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2023年2月9日・広島 - 国連ユニタール広島事務所は、2023年3月20日午前9時～午後1時（ジュネーヴ時間）/午後5時~9時（日本時間）にバーチャル会議「フィンテックエコシステム経済と気候変動への活用」を開催します。
パネリストをお招きして、開発実践におけるフィンテック、フィンテックとサイバーセキュリティ、フィンテックとエコロジーの３つのテーマに焦点を当て、SDGs達成に向けたフィンテックの活用について議論をしていただきます。
, デロイト、ジョージメイソン大学、世界経済フォーラム、国連環境計画、ケンブリッジ代替金融センター、EthicHub、グリフィス大学から専門的なパネリストをお招きし、開発実践におけるフィンテック、フィンテックとサイバーセキュリティ、フィンテックとエコロジーの３つのテーマに焦点を当て、SDGs達成に向けたフィンテックの活用について議論をしていきます。
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日時：2023年3月20日（月）午前9時～午後1時（ジュネーヴ時...
Francesco Pisano says: “We are continuing to equip the Programme with what it takes to do this job effectively and professionally. But this is done also to bring a distinct advantage to the entire UN family. After the partnership with Google to share crowd generated data with UNOSAT and the rest of the UN, this is a second main achievement by UNOSAT which will change the way we do things and the overall technology level of the UN. I hope this can be of help to the entire UN”. UNOSAT in fact has added to the purchase order the funds necessary to endow 3 other UN bodies with ...
Established in 2022, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in London (CIFAL City of London) is hosted by MLA College in London, United Kingdom. The centre provides a range of learning opportunities, exchange best practices, support the improvement of decision-making and leadership in the maritime sector to promote sustainability.Scope: Europe and maritime sector.Thematic Areas:Economic developmentSocial inclusionGender equalityEnvironmental sustainabilityMaritime-related affairs., Prof. John ChudleyProfessor John Chudley began honing his skills...
Promoting a Dialogue about City-to-City Decentralized Cooperation
27 November 2014, Washington DC, USA – With the objective of looking at some best cooperation practices within the United Nations System and to support collaboration among the cities of the South, UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation Programme (DCP) jointly with the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP) and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) hosted the Forum titled “City-to-City Decentralized Cooperation in the Framework of Triangular and South-South Cooperation” at the Organization…
Forty-eight high school students from Hiroshima completed UNITAR Hiroshima's Youth Ambassador Programme in August 2022.
Youth Ambassadors Koua Miyamoto and Shiori Harada shared their motivations and learning experiences.
UNITAR Division for Prosperity aims to deepen the student's understanding of global issues and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), equip them with the skills of initiating and driving their projects, and allow them to connect globally with international experts and other young activists.
, 27 February 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – Forty-eigh...
“Born and bred in Nigeria”, as her typical first name indicates, 37 years old Sa’adatu Bowsan developed an interest in political topics in her early youth, although coming from a family that never was heavily implicated in politics in the first place. That interest developed further when she enrolled to study political science in Abuja’s university from 1999 to 2002, bringing back a Degree in that field that very year. Later, she took part in various trainings, monitored elections and political events, consulted with political institutions and worked with organisations in…
UNITAR New York Office Welcomes the Hiroshima City Council Delegates
13 April 2018, New York City, United States – Mr. Marco Suazo, head-of-office of the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, met with 13 delegates from Hiroshima City Council, Japan. The meeting was held in the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations on Friday morning, 13 April 2018.
Mr. Marco Suazo welcomed delegates with an opening speech addressing the special ties between the city of Hiroshima and New York – UNITAR’s offices are located in both…
While UNOSAT has consistently met high standards in very short delivery timelines, the new Data-in-hand strategy is an attempt to routinely approach actual near-real-time analysis. Francesco Pisano, Manager of UNOSAT, says “this level of responsiveness is not new at UNOSAT. What is new is our strategy to make this a standard feature. We keep looking downstream at user requirements in the field and we equip ourselves with what it takes to do better each time in responding to these”. In commenting on the attempts being done in some quarters of the GIS and space communities to...
UNITAR’s Affiliated Training Center in Shanghai Organized the 10th Global City Informatization Forum
UNITAR’s Affiliated Training Center in Shanghai Organized the 10th Global City Informatization Forum
4 - 6 November 2014, Shanghai, China – UNITAR’s affiliated training centre CIFAL Shanghai, in partnership with the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences organized the 10th Global City Informatization Forum (GCIF) that took place at the Kerry Hotel Pudong in Shanghai. An initiative created in 2000, the GCIF is a platform to exchange visions, policies and strategies on information and communications…
Born in Austria thirty-five years ago, Sabine Samarawickrema has devoted a huge part of her life to questions tied to sustainable consumption. During her Ph.D., which was completed in Vienna in 2011, she travelled to a lot of different places, working among others for the United Nations in New York. Having met her future husband in New York, she moved to Sri Lanka in 2011 and started working with various NGO's and the UN, active in the field of sustainable development, child protection or education.
But this enthusiastic young woman had to have her own way: one year later…