The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (Unitar) has unveiled the 2014 edition of the online training courses in financial management, international trade and intellectual property.
According to Unitar, these courses are intended for trade and finance professionals and officials from developing countries including least developed countries and economies in transition. Since the introduction of online courses in 2003, over 10 000 officials mainly from developing countries benefited from the courses, the institute says.
It also points out that Unitar is dedicated to delivering innovative e-learning courses by high-level experts in a flexible and interactive way.
Our e-learning courses allow users to interact with other participants, to exchange ideas, and to ask questions to the facilitators, who all come from different backgrounds, which contributes to the richness of our trainings, says the institution. Each course is moderated by an international expert with an in-depth understanding of current challenges and issues. Their real-world experiences allow participants to gain relevant and practical insights, it adds.
The institute notes that a typical course's length is around six weeks. Successful participants receive a certificate of completion from Unitar.
Unitar notes that with the demand from sub-Saharan African countries for online training steadily growing, the number of online courses has increased by 390% over the past five years, with more than 30% of beneficiaries coming from Africa, followed by Asia Pacific 24%, Latin America and the Caribbean 14%.
The current calendar of events includes some of the highly in-demand courses on Financial Negotiation, Risk Management, Financial Governance/Management, Trade and Intellectual Property, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, as well as Debt Management and Poverty Reduction, says Unitar.
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