Displaying 1 - 10 of 28
Nanosafety Regional Workshop for the Central and Eastern European Region, Poland
UNITAR’s Chemicals and Waste Management Programme in partnership with OECD, and funded by the Government of Switzerland, organised a series of regional workshops in 2018. These workshops were aimed towards professionals working nationally or at the regional level in the nano field or broader chemicals management. Perspectives and experiences from governments, regional experts, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations were included. Thanks to the SAICM secretariat ...
During the 25th Conferences of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Madrid, Spain on 2-13 December 2019, UN CC:Learn co-led the organization of the One UN Side Event on Climate Change Education titled “Learning for Climate Action”, which took place on Thursday, 12 December 2019. This event was designed to highlight the tangible contributions that learning, skills development and investment in climate-resilient education systems are making towards concrete and ambitious climate action as well as discuss opportunit...
The Institute’s evaluation function is guided by an evaluation policy and serves accountability, decision-making, organizational learning and quality improvement purposes.The policy is operationalized at the centralized and decentralized levels. At the centralized level, the Planning, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Unit acts as the custodian of the evaluation function and undertakes independent evaluations of projects and other undertakings e.g. on a cluster or thematic basis. At the decentralized level, Programme Units undertake self-evaluations of projects and...
The two organizations have designed a collaborative Master of Science in International Management with an emphasis on Responsible Management and Climate Change. The curriculum will provide students with an intensive path of study that gives a strong background in leadership, creates situations that build experience in collaboration and project management, and offers a practical experience through working on real ongoing UN projects.
An informative session will be held on Friday 29 March at the United Nations Office in Geneva and will provide the participants with an overvi...
Design and delivery of learning experiences
We create learning experiences that are rooted in the needs of our target audience and organisations aiming at improved performance on the long run.
Training of trainers
We empower trainers to be more effective and engaging in order to enhance and transform the knowledge, skills and attitudes of those they work with.
Learning reinforcement
Learning does not stop at the end of a training event. We create long-term follow up systems that support the integration of learning and the application of knowledge, skills and attitudes ...
Credit: The Innovation Society, May 2016
Governance of nanomaterials: Scientific insights as a basis for regulation
UNITAR’s senior expert, Georg Karlaganis, attended the 10th International Nano-Authorities Dialogue, presenting on UNITAR’s activities, the work on nanotechnologies and manufactured nanomaterials as a SAICM emerging policy issue, and the SAICM governance process up to 2020 and beyond.
Georg’s presentation (in German)
The dialogue took place on 18 and 19 May 2016, at the invitation of the Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland. More than 5...
There is a direct link between gender equality, women empowerment and climate change. Women are among the groups that are most vulnerable to the impacts of the increasing levels of natural resource depletion and environment degradation. At the same time, their voices and concerns are often excluded from the processes of policy-planning and decision-making that seek to tackle climate change, reduce inequality and curb the environmental crisis that we currently face. In spite of that, it is widely accepted that women can and should play a central role in the response to clima...
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, UNITAROn 16 December 2024, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Michelle Gyles-McDonnough of Jamaica as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). With more than 30 years’ experience in sustainable development, policy advocacy, international trade and international relations, and change management in complex bureaucracies, Ms. Gyles-McDonnough has held multiple leadership roles withi...
In addition to training and e-Learning courses, UNITAR provides the opportunity to gain knowledge through post-graduate courses. We partner with academic institutions such as the Open University of Catalonia, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Copenhagen to offer diplomas and certificates in areas such as peacekeeping, development policies and geo-information in disaster situations.
Different Masters Programmes have different requirements and admission process. For more information, please check each degree page in the Mas...
79 per cent of respondents confirmed application of knowledge and skills acquired through UNITAR’s learning events.
According to the respondents, opportunity to apply knowledge/skills and the importance for job success are the most important factors influencing on application.
By contrast, the lack of opportunity to apply, lack of time and the absence of systems and processes at workplaces are the main barriers to application.
Governments sector respondents reported the highest rate of application among all sectors.
Blended and face-to-face training events p...