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Transforming Lives and Lifestyles through Education and The Green Economy
19 September 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - There can be no question that Mongolia has international visibility and a reputation that far surpasses what might be expected from a country with a population of little over 3 million and a per capita national income of 3,800 dollars. It is remarkable, that is, until you actually visit for the first time.
Mongolia is cold, it is vast in size and, not so long ago, inherited a Soviet industrial complex ill-equipped for a more socially and…
UNITAR Fellowship for Afghanistan 2015 Cycle - Call for Applications
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima Office has the pleasure of announcing the launch of the Call for Applications for the twelfth annual cycle of its highly successful UNITAR Fellowship for Afghanistan Programme. The Fellowship is a six-month long initiative, which builds the capacity, and enhances the leadership, management and professional skills of a core group of senior government officials, academics and practitioners from Afghanistan. Sharing Hiroshima's…
Training on National Adaptation Planning: The Harvard Case Way
23 April 2015, Bangkok, Thailand - It was back in the 1870s that Harvard Law School began to experiment with a new way of teaching using the case method. The basic idea was to try to prepare its students for the real world outside of the classroom through the use of guiding questions that aid self learning and discovery.
But while many of us may have heard about the Harvard Case Method (HCM), as it has come to be known, how many have actually had the opportunity to learn how it is done in…
Multilateral Negotiations: Reconciliation and Peacebuilding
4 May 2015, New York, USA – Workshop on Multilateral Negotiations, Levelling the Playing Field: Reconciliation and Peacebuilding, conducted by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office.
Mr. Carl Skau, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, discerns link of reconciliation and peacebuilding, and finds an important connection to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). With Sweden chairing the PBC, Mr. Skau, emphasizes the linkages between…
Inaugural Course on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons – Law, Policy and Practice
20 May 2015, New York, USA – UNITAR New York Office conducted the Inaugural Course on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) – Law, Political and Practice, in collaboration with UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The course aimed to increase diplomats' understanding of international refugee law and the UN’s guiding principles on IDPs, so that they can be utilised effectively as mechanisms for…
Side Event on Global Partnerships for “Transforming our World” Drew Together Practitioners of Sustainable Development
“We want to connect the private sector’s greatest strengths with the public sector’s greatest challenges”
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, New York, 7 May 2013
24 September 2015, New York, USA – This side event drew together practitioners of sustainable development to examine the contribution and synergies of private companies practitioners, the UN and civil society to forge partnerships to help ensure the implementation of the 2030 Development Agenda…
Geneva, 21 February 2014 – Registration for UNITAR’s online courses in Spanish is now open. This year, you have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to overcome some the current challenges often faced by public officials and entrepreneurs of today.
UNITAR’ objective is to help you achieve your professional goals. In these times of uncertainty and volatility, finance and trade have become delicate subjects. UNITAR is dedicated to deliver high quality courses on priority subjects in a flexible and interactive manner. Our online courses allow you to interact…
How to Develop a Climate Change Learning Strategy?
25 February 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - More than 50 countries have expressed interest in developing a national climate change learning strategy. In response to this demand the UN CC:Learn Secretariat has released a Guidance Note which provides methodological and organizational suggestions for developing such a strategy. The Guidance Note also responds to the UNFCCC Doha Work Programme which mandates States to prepare a national strategy on Article 6 of the Convention (dealing with climate change education, training and…
29 August 2014, Davos, Switzerland - The International Disaster and Risk Conference, organised by the Davos-based Global Risk Forum, convened for the fifth time in the famous mountain resort from 24-28 August, with a focus on science and technology and their role in modern Disaster Risk Reduction. UNITAR was among the international organizations actively promoting the event together with UNESCO, UNEP and ILO. The institute also organised two sessions during the conference, one on satellite technology and applications and one on local governance.
For five days,…
PeaceAble Syria: An Intimate Glimpse
Panel Discussion on the occasion of the official launch of the Master’s in Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding Degree Programme (UNITAR / Oxford Brookes University)
Venue: United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais des Nations), Room XI
Date and Time: Friday, 23 March 2018, 12.30 – 14.00
Participants in the discussion
Ms. Fida Alobeid – Child Protection Officer, UNICEF Syria Country Office
Dr. Brigitte Piquard – Reader in Humanitarianism and Conflict, HAP Programme Manager, Oxford Brookes University
Dr. Claudia Croci…