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UN CC:Learn Blog Shares Climate Change Learning Impact Stories
The series of blogs feature success stories of people and communities that have been empowered to act on climate change through knowledge and skills development.
1 February 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - UN CC:Learn supports climate change training, education and public awareness-raising through collaborative efforts among of UN agencies and partners. It also supports countries in taking a strategic approach to climate change learning. These efforts are led with the main purpose of achieving results in…
UN CC:Learn Global Partners Discuss the New 2017-2020 Implementation Phase
06 March 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - The UN CC:Learn global partners met in Geneva, Switzerland for the 8th UN CC:Learn Steering Group Meeting. Partners from FAO, ILO, IOM, UN Environment, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFCCC, UNITAR, UNSSC, UNU, WFP, WTO participated to discuss the arrangements for the 2017-2020 phase of UN CC:Learn, launched on September 2017.
The day started with welcoming remarks from Mr. Daniel Maselli from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Mr. Steven Stone from UN…
UNITAR and AGFUND Commit to Strengthen Financial Inclusion in Africa
15 November 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen capacity building and technical support for Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa during their bilateral meeting held at the AGFUND Headquarters in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on November 13, 2018.
The meeting was attended by the Executive Director of AGFUND Mr. Nasser B. Al-Kahtani and Mr Alexander Mejia, Director of the Division for People and Social…
October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. The United Nations Development Programme – Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP RBA) and UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme successfully conducted the skills-building workshop on “Négociations financières multilatérales: les défis pour l’Afrique” (Geneva, 20 to 21 October 2011). Fifteen (15) negotiators and officials from French-speaking Sub-Saharan African countries participated in this two-day event. The main workshop goal was to enable participants to effectively prepare and participate in multilateral financial negotiations such…
UNITAR and BADEA Assess the Private Sector Development Training Needs in Lusophone African Countries
UNITAR and BADEA Assess the Private Sector Development Training Needs in Lusophone African Countries
5 December, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR in collaboration with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) recently conducted a needs assessment seminar on strengthening human resources of Lusophone African countries for private sector development. The seminar was conducted in Praia, Cape Verde from 22 to 24 November 2016 with the technical support of the Centre Africain pour le Commerce, l’Intégration et le Développement (ENDA CACID).
Dr. Guevara Cruz,…
5 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – The long-standing collaboration between the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) has been further strengthened with the signing of an agreement to jointly conduct Diploma Courses on finance and debt-related topics for the WAIFEM-member countries in West Africa and beyond.
Over the next several months, the partnership aims to build-upon the lessons-learned from previous joint courses and to leverage the comparative advantage of…
COP20 Side Event Shows How Countries are Putting their National Adaptation Plans into Practice
4 December 2014, Lima, Peru - While ‘NAP’ (short for National Adaptation Plan) was just another international buzzword a few years ago, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are translating the concept into reality, influencing planning and budgeting at national, sub-national and local levels. At the same time LDCs are facing extreme and very pressing challenges as a result of climate change, in particular in the Sahel region.
The extent of the work that is being done…
联合国训练研究所网络课程（汉语）
多边会议与外交 (2018年3月12日 – 2018年4月8日)
课程是关于什么？
政府利用多边会议作为实现国际政策目标的手段，有时是唯一的手段。无论是在联合国大会还是在气候变化谈判中，越来越多的工作人员发现自己在多边会议中的代表角色。本在线课程将帮助参与者提高作为会议代表的表现。课程的最后，他们将能够理解会议如何展开，解释非正式协商的重要性，以及最重要的是，能制定战略，以实现自己的目标。
课程怎样运作？
本课程将通过联合国训练研究所的电子学习平台进行教学，并且提供各类多媒体系统的支持。在课程的学习中， 学员可以自己调整学习进度并且可以在论坛中与其他学员交流想法。学员还可以和同行取得联系，包括联合国训练研究所的工作人员以及在线专家。在线专家是有多边会议经验的中国外交官。他将会跟进课程，并且随时回答学员的提问。本课程还有个人评估，用来检测学员对课程的理解。通过所有评估的学员将收到联合国训练研究所颁发的官方证书。
什么是联合国训练研究所？
联合国训练研究所是联合国的主要培训部门，主要负责为联合国外交官和其他人员在国际事务中提供培训课程。联合国训研所的课程涵盖范围很广，包括联合国系统和技能发展。其使命是提高全球决策者实现更美好未来的能力。
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Delivering innovative training and conducting research is at the heart of UNITAR’s mission. On the 18th and the 19th November 2010, the Manager of UNITAR’s Peacekeeping Training Programme (PTP) took part in a series of events organised by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. On this occasion, UNITAR was represented at the Study and Work Abroad Fair where students were introduced to PTP’s new courses on peace operations.
A lecture was also given on Peacekeeping and the United Nations at the University’s School of Global Studies. The School is one of UNITAR’s newest…
1 March 2011. Geneva, Switzeralnd. UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes met with H.E. Mr. Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand. The meeting was intended to familiarize Minister Piromya with the overall work of the Institute with a view to examining cooperation prospects in various areas, also at a regional level. A tripartite collaboration between the Royal Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNITAR and a third party/potential donor could be envisaged as a possible way to promote regional activities in different…