The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is the UN training arm for social and economic development, environmental services and multilateral diplomacy. UNITAR provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future.
UNITAR was created in 1963 to train and equip young diplomats from newly-independent UN Member States with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate through the diplomatic environment.
Over the years, UNITAR has acquired unique expertise and experience in designing and delivering a variety of training activities. We have become a leading institute in the provision of customized and creative learning solutions to institutions and individuals from both public and private sectors.
With a strategy fully focused on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNITAR supports Governments to implement the 2030 Agenda.
CIFAL Hubei is part of the United Nations framework,
through our affiliation with UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research).
CIFAL Hubei is the 22nd international training and research centre of CIFAL global network family. it offers a wide range of learning events and activities related to Leadership for Sustainability through online/offline courses, webinars, workshops and seminars, conferences, forums and public lectures to governments, organizations, public and private sectors.
- Education
- Road Safety
- Environment Management
Main Topics:
- Smart city and Road Safety
- Fair and High-quality Education
- Educational Methods for The Future Society
- Rational Development of Urban Water Resources
- Environmental Management
With a long history, Hubei is one of the birthplaces of Chinese nation and the ancient Chinese culture. The ancient human fossils discovered at Yunxi, Yunxian, Changyang, etc. have proven that human being began to live here several hundred thousand years ago. Moreover, 5,000 years ago, the Emperor Yan (Shengnong), the first ancestor of the Chinese nation, was born in Suizhou, Hubei. The Qujialing Culture and the Shijiahe Culture are the relics of the Neolithic Age with a history of more than 4,000 years.
Hubei is one of the most well-developed provinces in education and scientific research. There are over 120 higher learning institutions, including two of the Top Ten Universities in China (Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology) and 7 key universities listed in the National 211 Project. Up to the end of 2010, the population of undergraduate student in higher learning institutions of Hubei reached 1.4 million and that of the postgraduate student reached 103 thousand.
The "education-first" strategy was further implemented, and all types of education developed in an all-round way. Education expenses, in general, increased by 20.3 percent, and the education expenses at the provincial level grew by 25 percent. Hubei government always give priority to the development of education. More money and efforts will be invested in education to ensure that the proportion of the fiscal education expenses in provincial GDP reaches 4 percent.