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CIFAL Jeju Promoting Cultural Tourism Development
7 July 2016, Jeju, Republic of Korea – CIFAL Jeju convened a workshop, Capacity Building on Cultural Tourism Development, in Jeju on 27 June to 1 July in collaboration with United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. This workshop brought together sixteen government officials (central, state and local), NGO workers and private company representatives from six different countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Countries represented in the workshop included Cambodia,…
Government of Yucatan committed to support densification in the City to address urban sprawl
6 September 2016, Merida, Mexico – CIFAL Merida, the Municipality of Yucatan, the University of Yucatan jointly with the Secretariat of Habitat III hosted the “Urban Morning” aimed at providing a venue for discussion on policies that support sustainable urban growth.
As part of the preparatory process towards the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), UNITAR and CIFAL Merida were pleased to collaborate with the Habitat III…
5 August 2023, Quito, Ecuador – Promoting entrepreneurship and supporting micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) is key to advancing sustainable development and inclusive economic growth. UNITAR in collaboration with AB InBev and its Middle Americas Zone (MAZ) and the Tecnológico de Monterrey concluded the first edition of the “Emprendedores Programme” with a focus on Finance.
210 participants successfully graduated from the Finance Course of the “Emprendedores Programme”, through which they acquired knowledge and strengthened their skills and compet...
31 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - New technologies are profoundly changing the financial industry. The demand for digital solutions is surging, and both private and public institutions are heavily investing in R&D, especially in the field of digital currencies. Big tech companies are more and more involved in supplying financial services as they provide payments solutions, stablecoins and even banking products. Similarly, central banks are actively researching digital money, and many of them are planning to launch their own digital currency in the future.
To res...
Nawid is an entrepreneur from Afghanistan who runs several businesses in the food, electronics and clothing industries.Nawid took part in the UNITAR "Great Ideas Space 2023 Programme for Afghanistan: Food Security and Job Creation through Entrepreneurship and Innovation", generously funded by the Government and People of Japan.The UNITAR programme taught Nawid how to manage and market his business and develop new financial strategies.Nawid hopes that the people of Afghanistan can collaborate to overcome challenges and support fellow Afghans people in need., 28 August 2024, ...
Multilateral Diplomacy - Building capacities in the area of gender, women’s leadership and mentoring
In a bid to enhance efforts towards attaining gender equality and women’s empowerment across societies, UNITAR has held five online workshops on gender, women’s leadership and mentoring. The main objective of the workshops was to foster the implementation of gender equality in the participants’ workplaces through increasing women representation in leadership roles and to forge partnerships with other actors in the field of gender, women’s leadership and mentoring. The workshops also sought to build leadership skills and the capacity of women to participate in all levels of ...
6 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR jointly with the York University and the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in York, Canada (CIFAL York) hosted a dialogue with 132 experts, officials, and representatives from the public and private sectors about lessons learned and challenges regarding COVID-19 vaccine deployment, as well as to present a new tool developed by UNITAR to support local and national efforts to control the pandemic through effective vaccination campaigns and protective behaviours.
Despite the heavy toll the COVID-19 pandemic is t...
DIHAD is the largest event in the Arab region focusing on humanitarian efforts. The conference eight edition held in Dubai at the end of March 2011 focused on new technology for humanitarian aid and development. Its Scientific Board called on UNOSAT to chair the session on satellite technology, which featured speakers from Google, the European Commission Joint Research Centre and European Space Imaging a leading company based in Germany providing satellite imagery.
The event gathered all principal UN agencies and NGOs active in humanitarian relief as well as a number of…
The First Women in Standardization Expert Group Event in Partnership with ITU
30 October 2016, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia – On 30 October 2016, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Women’s Leadership Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosted the first Women in Standardization Expert Group (WISE) Event entitled: “Setting the Standard for Equality” during ITU’s World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016.
The event took place in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia and gathered more than 70 Delegates and…
Twenty-two 2021 UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassadors are exploring ideas to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) in a post-COVID-19 world.
In the 3-month programme, Hiroshima high school students examine today’s pressing issues so they can become future global leaders.
The 2021 round started in July and will include five workshops and group work.
The Youth Ambassadors will make their final presentations on 24 October 2021 in a public webinar (in Japanese only).
Leading companies NEC and H&M joined to give the Youth Ambassadors a broader perspective of th...