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23 March 2022, Victoria, Canada - The University of Victoria (UVic) and the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) announced today the establishment of the first CIFAL—International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders—on North America’s West Coast. CIFAL Victoria, based at UVic, is only the second such UNITAR-affiliated training centre in Canada.
During the inaugural ceremony to launch the CIFAL Victoria, UVic President Kevin Hall stressed
This CIFAL is not just for the university but for the region, and we are immensely proud and honour...
3 December 2024, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Following the successful kick-off in Eswatini, the “Management Practices for Safer Roads” workshop series continued with sessions in the cities of Gqbertha, Rustenburg and Mpumalanga in South Africa. Organized by UNITAR in collaboration with CIFAL Durban, the eThekwini Municipal Academy (EMA), and its Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE), these workshops brought together over 155 government officials, law enforcement officers, and road safety stakeholders to advance road safety initiatives across Southern Africa T...
23 November 2023, Maseru, Lesotho – UNITAR’s international training centre in South Africa (CIFAL Durban) in collaboration with the eThekwini Municipal Academy (EMA), and the Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE) kick-off a series of training workshops scheduled to take place in Lesotho, South Africa, Eswatini, and Namibia.
On 23 November 2023, the inaugural workshop takes place in Maseru, bringing together 100 government officials and law enforcement officers from the Road Safety Department of Lesotho, and other entities responsible for road safety.
The training worksho...
1 June 2023, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with the Dominican National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT), keeps pursuing its efforts to raise awareness, change attitudes, and ultimately reduce the number of alcohol-related road crashes in the Dominican Republic with the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving.
Alcohol consumption continues to be a significant factor contributing to road traffic crashes and injuries in the country. According ...
4 July 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - A Framework of Cooperation between the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Group of Fifteen (G-15), a grouping of developing countries focused on South-South cooperation, was signed on 4th July, 2016 in Geneva.
Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Chairman of the Personal Representatives of the Heads of State and Government of the G-15 and the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva signed the Agreement on behalf of the G-15 while Mr. Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secr...
11 July 2019, New York City, United States – The United Nations Institute of Training and Research New York Office (UNITAR NYO) hosted a training with delegates from the Egyptian Diplomatic Academy in the Mission of Egypt to the United Nations. The training ran from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, in light of the ongoing High-Level Political Forum. The training was delivered by H.E. Dr. Ian Botnaru, Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs Division, and Dr. Angel Angelov, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Bul...
25 April 2019, Atlanta, United States - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) jointly with the International Human Trafficking Institute (IHTI) and the Department of Health Promotion & Physical Education at Kennesaw State University held a one-day seminar on Human Trafficking Awareness. This training was an opportunity to educate Kennesaw State University faculty, staff and students about all forms of human trafficking in the Atlanta area and surrounding regions as well as discuss sign...
Established in 2023, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Singapore (CIFAL Singapore) was the first such centre in Singapore to be affiliated with the United Nations’ principal training arm and will be sited at NTU Singapore. The Centre aims to strengthen the ability of individuals, institutions, and societies in the Asia Pacific countries to perform functions, solve problems, and set and achieve objectives sustainably, thus encouraging sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. Scope: Asia-PacificThematic areas:Sustainability educa...
21 March 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s network of affiliated training centres CIFAL Global Network (CGN) serve as hubs for the exchange of knowledge on development-related topics including water-related issues. The impact and scope of the CGN capture a wide range of stakeholders, with special emphasis on local authorities and civil society leaders, offering cutting-edge learning and training to close to 90,000 beneficiaries per year.
In the framework of the UN 2023 Water Conference and World Water Day, the CGN is committed to contr...
This initiative is part of a global momentum towards sustainable and multi-partner development.
Today, public-private partnerships and sustainable development have become part of everyday vocabulary and the number of public-private partnerships concluded in the last decade has grown exponentially.
Business engagement is crucial to the advancement of the Post-2015 development agenda, which will be officially adopted in September 2015:
“Governments, acting in concert, will need to lead, but a truly effective global partnership will have to enlist as active partners all of...