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Aissata Koné, a Malian PhD student in pharmacology, joined the 2021 UNITAR Strategic Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Empowering the Sahel Region through Digital Reskilling and Upskilling to Enhance Productive Sources of Livelihood and Employment training programme.
She wishes to revolutionize the health industry in Africa with digital technologies.
Aissata believes that the skills she learned in this programme will help to bridge the digital gap.
Aissata is now launching an application to help Malians find the medications they need easier.
, November 2022, Hiroshima,...
今号のニュースレターでは、2024年11月下旬から2025年2月までの国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局の様々な研修事業や取り組みをご紹介しています。, ミシェル・ジャイルズ＝マクドノー氏が国連ユニタール総代表に正式就任国連ユニタールは、ジャマイカ出身のミシェル・ジャイルズ＝マクドノー（Michelle Gyles-McDonnough）氏を新たな総代表として迎えました。彼女は国連事務総長によって任命され、2025年2月22日付けでインド出身のニキル・セス（Nikhil Seth）氏の後任として就任しました。ジャイルズ＝マクドノー氏は、持続可能な開発、政策提言、国際貿易、国際関係、組織でのチェンジマネジメントの分野で30年以上の経験を有し、国連システム内外で豊富なリーダーシップ経験を持ちます。ジャイルズ＝マクドノー氏の専門分野は、主に持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）の推進に不可欠な経済、社会、環境に渡ります。, 国連ユニタール「海洋と人間の安全保障」研修を終えた参加者 変革の担い手として新たなステージへ2月21日、アジア太平洋地域18か国から集まった研修参加者50名が、国連ユニタールの「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成：海洋と人間の安全保障研修」の最終フェーズである12日間の日本での対面ワークショップ（2月10日～21日）を終え、3つのフェ...
18 June, 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - As women take on increasingly more significant roles in the workplace – holding a wide range of positions and responsibilities – the need for gender equality and women’s empowerment is ever more evident. To this end, the Governments of Jordan and Lebanon have been working to advance National Strategies/Action Plans for Women and around United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
To support these governments, UNITAR Division for Prosperity launched the Gender Empowerment Now: Building Capacity ...
Dr Marwa Nofal is a psychiatrist at a public mental health hospital in Egypt.
In 2020, she launched a non-profit organization that brings together mental health professionals to facilitate more mental health research in Egypt and the Middle East and the North African region.
Dr Marwa turned to the UNITAR Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon programme to learn about leadership strategies, entrepreneurship and teamwork.
Marwa's advice for fellow entrepreneurs is to take action, no matter how small.
, 15 May 2023, H...
20 August 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – On Saturday, 18 September 2021, UNITAR, in collaboration with ITS Education Asia and KIDsforSDGs, will host a free public webinar to celebrate the launch of the UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Programme on 25 September 2021., The public is invited to join.
Please register at https://unitar-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Th6RW6FgTD-K4S6vYLXkiA.
The seminar will comprise of panel discussions:
Panel 1: Accelerating Youth Changemaking through the United Nations SDGs
Panel 2: Scaling Student Agency: Asia’s Best-In-Class Case Studies
P...
UNITAR ran its online training programme Gender Empowerment Now: Building Capacity to Mainstream Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment into the Government Policy of Jordan and Lebanon from March to May 2021.
Fifty-eight government officials joined, from ministries of education and welfare, energy, security, economy and tourism.
Participants learned about the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and practiced tools such as strategic and budgetary planning.
Participants will take concrete actions in their workplace and requested ...
UNITAR’s mission is to develop capacities to enhance global decision-making and to support country-level action for shaping a better future. The Institute: designs and delivers innovative training to address needs of individuals, organizations and institutions; facilitates knowledge and experience-sharing through networked and innovative processes; conducts research on and pilots innovative learning strategies, approaches and methodologies; and advises and supports governments, UN and other partners with technology-based knowledge-related services. Read more.
Disasters affect the well-being and safety of people, communities and countries, as a whole. Globally, the most common hazardous events are road accidents, natural disasters, and industrial injuries. Approximately 190 million people are directly affected annually by emergencies due to natural and technological hazards, with over 77 000 deaths. A further 172 million are affected by conflict (UNDRR). From 2012 to 2017, there were recorded more than 1200 outbreaks in 168 countries, including those due to new or re-emergi...
27 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The Spanish edition of the FAO and UNITAR joint e-Learning Course on “Trade, Food Security, and Nutrition” for Latin American policymakers launched in September 2022 has been completed.
The course was intended for officials who are directly involved in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and programmes in the region.
The main objective was to assist government representatives and related authorities in strengthening their capacities in ensuring that the expansion of agricultural trade works for and not ...
4 September 2024, Geneva Switzerland– The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Colombia (UIAF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that solidifies their partnership to combat financial crime. This collaboration will encompass capacity-building, joint research, tool development, event organization and technical assistance. The partnership will prioritize areas such as emerging technologies, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, international standards, risk assessment, financial information syste...