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30 January 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division for Prosperity will hold the “Digital Champions” forum on 20-21 February 2024 in Warsaw as the final session of the digital reskilling training programme for Ukrainian women evacuees in Poland. More than 40 top-performing programme participants will be invited to join the forum, where they will discuss and present data analytics, cybersecurity, geographic information systems, or digital graphics and web design.
The forum will also provide several businesses the opportunity to introduce their companies to t...
In 2015, the United Nations Members States adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide their actions and progress towards "peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future". Safe, timely, and accessible surgical care is a central part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is necessary to achieve Universal Health Coverage. The Lancet Commision on Global Surgery has made it clear that the status quo is not an option: almost one third of the global disease burden is surgical, yet over 5 billion people lack access to safe and...
26 April 2023, Hangzhou, China. Tremendous amounts of data generated every day represent significant opportunities for National Statistical Systems (NSS) to improve the timeliness, granularity and quality of information about our societies. Yet, many NSOs, particularly in developing countries, struggle to ensure they have sufficient staff with relevant competencies to harness these opportunities or at times even to produce basic statistics. Building sustainable statistical programs at the national level can help strengthen the capacities of staff of the NSOs and NSS o...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Hiroshima on 6 August 2022 to commemorate the 77th year since the atomic bombing of the city.
Young activists across Japan met the Secretary-General for an informal dialogue session to discuss the youth's challenges and innovative solutions for achieving a peaceful, more secure and sustainable world – one without nuclear weapons.
The Power of Youth from Hiroshima was co-organized by United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo (UNIC Tokyo), United Nations Institute for ...
Over the past several years (2016-2022) UNITAR’s outreach to learners has increased significantly, including participants in learning events containing an objective assessment of learning. However, the proportion of certificates of completion (CoC) issued to these learners has declined. In 2023, the UN Board of Auditors observed this trend and recommended UNITAR to undertake an evaluation to uncover any factors driving completion rates. This evaluation assessed the effectiveness of UNITAR's learning-related programming, focusing on factors driving learner completion an...
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Ukrainian women refugees in Poland are invited to apply to the training programme Bolstering Livelihoods: Digital Reskilling for Ukrainian Women Evacuees in Poland.
The six-month hybrid programme will provide training in high-demand digital skills to increase employment and income-generating potential as well as guide participants on developing socially responsible digital start-ups and build leadership and entrepreneurial skills to drive change and innovation.
The programme is divided into three phases with successful p...
In February 2020, UNITAR Division for Peace launched a roster of trainers to consolidate the best expertise and knowledge available globally in the fields of peacekeeping, peacebuilding, crisis management, and conflict transformation. Applications are accepted through the online questionnaire, accessible through the links in the respective vacancy announcements. Vacancy announcements are grouped by thematic areas, with each group being published every two-three weeks.
The roster is open to trainers with various levels of thematic and training experience. In particular, we ...
On 6 August 2024, a panel discussion “Dialogue with World Leaders and Future Makers Towards a World without Nuclear Weapons” was hosted by UNITAR, the Hiroshima Prefectural Government, and the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe), in coordination with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs at the Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima stadium.World leaders and youth representatives discussed what young people can do for a world without nuclear weapons. The dialogue was full of their passion for a nuclear-weapon-free world.They called upon young peopl...
02 October 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – Between 9-27 September 2024, 25 senior government officials from the Municipality of Shanghai participated in the ‘Science, Technology, and Sustainable Development Training Programme’. The programme organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and CIFAL Shanghai, offered a comprehensive platform for senior government officials to deepen their understanding of global trends in science, technology, and sustainable development. This programme, supported by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Af...
13 July 2022, New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Port Luis, Mauritius & Victoria, Seychelles – During the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized jointly with the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA/DPIDG) a virtual side event entitled "Enabling small island states to achieve the SDGs through more forward-looking and holistic planning ...