hurricane Centre, and renowned meteorologists, the processes of preparation of airports for their immediate reopening in case of being impacted by a tropical cyclone.
As happens every year, before the start of the hurricane season in the Pacific and the Atlantic, ASUR's Merida International Airport, through CIFAL Merida, convenes the eighteenth edition of the international ...
Betty Mwende, a digital literacy advocate from Kenya and a person with a disability, completed the 2023 “Developing Essential Digital Skills for Women and Youth in Africa” training programme.Betty volunteers to teach basic computer skills to children in her community to help bridge the digital gap.Through the UNITAR programme, she built her project management and digital skills, gained confidence and won valuable exposure.The Japan-funded programme equipped 7,000 women and youth in Africa with skills in data analysis, software development, project management, busi...