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Public Policy, Sustainable Development
Foundations of Strategic Foresight (coming soon)
This online course, Foundations of Strategic Foresight, equips decision-makers and planners in the Arab region with essential skills in Strategic Foresight.
Type:Self-pacedLevel: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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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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel:Suitable for All
Duration: 6 hours
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Economics
Social expenditure monitor (Coming soon)
The social expenditure monitor will provide comprehensive mapping of public social expenditure to inform budgeting and social policy reforms and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of budgeting.
Type:Self-pacedLevel:Advanced
Duration: 2 hours
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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 SustainabilityType:Self-paced
Level:Suitable for All
Duration: 4 hours
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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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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: UNHABITATType:Self-paced
Level:Beginners
Duration: 3 hours
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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: UNHABITATType:Self-paced
Level:Intermediate
Duration: 3.5 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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Climate Change
Introductory e-course on climate change
This course provides clear, concise and up-to-date information about climate change.
Type:Self-pacedLevel:Beginners
Duration: 12 hours
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Climate Change
Finding the money - financing climate action
This course provides an overview of the definition of climate finance and where countries access different sources of financing.
Type:Self-pacedLevel:Intermediate
Duration: 45 minute
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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-pacedLevel:Intermediate
Duration: 2 hours
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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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel: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-pacedLevel:Suitable for All
Duration: 1 hour
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