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Established in 2021, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Victoria (CIFAL Victoria), delivers training activities and research that build on UVic's commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It connects the region with the global community and supports international knowledge-sharing and partnerships, with a focus on four key themes.Scope: North AmericaThematic areas: Oceans, climate, and sustainabilityInnovation and…, ...
Throughout history, human progress was punctuated by revolutionary advances in science, technology, and innovation. These powerful catalysts should now be harnessed to address and overcome one of the major challenges of our time, the climate crisis.
The self-paced Massive Open Online Course "Develop and Implement Science, Technology, and Innovation for SDGs Roadmaps - Level I" was developed by UNDESA and UNITAR to support various stakeholders' capacities in this endeavor by providing key concepts, objectives, multi-stakeholder cooperation modalities, and step-by-step guida...
December 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - We are pleased to announce that UN SDG:Learn has new functionalities that allows users to register on the platform and get recommendations on the learning and make own learning lists. In addition, one get certified on SDG Primer test directly on the platform.
The recommendations are provided based on the learning preference around 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and three cross-cutting areas such as 2030 Agenda, Leave No One Behind and Breaking the silos which covers the topics of policy coherence, integrated planning and system...
“Jóvenes Líderes de Paz y Reconciliación en Colombia: un enfoque transformador” es un proyecto diseñado por UNITAR con el generoso apoyo de German Federal Foreign Office y en colaboración con Ciudad Don Bosco (CDB). Su objetivo es contribuir con el proceso continuo de consolidación de la paz y reconciliación en Colombia mediante el fortalecimiento de la resiliencia y prevención de conflictos en los jóvenes en alto riesgo, las familias, las comunidades marginadas y la sociedad en general.
En el siguiente video sobre los miembros del equipo de UNITAR que dirigiero...
July Edition: 27 – 31 July 2020
August Edition: 17 – 21 August 2020
Online Edition: 17 – 28 August 2020 , This summer, UNITAR is delighted to deliver two 5-day field visits to Geneva, Switzerland. These will offer participants the chance to fully immerse themselves into International Geneva and thereby gain first-hand experience of the United Nations.
UNITAR will host most of the programme in the headquarters of the Wor...
As a child growing up in Namibia in the late 80s and early 90s, my earliest memory always has the sound of the radio in the background. That would be whether I was at home in town or while helping out in the fields while visiting the village. I vividly remember listening to Christmas carols or the liberation songs to commemorate the Namibian liberation struggle against apartheid on Independence / Heroes days. Radio has been a big part of my childhood, it was a source of information and entertainment. Through this mode of communication, we learned of far-off relatives eithe...
On 19 August 2021, Geneva, Switzerland (Virtual) – UNITAR’s Division for Peace is excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region - Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) with the goal of contributing to international, regional, and local efforts aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region. UNITAR and the ICGLR-RTF have a strong work...
Upcoming:TBAPast:The 2nd UNITAR International Research Conference - December 3 - 4 2024Building capacities to further the New Agenda for Peace - April 19th, 2024Building Bridges for Peace: An exchange of experiences on DDR and its linkages with human rights, early warning, and conflict prevention between Colombia and African contexts - March 11th, 2024 The 1st International UNITAR Research Conference - Climate Security: Peace & Security Consequences of Climate Change - November 23rd to November 24th, 2023Can Peace Ever Return to the Sahel? Exploring actions to ...
19 April 2024, Plock, Poland – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Plock conducted different road safety activations during the Plock Career and Professional Activity Fair. Employers, entrepreneurs and labour market partners, as well as youngsters participated in the Fair at the Orlen Arena on 18 April 2024.
This Year’s Fair is organized by the: Municipality of Plock, the District Labor Office in Płock, and the Provincial Labor Office Warsaw Branch in Plock, representing an excellent opportun...
24 March 2023, New York, USA – In the framework of the UN 2023 Water Conference UNITAR hosted the side event “Promoting Water Culture through Learning & Action”. The overall objective of the side event is to mobilize support and expertise to deliver innovative training and build human capacities on pressing water-related issues at a large scale.
The Stakeholder Consultation Roundtable on Capacity Development held on October 2022 as part of the preparatory meeting of the UN 2023 Water Conference highlighted the need for a “Global network of educ...