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2 September 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – On 28 September 2021, UNITAR and the University of Geneva, co-chairing the University Global Coalition Working Group on Open Innovation for the SDGs, host a session on "Reinforcing the SDGs through open innovation" in the 2021 University Global Coalition Annual Conference "Building Connections and Action for the SDGs".
The University Global Coalition (UGC) Working Group on Open Innovation for the SDGs was launched in October 2021 by UNITAR and the University of Geneva, in view of their long-standing partnership in promoting the educa...
26 March 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and Franklin University Switzerland (FUS) – a Swiss/American accredited liberal arts university in Lugano, Switzerland – hosted a three-day online hackathon event during the Open Geneva Hackathon Festival. The event was organized and managed by three graduating students: Cristina Elvira Pérez, Jacqueline Lemon, and Ugo Bernasconi, from the Master’s programme in International Management with an emphasis on Responsible Management and Climate Action at FUS in partnership with UNITAR.
The hackathon aimed to foster creative and integ...
25 April 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – In partnership with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) UNITAR has established its 31st CIFAL centre in Singapore to offer a range of learning opportunities on sustainability education and facilitate knowledge sharing between government officials and leaders from different Asia Pacific countries.
NTU Singapore was selected to host the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Singapore, the only such centre in the country. It joins 30 other international training centres in the g...
9 November 2020, Merida, Mexico – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Merida hosted a two-day virtual workshop on the role and contribution that Media can make in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.
During two days, 35 members of the press from Mexico participated in the discussions that were facilitated by experts and practitioners from CIFAL Merida, CIFAL Ecuador, CIFAL Madrid, CIFAL Malaga, and UNITAR.
The seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Hector Navarrete, Director of CIFAL Merida and by Dr. Deisi Kusztra, Member of ...
26 October 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, Franklin University Switzerland (FUS), and Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) Switzerland sign a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the first SDG Management School (SDGMS) in Geneva.
The SDGMS is the first Business School in the world to put the UN mission for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into practice at the forefront of education. The SDGMS will foster global leadership, by providing innovative and creative education to students, based on the cooperative partnership between the Parties, operating in Europe and ...
In January 2021, UNITAR, in conjunction with UN ESCAP, UNDESA and UNDP, will be delivering an introductory training on “Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF) for Sustainability Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis and for Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” for countries of North and Central Asia.
The training, which will take place between 18-27 January 2021, comprises seven sessions that will cover a wide range of relevant topics such as the INFF inception phase and building blocks, SDG costing, planning and budgeting, themed bonds, and differen...
27 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland and Beijing, China - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Geneva School of Economics and Management of the University of Geneva and the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set global standards for SDG Education and Open Innovation.
The three documents were virtually signed by United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth, the Dean of the Geneva School of Economics and Management of the Univ...
23 April 2021, Merida, Mexico – In an effort to reach Indigenous Communities in Mexico and in Central America, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Merida (CIFAL Merida) developed a short manual and video about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Mayan language. This responds to their commitment to further disseminate the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’s Goals to Indigenous Peoples. Mayan is a living language that it is still spoken by at least 6 million Maya people in some countries in Mesoamerica, including Mexico, Guatemal...
27 October, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS), and the Taylor Institute at Franklin University Switzerland (FUS), collaborate on National Competitiveness Report and Nations Brand Value Ranking Report. The results of the Reports were released on October 27, 2022, in a public conference by IPS and FUS, and co-hosted by UNITAR.
Result of IPS Research Shows that "Strategy" Matters.
The other reports on national competitiveness, including those of IMD and WEF, release only one ranking while IPS releases two: differentiation a...
La UPB encuentra en la Agenda 2030 uno de sus principales referentes en el mundo para la gestión de sus impactos ambientales, sociales y económicos. Desde el 2017, en las Memorias de sostenibilidad, se ha visibilizado explícitamente la comunión entre la actuación de la Universidad y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, para hacer más efectiva la contribución a dichos objetivos. En 2019, la UPB realizó un ejercicio de priorización que permitió, de manera precisa, identificar en cuáles de los 17 ODS se producen impactos directos en coherencia con su condición de institució...