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UN Summer Academy 2012

The UN Summer Academy is created to provide executive education to those working for the UN and those who actively engage with the UN System in their daily lives, and it will combine academic rigour with cutting edge thinking on contemporary development challenges. Organized by the UNSSC in collaboration with UNITAR and the International Training Centre of the ILO, its main goal is to provide an executive space for learning and debate around contemporary issues, promoting intellectual and practical knowledge sharing, and fostering a culture of understanding and cross-fertilization among the various development actors, including the UN, the diplomatic corps, donors (traditional and emerging), non-governmental organizations, academia and the private and philanthropic sectors.

Director of the Staff College, Carlos Lopes, appointed as new Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Carlos Lopes, Director of the Staff College since 2007, has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as the new Executive Secretary of ECA, the largest UN entity devoted to Africa with around 300 economists and 800 staff, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr Lopes will have the rank of UN Under-Secretary-General. His main objective is to enhance African strategic capacity by making ECA the largest think tank on the continent. Mr Lopes has 24 years of UN experience and has vast knowledge of the continent.

Peace and Security

The 6th course on Applied Conflict Analysis for Prevention and Peacebuilding course open for enrolment

The UNSSC has opened registrations for its course on Applied Conflict Analysis for Prevention and Peacebuilding to take place in Turin from 26 to 29 June 2012. The 4-day training provides practical skills to use conflict analysis in contexts of deteriorating human security, armed conflict, political crisis and other threats to peace. Click here to go to the course page.

UN Leadership

UN Leaders Programme 9th cohort

The 9th cohort of the UN Leaders Programme will take place in Turin from 11 -15 June, cantered on the theme of "Ethics and Accountability".

The programme brings together high-level leaders (at the D-1 and D-2 levels) from all UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes and views strategic leadership through the lens of a Ethics and Accountability, a key priority of the UN. The programme emphasizes inter-agency collaboration, identity and action using a highly creative hybrid of theory, practice and self-reflection.

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UNSSC Programme's Blog

Learning from peers as a distinct UNSSC approach to learning

3 Dec 2010 - 15:27

Learning practitioners have welcomed and are adopting rapidly social learning approaches everywhere around the globe. Providing opportunities to learn from peers (combining interaction both face-to-face and through social media tools) enables us to create more powerful and long-lasting learning experiences, allowing learners to be more productive, learn faster and work smarter.

Learning and knowledge management

20 Apr 2010 - 11:23

Contributed by Miguel Panadero, Learning and Training Services

Starting in 2009, UNSSC Senior Management has placed knowledge management and sharing at the heart of the College’s activities and modus operandi.

By placing Knowledge Management (KM) at the centre of its operation, the College was able to move from inconsistent programming practices towards a more logical, systematic, sustainable, transparent, and thus more efficient and resource-friendly business model.

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