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26 July 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – By learning from and sharing with lessons of geological, climatic, and biological hazards in the past, we come to identify risks and measures to mitigate them. Do you and your family have a plan in case of emergencies? What about your community, where you live with people from various backgrounds?
UNITAR Division for Prosperity is seeking motivated learners interested in developing an inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Plan matched to the needs of their communities and countries. Open to all women aged 18 years or over, the three-month...
23 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) launched a new initiative to support climate-resilient livelihood development in Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe during the bilateral meeting in Geneva between the BADEA Director General Mr. Sidi Ould Tah and UNITAR's Executive Director Mr. Nikhil Seth.
This new initiative will focus on women and youth from the three Sub-Saharan African countries, who currently share similar challenges in advancing sustainable and climat...
5 November 2020, Port Harcourt, Nigeria - A total of 400 women selected from the four Ogoni Local Government Areas comprising of Eleme, Tai, Khana and Gokana in Rivers State, Nigeria have benefited from an Agribusiness Skill Training and Empowerment Programme which held from 19th July to 26th September 2020, organized by UNITAR in collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Implemented by UNITAR and the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), an agency established under the Federal Ministry of Environment to coordinate activities aimed at remedi...
The UNITAR “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme 2024” successfully concluded on 7 March 2025 in Fiji, after the final five-day intensive workshop.Following three months of online learning, the 17 participants from 11 Asia-Pacific countries, selected from over 130 participants who completed Phase I, joined the in-person workshop.They engaged in expert-led lectures, experiential learning and group presentations that showcased participants’ skills and actionable solutions for disaster risk reduction.A site visit to Yavusania Village s...
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 UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme (PTP), in partnership with the International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT), is happy to announce the launch of the first ever e-learning course on security sector reform. This much awaited course combines the experience and knowledge of ISSAT and the interactive and online educational expertise of UNITAR. The course has been developed from ISSAT’s Level 1 Basic course on SSR, and is recognized by both organizations with UNITAR/ISSAT certification.
The importance of this e-learning programme cannot be…
In addition to mapping and GIS solutions for humanitarian emergency response and human security, UNOSAT is strongly engaged in helping countries and UN organizations develop their capacity in satellite derived analysis and the use of geospatial information for territorial planning and monitoring. Several in-country programmes are ongoing. Nigeria is a case in point where strong tangible results have been achieved in just one year.
UNOSAT capacity development and training programme in Rivers State, Nigeria, is one in a series of flagship projects developed by UNOSAT…
“Reduce the fear of migration by 50% until 2015”. Could this be a migration related Millennium Development Goal (MDG)? While it seems rather unlikely that the international community will agree on international targets when it comes to migration in the near future, it is clear that human mobility and the achievement of the MDGs are related. In view of the upcoming MDG Review Summit (20-22 September), UNITAR, together with IOM, UNFPA and the MacArthur Foundation, held an expert seminar on 2 September at UN Headquarters, to re-examine these inter-linkages.
The seminar…
UNITAR is preparing to launch its highly anticipated e-learning course on Climate Change Diplomacy which is due to start on the October 4th and will run for a duration of eight weeks. The course is set to provide high-level, diplomatic training for diplomats, negotiators and other high level officials prior to the climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, later this year.
Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Understanding the climate change problem is a work in progress for the scientific community, however the risks that it…
UNOSAT has striven for years to bring satellite applications to the attention of policy makers and senior leaders. These efforts were rewarded on 20 September when UNOSAT Manager Francesco Pisano addressed the UN High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the MDGs during a side event organised by UNITAR, OECD and the Government of Egypt. UNOSAT offered to the audience a new perspective concerning achieving MDGs through partnerships that work because they are focused on technology and result. Pisano said “Knowledge and Action are two important stations on the way…