CTBTxSDGs: CTBT Innovation Challenge Towards Securing Sustainable Development
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has announced the “CTBTxSDGs: CTBT Innovation Challenge Towards Securing Sustainable Development”. The challenge tasks students and young professionals with investigating potential linkages between the CTBT and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Participants will have to submit a research proposal highlighting original ideas on how the Treaty and the work […]
Read moreThird Edition “Bridge for Cities- Belt and Road Initiative: Developing Green Economies for Cities” Forum
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region and the City of Trieste participated in the third ‘Bridge for Cities – Belt and Road Initiative: Developing Green Economies for Cities’ Forum, which was jointly organized by UNIDO and the Finance Center for South-South Cooperation and held in Vienna from 9 to 11 October 2018.The delegation – led by Region […]
Read moreLawfulness on stage: a theatre play on the occasion of the Conference of the Parties of the Palermo Convention
Vienna, Monday 15th October 2018Lawfulness on stage: a theatre play on the occasion of the Conference of the Parties of the Palermo ConventionThe ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, also known as Palermo Convention, opened today at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna.The […]
Read moreItaly at the 62nd Session of the IAEA General Conference
The annual session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held in Vienna in the week of 17-21 September 2018. Core topics of the Conference were safety, security, safeguards, nuclear applications and technical cooperation for the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technologies. At the opening of the Conference, […]
Read moreITALY AT UNISPACE+50
The UNISPACE + 50 event, which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, was held in Vienna from 18 to 21 June 2018. The event consisted of an interactive Symposium on 18 and 19 June, followed by a High-Level Segment open to all […]
Read moreItaly, UNODC strengthen cooperation in support of prison reform in Lebanon
On 5 June 2018 Italy and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a new €500,000 funding agreement aimed at supporting efforts to improve prison conditions in Lebanon. The agreement, which covers the period 2018/2019, marks the continuation of a long-term partnership between the three, totalling more than €1.5 million in assistance […]
Read moreXXVII session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
From 14 to 18 may 2018, the XXVII session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was held in Wien.The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, intervened at the session and underlined the link between the fight against organized crime and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Secretary General also […]
Read moreItaly and UNIDO committed to support the agro-industrial sector in Somalia
Vienna, 9 May 2018. With the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Project entitled “Agro-technology development for economic growth in South and Central Somalia” Italy allocates 3 million euro, thereby confirming its commitment to promoting the economic development of Somalia. The aim of the Project, managed by UNIDO in collaboration with the Somalian […]
Read moreSide event on integrity and anti-corruption in the private sector on the margins of the United Nations Crime Commission
Vienna, 16th May 2018 – Within the framework of the 27th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna has organized a special event dedicated to integrity and anti-corruption policies in the private sector. The initiative is part of a project […]
Read moreMSCA MaRaThoN (University of Padua, 26-28 June 2018).
The University of Padua has published a call for applications for the selection of 40 participants for the second edition of “MSCA MaRaThoN (Master your Research and Training Needs)”. The training course is addressed to top candidates who wish to apply for the upcoming Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Individual Fellowship (MSCA –IF) call, indicating the […]
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