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UNITAR, Unilever’s Sunlight and Absa Bank Kenya will run a new joint programme, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership Training for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa.
The online programme will train 5,000 women entrepreneurs in Kenya by June 2022 to develop their social or for-profit businesses.
Applications are now welcome from women business owners in Kenya who aspire to make a positive impact on their communities.
, October 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sunlight (a home care brand under Unilever Kenya Limit...
2023年11月9日・広島-2023年11月8日付で国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）広島事務所長に三上知佐（みかみ・ちさ）が就任しました。三上は、20年に渡って国連開発計画（UNDP）で培った経験等をもとに、今後ユニタール広島事務所の業務を主導して参ります。, 三上よりご挨拶：
ユニタール広島事務所の所長に就任し、大変嬉しく思っています。ユニタールの日本や広島での20年にわたる経験と実績をもとに、多様なパートナーと協力しながら、より良い未来を切り開くために、ユニタールの世界レベルの学習・知識共有サービスを国や機関、人々に提供し続けたいと思います。また、（2030年アジェンダの）『誰ひとり取り残さない』という精神で、これまで我々のサービスを受けられなかった人々にもサービスを提供できるよう、尽力する所存です。
, なお、前任の隈元美穂子は、持続可能な繁栄局長と広島事務所長を兼務して参りましたが、引き続き持続可能な繁栄局長としてジュネーブ本部より指揮を執って参ります。, ユニタール広島事務所は設立20周年を迎えるにあたり、三上氏とともに、事務所のさらなる発展のために邁進してまいります。, 東京大学教養学部にて教養学士号を取得（中南米研究専攻）、コロンビア大学国際公共問題大学院にて国際問題修士号を取得（経済政治開発専攻）。シティバンク勤務を経て、...
Viktoria Podvoiska is a Ukrainian evacuee who moved to Poland at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of her country.Viktoria completed the UNITAR 2023 “Bolstering Livelihoods: Digital Reskilling for Ukrainian Women Evacuees in Poland” programme, where she chose the geographic information system (GIS) sub-track.She looks forward to when she can return to Kyiv and use her skills towards rebuilding Ukraine.The Bolstering Livelihoods programme was funded by the Government and People of Japan. The GIS sub-track was organized in partnership with a Japanese start-up company.,...
31 October 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) signed an agreement with Hiroshima University to collaborate on the implementation of the Programme for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development. The agreement was signed by the President of Hiroshima University Dr. Mitsuo Ochi and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director Mr. Nikhil Seth.Hiroshima University was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to implement the programme in cooperatio...
Showcasing the World Bank UN OHCHR UNITAR and AU Joint Program
The pursuit of peaceful and just societies is a collective aspiration that requires collaborative efforts among global, regional, national, and local partners to succeed.
Africa is currently facing the largest spike in violent conflict and forced displacement in the past 50 years. In such a framework, the root causes for why people fight span a wide range of thematic areas. These range from socio-economic issues to security and civic political issues that are all increasingly being affected by climate ch...
2 August 2023, Bangkok, Thailand – UNITAR in collaboration with its newly inaugurated training centre CIFAL Bangkok and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) launched today the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving.
In 2022 alone, Thailand witnessed a staggering number of road traffic crashes and casualties and holds the highest road traffic death rate among ASEAN countries and ranks 9th globally. Fatal crashes reached a figure of 14,965, resulting in 927,016 casualties on Thailand's roads. It is also estimated that alcohol use con...
27 September 2022, Plock, Poland – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Plock hosted the “City Coders Hackathon Plock” on 25-26 September, bringing together 81 participants, mostly high schoolers and university students to develop an application that would respond to the needs of the city residents.
Young innovators, under the supervision of experienced experts were tasked with designing solutions related to one of the three proposed topics: Social Inclusion, Renewable energy and City for the Youth.
Hackathon is not only about compet...
17 November 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Road Safety Global Training Initiative successfully launched the Learning App on Management Practices for Safer Roads, with the aim of providing in-hand practical solutions, participatory contributions from different stakeholders including the private sector, and results-based interventions.
The Learning App is based on the Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit, featuring projects and local interventions in cities in Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico and South Africa. This Toolkit, available now on mob...
03 February 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, UNCTAD, UNHCR and IOM organized the online side event “Entrepreneurship for Migrants and Refugees: Innovative Partnerships for Sustainable Development”, on 25 January 2021, in the framework of the13th Summit of the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD). It was held in English, with interpretation services to Arabic and French. There was a wide participation from all regions, with representatives from States, private sector, academia, and civil society.
During the first section of the event, Ms. Tatiana Krylov...
2 October 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – In September, UNOSAT hosted the Regional Technical Webinar Series on Flood Forecasting, Early Warning Systems and Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) for Flood Risk Management for ECOWAS member states. This is part of a wider effort to support the ECOWAS region in building resilience to the flood events it is facing.
In the past weeks, UNOSAT’s rapid mapping services were requested for flood events in Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde and Niger, three ECOWAS member states. Disastrous floods caused by heavy monsoon rains are not only occurri...