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29 September - 3 November 2018, Atlanta, United States - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) jointly with Kennesaw State University (KSU), hosted 21 young leaders from Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam who participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
The YSEALI is a U.S. State Department Program that aims to build the leadership capabilities of youth in Southeast Asia and promote cross-border cooperation to solve regional and global challenges...
For the first time, UNITAR is pleased to announce the launching of its Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice in Beirut, Lebanon at the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Western Asia (ESCWA). The series of workshops will be rebranded as United Nations Executive Diploma and will cover different topics than the ones in Geneva, such as Introduction to the United Nations System and Cosmopolitan communication: connecting across diplomats, business leaders and civil society actors. The series of workshops will start as of April 2020 and will last until January 2021...
11 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21) was the perfect timing for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to launch its new Digital Finance Initiative with a virtual conference. The Initiative aims at supporting countries and organizations to harness digital technologies and to develop the essential digital and financial knowledge and skills of their people.
The conference generated forward-looking and future-oriented discussions on the future of finance in the context of the latest FinTech innovations, bes...
今号のニュースレターでは、2024年3月から5月までの国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局の出来事をご紹介します。
※リンク先が英文となっている場合があります。ご了承ください。, ユニタールと広島県が第8期特定目的拠出金契約に合意
ユニタールと広島県は、第8期特定目的拠出金契約に合意しました。本契約は、広島事務所が設立された2003年以来締結してきたパートナーシップを2024年度から2026年度まで更新するものです。広島県は、ユニタール広島事務所が行っている、発展途上国や紛争国、紛争後国家、脆弱国からの研修生らのより良い生活の実現に資するような研修プログラムに対し、財政的なご支援を継続してくださいます。湯崎英彦広島県知事とニキル・セス国連ユニタール総代表は、持続可能で繁栄した世界のためのパートナーシップに相互理解を示しました。, ニキル・セス国連ユニタール総代表が来日、広島と東京を訪問
2024年3月25日から28日、ニキル・セス国連ユニタール総代表は、日本のユニタール・ステークホルダーとの連携を強化と、広島新事務所の開所式出席のため、広島と東京を訪れました。総代表は、広島で開催されたピースウォーク・フェスティバル、広島県との第8期特定目的拠出金契約書調印式、新規移転したユニタール広島事務所のオープニングセレモニーなどに出席しました。また、平...
As far as he can remember, Algerian born Noureddine Benaidja always expressed interest for a position in the public sector, not a surprise as both his parents pursued their careers working for the government. After four years at Alger's Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), he started to work for the Interior Ministry since 2001. He then studied law, both in Algeria and in France. Now aged 38 and still living thirty miles from Alger, he's still working on his Ph. D. while holding the position of Training Officer for the Ministry.
His everyday work includes the…
10-11 October 2013, New York, U.S.A. - The international community audience in New York is more accustomed to policy debates than to technical talks. Yet 150 experts from 20 countries and 85 organizations attended the second annual conference “GIS for the UN and the International Community”, an event organised by UNOSAT and Esri to raise awareness of the potential of GIS in all areas of international action and to bring together experts, ideas and users. This year, the World Bank Institute joined in as co-organiser, while industry sponsors included famous satellite data…
6 December 2012 - Tropical storm Bopha (Pablo locally) cut through the Philippines on 5 December causing death and destruction so intense that it is difficult to assess them with traditional methods. During the passage of the storm, thousands of people in the affected region have exchanged images, footage and comments regarding its impact. However the data is not always geo-tagged and the sheer amount of messages makes it impossible for one entity to sort information.
The digital volunteer community worldwide has been mobilised in an attempt to help. In one example,…
CIFAL Płock to hold workshop on “Environmental Education and Urban Challenges”, 22-24 September 2009
CIFAL Płock (Poland), in cooperation with its partners UNITAR, Veolia Environnement and the Municipality of Płock, is going to hold a workshop on “Environmental Education and Urban Challenges“on 22-24 September 2009.
The workshop is going to allow 25 representatives from various countries in Central and Eastern Europe (Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, and Russia etc.) to discuss environmental education challenges in the region, how to engage communities and raise awareness. Participants represent local authorities,…
UNITAR Workshop Multilateral Negotiations: Sustainable Development and Peaceful and Inclusive Societies
26 - 27 March 2015, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office carried out a workshop on Multilateral Negotiations, focusing on Sustainable Development and Peaceful and Inclusive Societies. A two-day workshop was organized in a framework of the "UNITAR Levelling the Playing Field Negotiations series". This workshop aimed to widen the understanding of links between peaceful and inclusive societies and the sustainable…
UN International Year of Soils Launch at the Scottish Parliament
16 April 2015, Edinburgh, United Kingdom – The United Nations declared 2015 to be the International Year of Soils, emphasizing the multiple roles of soils and the importance of sustaining them.
On 31 March 2015, CIFAL Scotland in partnership with SEPA, SRUC, SNH and The James Hutton Institute hosted the Scottish launch of the UN International Year of Soils. Over 70 delegates including parliamentarians, consular representatives, scientists, and local soil associations joined the discussion…