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CIFAL Bengaluru Successfully Launched School Feeding Programme
9 April 2017, Bengaluru, India – As part of CIFAL Bengaluru’s efforts and its partner the ACTS Groups of Institutions to contribute to advance Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2), which aims to combat hunger and malnutrition by 2030, the CIFAL Centre launched on 9 April the “School Feeding Programme: Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Children”.
Through this Programme, 120 children from Nirmala Vidyalaya School - located in the Rajendranagar slum in Bengaluru, received nutritious breakfast and lunch made out…
2 April, Geneva, Switzerland - Professor Anne Glover holds an important position at the European Commission: she is the first Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the Commission. Her office was established in 2011 by Mr Barroso with the mandate to provide analysis and independent expert opinions, advise on novel science, technology and innovation issues arising both in the context of the EU and internationally, and to communicate the scientific values of the European Union and its member states.
Ms Glover, who is a biologist by training and had served as top…
23 July 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - The 2013 session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is being held in Geneva, where ECOSOC meets every other year. UNITAR took part in the Innovation Fair of the Annual Ministerial Review, which this year put a spotlight on the role of science, technology and innovation, and the potential of culture in promoting sustainable development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Some examples of ground-breaking applications developed by UNOSAT and its partners were on display. Secretary-General Ban Ki-…
9 April 2013, Kabul, Afghanistan - UNITAR recently launched the Call for Applications for the 10th annual cycle of its highly successful Fellowship for Afghanistan Programme. The Fellowship is a seven-month long programme 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 lessons in post-conflict reconstruction, the Fellowship discusses important themes such as organization development and change, project design and…
Workshop II of Afghanistan Fellowship Successfully Concludes
26 January 2017, Kabul, Afghanistan - The 13th annual cycle of UNITAR Hiroshima Office's Afghanistan Fellowship Programme - Inspiring Transformation completed its second workshop in Kabul on Thursday, 26 January at the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) Conference Centre. During the 5-day workshop, the selected 29 Fellows underwent intensive training on leadership, project proposal development, and characteristics of good governance. Each Fellow presented the …
UNOSAT Rapid Mapping Confirms Heavy Damage in Vanuatu
Geneva, Switzerland, 16 March 2015 - Amid discussions of disaster prevention going on at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, UNOSAT was scrambled by OCHA on 15 March in the immediate aftermath of colossal cyclone Pam, which hit the Vanuatu islands in the early hours of 14 March 2015. Within the same day of activation, UNOSAT requested the triggering of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters thanks to which the first imagery was received within hours during the same day.
The…
広島県内およびアジア地域在住の15歳～28歳の若者を対象に、国連ユニタール「SDGsとデジタル未来：AIとデジタルストーリーテリングで切り拓く変革」研修の参加者を募集します。本研修では、若いチェンジメーカーがAIやデジタル技術を活用したインパクトのあるストーリーテリングの方法を学びます。本研修は2025年6月に開始し、約5ヶ月間にわたって実施されます。本研修は、広島県および広島市の支援と日本マイクロソフト株式会社の協力のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所が運営します。応募締切りは、2025年6月2日（日本時間 17時）です。, 2025年5月2日、広島 – 国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）広島事務所は、国連ユニタール「SDGsとデジタル未来：AIとデジタルストーリーテリングで切り拓く変革」研修の参加者を、広島県内およびアジア地域の若者を対象に募集します。この研修では、若いチェンジメーカーがAIを含むデジタルメディアを活用したストーリーテリングプラットフォームを使い、社会にインパクトを与えるストーリーを作成する方法を学びます。研修は、2025年6月7日に開始し、約5か月間にわたって実施されます。応募締切りは、2025年6月2日（日本時間 17時）です。参加者の募集人数は、広島県在住の若者約10名と、その他アジ...
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Bonn, Germany from 10-12 June 2009 – UNITAR's Climate Change Programme and partners presented African and Asian scientists' and local communities' results on transforming scientific research on climate change into actions that address the impacts of a changing climate. This collaboration was made possible under the umbrella of the Advancing Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA) project.
Some of the ACCCA project outputs showcased included, the development of risk communication materials to educate and raise awareness about climate change…
UNITAR signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kyiv IT Cluster in September 2023.
UNITAR will partner with the two organizations as part of UNITAR’s digital reskilling programme for the Ukrainian women evacuees in Poland.
Through these partnerships, UNITAR will aim to support the enhancement of digital skills generate employment and foster entrepreneurship for the participants.
, 6 November 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – In September 2023, the UNITAR Division for Prosperity signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a well-known organization in the IT ind...
10 September 2012 New York, USA - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Sally Fegan-Wyles of Ireland as Acting Head of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Ms. Fegan-Wyles will replace Carlos Lopes, who has been appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. The Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Lopes for his dedicated service to the United Nations and for his able leadership of both UNITAR and the United Nations Staff System College.
With more than 30 years of service as an…