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Public Policy, Sustainable Development

Foundations of Strategic Foresight

This online course, Foundations of Strategic Foresight, equips decision-makers and planners in the Arab region with essential skills in Strategic Foresight.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours

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Economics

Understanding the potential use of blockchain for trade facilitation

This course explores the concept of blockchain and raises awareness on the possibilities and obstacles associated with using such technology in trade facilitation
Partners: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours

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Climate Change

Regional climate modelling assessment tools and their applications in the Arab region: from science to policymaking

The course reviews the integrated methodology of the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socioeconomic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR)
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 2 hours

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Economics, Sustainable Development

Climate Finance Taxonomy Options for the Arab Region

Sustainable finance taxonomies are essential tools for guiding capital toward climate and sustainability goals. As countries in the Arab region commit to low-carbon development, taxonomies can help define what qualifies as “sustainable,” which enhances credibility, transparency, and harmonization of financial flows.
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 4 hours

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Urban Development

Introduction to Urban Economic Resilience for inclusive responses and recovery from crises

This course aims to help participants build knowledge and skills related to urban economic resilience performance and diagnostic, as well as recommended recovery and rebuilding actions and/or plans in collaboration with national and local stakeholders to enhance urban economic resilience in cities. 
Partners: UNHABITAT
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 3 hours

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Green Economy

Digital Agricultural Technologies in the Arab Region

The online training programme explores the transformative potential of digital technologies in agriculture across the Arab region
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 4 hours

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Green Economy

Renewable Energy Technologies in the Arab Region

The online training programme focuses on renewable energy technologies tailored to the Arab region and aims to inspire individuals to seize emerging opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 4 hours

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Green Economy

Technologies de l’eau, de l’assainissement et de l’hygiène (EAH) dans la région arabe

Le programme de formation en ligne aborde les technologies EAH (eau, assainissement et hygiène) dans la région arabe et vise à motiver les individus à explorer les opportunités de création de projets entrepreneuriaux dans le secteur EAH. Les participants découvriront des technologies EAH innovantes
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 3 hours

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Sustainable Development

Food System Assessment in the Arab Region (In Arabic)

This e-course presents a Food System Assessment Tool, which builds on a limited number of select indicators to allow countries to have a better understanding on how their food systems are delivering in terms of food security and nutrition and the key attributes of inclusivity, resilience, and sustainability.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours

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Green Economy

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) technologies in the Arab region

The online training programme addresses WASH technologies in the Arab region and aims to motivate individuals to explore opportunities for the creation of entrepreneurial projects in the WASH sector.
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 3 hours

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Gender

International instruments on Women, Peace and Security (in Arabic)

This course answers a series of important questions on the UN Resolutions related to women, peace and security
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours

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Climate Change, Sustainable Development

Small-scale renewable energy applications in rural areas (in Arabic)

This course serves as an integrated and comprehensive introduction on renewable energy, rural development, food production, agricultural best practices, and the water-energy-food nexus
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 15 hours

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Sustainable Development

Inclusive education (in Arabic)

This course aims to ensure the development of comprehensive policies and practices; enhance the quality of education and ensure the participation of all children in school; and place the learning child at the center of the educational process at school, in the family, and in society. It specifically focuses on children most at risk of dropping out and on schools in the most disadvantaged areas.
Partners: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 40 hour

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Gender, Sustainable Development

Mainstreaming gender in voluntary national reviews

Mainstreaming a gender perspective into the preparation and content of voluntary national reviews will help to integrate gender equality into national policies, programmes and mechanisms to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 3 hours

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Public Policy, Sustainable Development

Integrated approaches to mainstreaming, acceleration and policy support for the SDGs

Practical ways to support United Nations Country Teams and Member States in implementing and accelerating the 2030 Agenda using the mainstreaming, acceleration and policy support approach.
Partners: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 24 hour

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Gender

Gender statistics (In Arabic)

This course aims to enhance the capacities of users and producers of statistics to monitor progress towards gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 6 hours

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Green Economy

Agricultural technologies in the Arab region

The online training programme addresses sustainable agricultural technologies in the Arab region and aims to inspire individuals to explore entrepreneurial opportunities within the agricultural sector.
Partners: Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 4 horus

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Procurement, Sustainable Development

Implementing Sustainable Public Procurement

The course aims to position sustainable procurement within current economic, political and legal framework and provides information for public authorities and others wishing to understand and implement sustainable procurement.
Partners: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 4 hours

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Public Sector Leadership

Public sector leadership certificate

This course provides the opportunity to assess your own leadership skills and use several leadership models and goal-setting approaches that can help you determine which leadership strategies and behaviours will be most effective in your organization.
Partners: Cornell University
Type:Blended
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 3 months

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Urban Development

New Urban Agenda crash course part 1: core dimensions

Learners will be able to explain the timely importance of the New Urban Agenda and sustainable urbanization and understand and describe various dimensions and concepts of the Agenda.
Partners: UNHABITAT
Type:Self-paced
Level:Beginners
Duration: 3 hours

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Economics, Sustainable Development

Anti-corruption in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

This online course promotes awareness about the key role anti-corruption plays in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It offers practical examples and key tools for enhancing the integration of anti-corruption in the measurement and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Partners: United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
Type:Blended
Level:Advanced
Duration: 5 weeks

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Procurement

Fighting bid rigging in public procurement

This course introduces the topic of fighting bid rigging in public procurement and highlights the importance of competition in enhancing the effectiveness of procurement procedures.
Partners: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 2 hours

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Economics, Sustainable Development

Designing a multidimensional poverty index

This course teaches how to develop a holistic multidimensional poverty index that integrates income-based inequalities with deprivations across health, education, housing, sanitation, employment and livelihoods, food security, environment and other living standards to inform the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Partners: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Advanced
Duration: 7 weeks (2-3 hours per week)

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Urban Development

New Urban Agenda crash course part 2: means of implementation

This course is the second of two courses explaining and illustrating the New Urban Agenda. Here, we focus on the means of implementation of the Agenda.
Partners: UNHABITAT
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 3.5 hours

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Public Private Partnerships

Unleashing the power of the private sector for the 2030 Agenda

This course addresses the capacity of the private sector to be a key driver in achieving the objectives of the 2030 Agenda.
Partners: United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
Type:Blended
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 5 weeks

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Economics, Public Policy

Behavioural insights and strategic planning

The behavioural insights and strategic planning online course is an open, self-paced e-learning course. It provides an introduction to the application of behavioural insights in strategic planning and aims to enhance integrated national development planning in the Arab region.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours

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Public Policy, Sustainable Development

Policy coherence for sustainable development

The course emphasises the importance of cross-organisational policy coherence between different levels of government and on the need for collaboration and networking with regional and international actors.
Partners: United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
Type:Blended
Level:Advanced
Duration: 5 weeks

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Sustainable Development

Foundational primer on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

This Sustainable Development Goals primer aims to establish a common base of understanding and approach for the United Nations system in supporting the 2030 Agenda. It aims to inform, in broad terms, the programmes and actions of all United Nations entities, including their engagement with government and civil society partners
Partners: United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 2-3 hours

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Public Private Partnerships, Sustainable Development

E-learning series on public-private partnerships

Public-private partnership (PPP) online training materials have been developed for self-study and tailored to provide basic knowledge on various issues to policymakers.
Partners: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours

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Public Policy, Sustainable Development

Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The course provides in-depth and wide-ranging guidance on how to mainstream the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into national strategies and policies.
Partners: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Advanced
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

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Migration

Improving assistance to nationals affected by crises abroad

This course provides key knowledge on the main conditions that define the vulnerabilities of citizens abroad during crisis situations.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 5 hours

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Migration

Counter trafficking in humanitarian settings

This course explains the United Nations protocols that define trafficking in persons, how human trafficking can occur, and how a crisis affects human trafficking trends.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 3 hours

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Economics

Financial education

This innovative e-learning course on financial education is designed to provide learners with the essential knowledge, skills and competencies to better manage their personal finances.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Beginners
Duration: 4 hours

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Economics

Introduction to life cycle thinking

This course draws on materials from the Life Cycle Initiative and offers participants an overview of life cycle approaches while developing understanding on how to assess the impacts of sustainability issues at every stage in their life cycles.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Beginners
Duration: 1 hour

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Migration

Migration and protracted crises

This course focuses on forced migration due to protracted crisis situations, including both natural and human-made disasters and conflict. It explains key concepts of migration and categories of migrants and defines the drivers and impacts of forced migration in situations of protracted crisis.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 55 minute

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Migration

Migration and youth in rural areas

This course allows participants to understand the linkages between migration and rural development, with a particular focus on youth. It also provides policy recommendations on how to maximize the positive impacts of rural migration and minimize its negative effects.
Partners: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 50 minute

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Gender

Introduction to gender

This course aims to enhance awareness and understanding of gender equality and women's empowerment as a first step towards changing behaviour and integrating gender into the daily work of the United Nations.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Advanced
Duration: 2.5 hours

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Gender, Migration

Migration and gender

This course explains gender concepts and available data about women migrants, the gender dimensions of migration at different phases of the migration cycle, and how vulnerability, discrimination and gender roles affect women both as challenges and opportunities.
Type:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 1 hour

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