• Effective Negotiation in Multilateral Conferences
• Drafting Skills and Report Writing
• Practical Preparation for Membership in the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
• Financing for Development and the 2030 Agenda

In a multilateral context, effective negotiation skills are critical for managing interdependencies, leveraging power and influencing outcomes. Mastering negotiation tools can therefore assist in securing beneficial agreements at the international level.

Participants in this workshop will receive training from top negotiation experts on effective negotiation skills in multilateral conferences. They will also learn first-hand from experienced diplomats and international civil servants who have successfully negotiated agreements in the peace and security and social and economic spheres.

This workshop’s objective is to improve international cooperation through more effective negotiating in a multilateral context.

This training will be offered by the UNITAR New York Office to delegates at their request and tailored to their specific needs. 

Duration: 1 day

KEY OBJECTIVES

• Define and distinguish the purposes, products and processes of multilateral conferences;
• Assess the strategies and techniques for producing good negotiated outcomes;
• Anticipate and address the main challenges in multilateral negotiations, both from the negotiators’ as well as the Chair’s perspective.
• Analyze negotiation dynamics, based on case studies presented by international experts relating to the adoption of resolutions.

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The course on report writing is aimed at helping diplomats new and experienced to the UN system with writing effective reports. Doing so will include developing a reliable process, finding a voice, crafting reports, and understanding the language of UN reports.

By understanding the parts of different reports, who the audience is, and what subject is supposed to be covered, the participants will become better writers and more informed consumers of diplomatic reports, able to navigate through them with ease to find what information they require.

This course aims to help novice speechwriters and seasoned scribes alike to create compelling material, develop a reliable process, find a speechwriting voice, craft excellent speeches – and become a more informed consumer of diplomatic rhetoric in the process.

Duration: 2 days (24-25 May 2023)

KEY OBJECTIVES

• To become better report writers through informed practice
• Apply the criteria of good report writing
• Discover and navigate challenges to report writing
• Learn the basic techniques of effective language
• Learn to navigate a report structure

2021 edition: UNITAR's Advanced Drafting Skills Workshop

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The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is an intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in conflict affected countries and is a key addition to the capacity of the International Community in the broad peace agenda. The PBC is composed by 31 Member States, elected from the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council. The top financial contributing countries and the top troop contributing countries to the United Nations system are also members.

Duration: 1 day (Date TBC)

KEY OBJECTIVES

The main objective of this training proposal is to prepare delegations of incoming members of the Peacebuilding Commission for their terms by  familiarising/orienting them in the working methods and procedures of the Commission, as well as to give Member States the opportunity to informally discuss the main objectives of the PBC and its Programme of Work in 2021.

Participants will leave the training with knowledge of how the Commission functions – its working methods and procedures, the different mandates associated with the Commission, and the expected results/outcomes. The training will engage members in order for them to better understand the work of the PBC.

2022 edition: UNITAR New York hosts the Induction Course for the Members of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and UNITAR NYO continues “Induction Course for the Members of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission”

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Mobilizing adequate resources —financial and nonfinancial— is critical for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. There is a need for a dramatic increase in financing as well as a major push to address global systemic issues and to advance capacity building, technology development and transfer, coherence in domestic policies and knowledge sharing and mutual learning.

At the conclusion of the course, participants will better understand the scope and objectives of the normative frameworks for financing sustainable development. The linkages between the frameworks and the groundbreaking 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be clarified, as will the institutional mechanisms that are in place to monitor progress in financing and the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Participants will also gain an understanding of the policy recommendations that emanate from analytical and normative work conducted across a range of entities and processes and how these can feed into policymaking at the national and local levels.

This training will be offered by the UNITAR New York Office to delegates at their request and tailored to their specific needs. 

Duration: 1 day

KEY OBJECTIVES

• Understand the scope and objectives of intergovernmental outcomes on Financing for Development, particularly the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
• Describe the resources needed to implement the 2030 Agenda, including financial and non-financial means of implementation and the role of the United Nations system in supporting efforts by Governments in this area;
• Gain knowledge on the important milestones for financing for development in 2020, including the Development Cooperation Forum High-level Meeting, ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up and ECOSOC special Meeting on “International Cooperation in Tax Matters”.
• Discover case studies presented by international experts relating to the adoption of resolutions.

REGISTRATION AT THE REQUEST OF DELEGATES