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CIFAL Philippines Concluded Forum on the Role of the Philippines in the Association of South East Asian Nations
8 February 2018, Quezon City, Philippines - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) and the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Asian Center jointly organized the forum “The Role and Position of the Philippines in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)”, taking place on 8 February 2018 at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines.
The forum was conducted in partnership…
Developing Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific
31 July - 3 August 2018, Jeju, Republic of Korea – UNITAR’s affiliated International Training Centre for Authorities in Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in collaboration with the UNISDR's Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education Training Institute (UNISDR ONEA-GETI), and with UNDESA / United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) held a training workshop on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The workshop brought…
How to Make a Difference through Climate Change Education and Training
COP 20 Event Features UN Support for Life Long Learning and … a Game!
8 December 2014, Lima, Peru - An unusual side event at the annual Climate Conference in Lima (COP 20) provided a snapshot of what the United Nations is doing to support climate change education and training for children, youth and adults. Panellists and participants discussed how learning can actually ‘make a difference’ on the ground as well as the role of formal, non-formal and informal approaches. The audience also actively…
UNITAR Executive Director Nikhil Seth paid courtesy visits to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan.
Mr. Seth expressed his appreciation to all stakeholders and donors in Japan.
, 9 September 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Executive Director and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Nikhil Seth was in Japan from 5 to 8 September 2022. The visit was to strengthen UNITAR’s partnership with stakeholders in Japan and reaffirm our mission to develop and d...
10 January 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - From the 29th of November to the 2nd of December 2022, the XIX Annual Steering Committee Meeting of the CIFAL Global Network, hosted by CIFAL Honolulu and Chaminade University took place in Honolulu, USA. The meeting brought together all 25 CIFAL Centers with team members of CIFAL Centers to be inaugurated in 2023 also present. Mr Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director presided over the meeting, which was led by Mr Alex Mejia, Head of the CIFAL Global Network., Mr Seth, and Mr Mejia a...
Sustainability is a key element that needs to be implemented in every aspect of the environment we leave in.
For this purpose, UNITAR partnered with MLA College to launch the Master in Sustainability in Practice. Thanks to this 12 months Programme, the students will acquire the knowledge to develop and drive organizational change in the world of sustainability. The collaboration between the MLA College and UNITAR takes place within the framework of CIFAL City of London, the 25th CIFAL Center established, to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and integrate th...
8 March 2024, New York, USA – The Women in Cyber Fellowship, a groundbreaking initiative launched in early 2020, held its sixth fellowship convening in New York City. Focused on strengthening capacity building and technical skills for the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG), the programme prepared new women delegates for the group's seventh substantive session from 4-8 March 2024. This initiative reflects UNITAR's commitment to fostering gender diversity in cybersecurity and international law and is in line with its 60-year legacy of providing targeted training at the UN., Prog...
Title: Head of Office, UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute
Country: Republic of Korea
Partnership: e-learning courses on Disaster Management at Local Level
If we learnt one thing from history is that we cannot achieve sustainable development without taking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) seriously. Sanjaya Bhatia, who oversees the capacity development work of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), knows it from experience. Sanjaya started his career in the civil service in India working in the districts, which a...
14 June 2023, Nassau, Bahamas – UNITAR delivered a workshop on its Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit in the framework of the 11th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress in Nassau, Bahamas held from 13 to 16 June 2023.
This year’s Congress “A Roadmap to a Safe, Inclusive, and Resilient Transport System" aimed at bringing solutions and discussing best practices to address the common challenges that the region faces, from road safety to climate resilience to the infrastructure needs that a new and electrified vehicle fleet will demand. The Congress gathered governmen...
14 November 2016, Tokyo, Japan - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office has completed the UNITAR Hiroshima Women's Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2016. Conducted in collaboration with the Government of Japan and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNIDSR), the workshop was successfully held between 30 October to 7 November 2016 in Tokyo, Sendai and Wakayama. Twenty-six senior female participants, selected from fourteen Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) including: ...