Building on their respective comparative advantages, UNDP and UNITAR will organize a total of 35 training and networking events over a 12-month period. More than 1,100 African negotiators and decision-makers will directly benefit from training and networking activities which incorporate UNITAR’s innovative methodologies and long-standing experience in knowledge transfer and executive learning.

The Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) has entered a new phase of its research programme, focused on achieving results in the area of GIS using a collaborative thinking approach based on scientific methods. The centre is based on an international partnership between CERN, UNITAR/UNOSAT and the University of Geneva and a number of associated partners from amongst the leading academic institutions around the world.

3-4 March 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.  As a follow-up to the 50th session of the Board of Trustees, the Board’s Chairman, Ambassador Henri Lopes, visited the Institute on 3-4 March with a view to engage in dialogue with UNITAR managers.

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.

Geneva 3 March 2011 - Based on a rapid assessment of very-high resolution satellite imagery recorded this morning at 11:26 am local time, UNOSAT released the first satellite based report focusing on people moving away from Libya to flee violence. The report shows several thousands of people located primarily within the Ra´s Ajdir border crossing

1 March 2011.  Geneva, Switzerland.  UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes had the honour of receiving a high-level visit from the Costa Rican Foreign Minister, Mr. René Castro Salazar, at UNITAR Headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, Minister Castro expressed his full satisfaction with the past and ongoing cooperation between the Republic of Costa Rica and UNITAR in the area of environmental protection.

UNOSAT took part in an innovative initiative in the area of artistic imaging leading to an exhibition in Geneva in March 2011 and a permanent exhibition in Karlsruhe.