20-24 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. On the occasion of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (COP-5) in Geneva, Switzerland, 20 – 24 June 2011, UNITAR/ILO and the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention will hold a side event to brief delegates about the linkages between the international chemicals Conventions (such as the Rotterdam, Stockholm and Basel Conventions) and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.

June 2011, Montreux, Switzerland. At UNITAR’s Peacekeeping Training Programme, training is seen as a conduit for transformation—leading individuals to make changes that improve and enhance their performance at work and in life. In particular, “training of trainers” (ToT) is a concept which aims to give individuals the skills and knowledge to implement an adult training programme on a given topic.

15 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland – UNOSAT trainers celebrated the first successful master level training delivered by the team in Geneva. The UNOSAT premises housed at CERN include a training facility that for first time hosted a 3-week intensive training to students of the Master Course on Disaster Management of the Universities of Copenhagen and Lund. The UNOSAT course is worth 6 ECTS credits.

25 July to 23 September 2011, Social Media Tools, e-learning course. In the framework of their collaboration aiming to jointly develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have developed the course Innovative Collaboration for Devel

24-26 May 2011, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. UNITAR and the Asia-Pacific Civil Military Centre of Excellence (APCMCOE) have identified the Protection of Civilians as an area of common interest on which they could jointly launch a sustainable cooperation.

Nairobi, Keynia.