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UNITAR and BADEA Collaboration Strengthens Project Monitoring Skills of Francophone African officials
30 November 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) successfully completed its joint 2-week face-to-face training on "Strengthening the Capacities of African Officials from BADEA Beneficiary Countries on Project Monitoring Frameworks and Tools" from October 28 to November 8, 2018.
The training was conducted at the BADEA Headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan and was participated by Francophone African officials who are…
On 12 July 2010 UNITAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) located in Gujarat, India.
UNITAR’s partnerships strategy aims at developing agreements with Academic institutions such as Universities and Research Centres around the world.
The Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is one of the premier national law universities of India and offers degree and diploma programmes in law and related fields at undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition to teaching, it provides research, advisory, training services at state and…
October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. Peacekeeping Training Programme of UNITAR, in partnership with the African Leadership Centre of King’s College London, offered, an executive training course on “Leadership, Team work and Team Management in Peace operations from 17 to 21 October 2011”. The course was attended by 25 experienced women and men, and sponsored by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Division IV, Human Security (PDIV / FDFA). The course was delivered in the face-to-face format in the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.…
African Union Peace and Security Commissioner
H.E. Amb. Smaїl Chergui is an Algerian diplomat, born on 4 September 1956. He was re-elected Commissioner of the African Union Peace and Security Commission after a four-year term. Ambassador Chergui has more than 30 years of experience in the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and more than 20 years in a position of high responsibility. He has extensive experience in the management of pan-African affairs, in particular as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Algeria.
In 2008, H.E. Amb. Chergui was appointed as…
14 July 2016, New York, USA – The SDGs and the Paris Agreement hold a great promise, but how do we turn these aspirational visions into reality? UNITAR’s learning session held on the occasion of the HLPF on Thursday sought to address this issue by focusing on the new types of planning tools and nationally-grown actionable strategies to turn the SDGs, climate and regional commitments into reality. Facilitated by UNITAR’s Executive Director Nikhil Seth, the session featured Jeffrey Sachs, H.E. Amb. Kamau of Kenya, Halldór Thorgeirsson from UNFCCC, and experts from the ...
経済が成長するためには新しい考え方を取り入れていくことが不可欠です。起業家や中小企業の育成は地域社会やコミュニティを豊かする可能性があります。国連ユニタールでは国際的なパートナーや専門家とのネットワークを駆使し、現地で必要なビジネスニーズを満たす研修を提供することができます。, 長年戦争や暴力に苦しんできたイラクは持続可能な開発と復興を阻む様々な課題に直面しています。このような状況のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所では日本政府および国民からの支援を受け、イラク国民の能力強化を支援する研修を立ち上げました。
さらに詳しく, 世界で最も新しい国である南スーダンは持続可能な開発と復興を阻む様々な課題に直面しています。このような状況のもと、国連ユニタール広島事務所では南スーダン国民の能力強化を支援する研修を立ち上げました。
さらに詳しく, Entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship have the potential to promote socioeconomic development and help the world “build back better.” When women have knowledge and skills in entreprene...
18-19 April 201, Jakarta, Indonesia - In cooperation with the Diplomatic Academy of Indonesia, UNITAR's Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) organized a two day training workshop for Junior, Mid-level and Senior Diplomats from Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). On the first day the senior diplomats received a briefing on Leadership, where they got to know the evolution and the different theories of leadership leading to a value based and transformational leadership.
This session helped the participants demystify the concept of leadership…
"Physics at CERN brings Nations together"
Jonathan Richard Ellis is a British theoretical physicist. He attended Cambridge University, earning his Ph.D. in 1971. His research interests focus on particle physics, though he has also made important contributions to astrophysics, cosmology and quantum gravity. After brief post-doc positions at SLAC and Caltech, he went to CERN and has held a permanent contract there since 1978. He was awarded the Maxwell Medal and the Paul Dirac Prize by the Institute of Physics in 1982 and 2005 respectively, was elected a Fellow of the Royal…
Simulation Exercises Key to Strengthening Diplomats' Skills in Drafting and Adopting UN resolutions
15-16 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – Member States of the United Nations have, among other duties, the responsibility to suggest, discuss, draft, negotiate and adopt resolutions at the General Assembly, the Security Council as well as the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Engaging in these various fora can be complicated if a diplomat is not informed about the rules of procedure and how to compromise in order to obtain the best possible outcome.
This…
11-15 July 2001, Panama. The UN Development Group (UNDG), in collaboration with several partners, organized a workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean region to support UN Country Teams in mainstreaming environmental sustainability, climate change, and disaster risk reduction in country programming. The event that took place on 11-15 July 2011 in Panamá was supported by UNITAR with resources from UN CC:Learn.
UN Country Teams have a critical role to play in mainstreaming environmental sustainability, climate change and disaster risk reduction in country programming…