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The culmination of UNITAR's “Developing Essential Digital Skills for Women and Youth in Africa: Enhancing Employment Opportunities and Livelihood Development in the Digital Economy” training programme will be held in Nairobi (6–7 March 2024).
The top 25 learners from 24 sub-Saharan African countries, selected from a pool of 7,000 learners, will participate in an intensive workshop and mentoring session with experts in the field.
, 5 March 2024, Nairobi, Kenya – Twenty-five participants from 24 sub-Saharan African countries will join the third and final phase of the “Deve...
18 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has agreed to an unprecedented partnership with the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), which will be concluded today as part of the Fifth AGFUND Development Forum. Both organizations, represented by Mr. Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, and by Mr. Nasser B. Al-Kahtani, Executive Director of the AGFUND, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding based on mutual trust and in spirit of cooperation. The official signi...
7 August 2025, Abuja, Nigeria - In the framework of the Fleet Safety Global Training Programme regional workshop held on 30-31 July 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, the first regional meeting of CIFAL Centres based in Africa took place. The meeting brought together directors of CIFAL Durban, CIFAL Dakar, CIFAL Banjul, and CIFAL Nigeria to strengthen collaboration and expand capacity-building initiatives across the region. The meeting focused on the theme of road safety, bringing together experts from across the region to exchange good practices and identify prior...
21 September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - COVID-19 has highlighted severe fragilities and inequalities within and among nations. While the impact varies per country or region, LDCs is Sub- Saharan Africa face greater risks of negative impacts of the pandemic due to lack of economic resilience and diversification.
Although the pandemic is considered a public health crisis, it is not the only, and may not even be the gravest challenge the pandemic poses. Devastating socio-economic impacts of the virus has disproportionately affected fragile countries that are already battling...
UNITAR to Build Capacity and Provide Technical Support for Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Public Finance and Trade Programme (PFTP) recently launched a new capacity-building project on financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa with the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), a regional organization based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia supported by the governments of United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman and the State of Kuwait.
The project’s overall goal is to support national financial inclusion initiatives by providing high quality training and learning opportunities to the largest possible numb...
23 March 2012 - On Friday, UNITAR Executive Director Mr. Carlos Lopes was appointed by the UN Secretary-General to be the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
The ECA's mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development. Based in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia and with around 300 economists and 800 staff, it is the largest body devoted to the Africa. Mr. Lopes' main objective will be to enhance African…
South Africa’s Diplomatic Academy and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently held a six‐day regional training course on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiation for diplomats from Southern African Development Community countries (SADC). The course, attended by 29 representatives, took place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 15‐20 June 2009 and was run by a team of international and regional experts specializing in multilateral conference diplomacy training.
The course increased the knowledge, awareness and skills base of government…
21 September 2023, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Microsoft East Africa signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support the digital-technology upskilling and reskilling of 5,000 women and youth in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance their employability and livelihoods in the digital economy. The digital up/reskilling and green livelihood programme is funded by the Government and People of Japan and will run until March 2024.
The agreement was signed by Nikhil Seth, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Ex...
Hiroshima’s Green, Timeless Legacy
By Nassrine Azimi (the original article was published in the UN Special, February 2018 edition)
Hiroshima – At 8h15, on the morning of Monday 6 August 1945, the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a single atomic bomb. Code-named ‘Little Boy’ the bomb exploded 600 meters above the city center, burning alive tens of thousands of people at first impact.
By the end of that apocalyptic year, more than a third of Hiroshima citizens – including most of its doctors, nurses and first aid helpers – had died. As catastrophic conditions…
New training opportunities in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus Region
12 March 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan – A delegation from UNITAR traveled to Baku to meet with representatives of the Baku Higher Oil School, the Azerbaijani Diplomatic Academy, and the Ministries of Economy, Education and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan to discuss future collaboration in the fields of training and sustainable development. The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan in Geneva organized the meetings, which were chaired by H. E. Mr. Vaqif Sadiqov, Ambassador Extraordinary and…