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Up for the Challenge! Ghana Aims to Educate All School Children About Climate Change
29 May 2017, Accra, Ghana - Sustainable Development Goal No. 13 calls upon all countries to integrate mitigation and adaptation, impact reduction and early warning into school curricula. Ghana is leading the way and has launched a process to include climate change and green economy concepts into the general education system. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Ghana Education Service (GES), and the Environmental Protection…
Enhancing Sri Lanka’s Capacity in Integrating Earth Observation Applications for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction (URBANDRR)
14 September 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka – UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) in collaboration with the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) of Sri Lanka conducted a successful two-day training programme on “Integrated Satellite Applications for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction” focusing on flood and landslide risk mapping. The aim of the training programme was to enhance the capacity of disaster management…
1 September 2011, New York, USA. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in New York and the United Nations Democracy Fund are organizing a seminar on the Interdependence between Democracy and Development. The seminar will be held on Thursday 1 September 2011 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
This seminar will explore the linkages or interdependence between democracy and development and seek to discern whether democracy is a necessary element for economic development. Democratic institutions which normally require…
Francesco Pisano says: “We are continuing to equip the Programme with what it takes to do this job effectively and professionally. But this is done also to bring a distinct advantage to the entire UN family. After the partnership with Google to share crowd generated data with UNOSAT and the rest of the UN, this is a second main achievement by UNOSAT which will change the way we do things and the overall technology level of the UN. I hope this can be of help to the entire UN”. UNOSAT in fact has added to the purchase order the funds necessary to endow 3 other UN bodies with ...
19 February 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - How do we promote climate action even during a worldwide pandemic? That’s a question, that UN CC:Learn and MIET Africa asked and are trying to answer in three Southern African countries: Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Through a series of radio and TV programs called “Our Changing Climate – Our time to act!”, the two partners are raising awareness of climate change and fostering climate action in the region.
The idea of hosting programs to discuss climate change and related topics arose in the af...
UNITAR Hosts Strategic Negotiation Skills Training for Small States’ UN Representatives
27-28 June 2018, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) organized a two-day event, “Strategic Negotiation Skills Training for Small States’ UN Representatives” on 27 - 28 June 2018 at the Joint Office of Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United Nationsin partnership with the Commonwealth Small States Centre of Excellence. Approximately 25 representatives attended the workshop. Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Head of UNITAR’s New York Office, welcomed…
UNITAR’s Board of Trustees met for its 48th session on 12-13 November in Geneva to review the Institute’s Strategic Plan for 2010 – 2012 and proposed programme budget.
On this occasion, the Institute received much praise for the bold strategic directions set in the new Strategic Plan for 2010 – 2012. The Plan was recognized to be more ambitious and visionary than the 2007 – 2009 Reform Plan which focused primarily on internal reforms. The new vision lays on a move towards more innovative training service delivery and improved resource efficiency by…
Disarmament Panel Discussion Held in Hiroshima
6 August 2018, Hiroshima, Japan - As the first event of the UNITAR Hiroshima Office's Ideas that Matters series, UNITAR and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) held a panel discussion focusing on fields of disarmament covered in the UN’s new Agenda for Disarmament. The Ideas that Matter series is part of the Hiroshima Office's celebrations for its 15-year anniversary. The panelists were specialists in various fields of disarmament, and they provided listeners with a wide-ranging and…
Beneficiary: Farzana Raja
Title: Pakistani politician — Former Federal Minister, Ex-Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and founding Chairpersons of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP)
Master: Oxford Brookes University (OBU) — UNITAR Master in Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding
Few of us can confidently say that we have impacted the lives of millions like Farzana Raja has. She has accumulated over 20 years of experience as a Pakistani politician, as a Former Federal Minister and Ex-Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, among other p...
Name: Mohammed Saneem
Title: Supervisor of Elections
Country: Fiji
Course: Masters in Electoral Policy and Administration
No, democracy is not a perfect political system. Yet, as John Dewey stated, "the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy." The philosopher and educational reformer knew that our world’s history shows that a democratic system of government is undoubtedly the best tool to achieve equality, decrease conflict, and boost civic engagement.
How does it do that? By providing a mechanism for some form of rule by proportionate representation, with citiz...