2023 Results Report

Foreword

“It is with great pleasure that I introduce the UNITAR 2023 Results Report, a testament to the remarkable endeavours and achievements of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research over the past year.”

Nikhil Seth

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General

UNITAR Executive Director

Trained Beneficiaries

Provided learning, training and knowledge-sharing services to 544,785 individuals in 2023, representing a 38% increase from 2022 figures of 395,987.

18% of beneficiaries were delivered by our global network of affiliated International Training Centres for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) and 58% were delivered with the One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn).

74% of our overall beneficiaries were associated with events having specific learning outcomes. The proportion of participants from broader knowledge-sharing and other events (e.g. conferences, public lectures, meetings) represents around 26% of our beneficiaries.

Learning-Related Beneficiaries
by Gender

The overall male to female gender ratio of beneficiaries from learning-related events was 45 to 54 (with counting peacekeeping training beneficiaries) and “non-binary” and “unreported” accounting for 1% each.

Beneficiaries
by Strategic Objectives

87% of beneficiaries were associated with programming related to the advancement of environmental sustainability and green development, people and social inclusion, and peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Beneficiaries by Strategic Objective graph

Learning-Related Beneficiaries
by Region

79% of learning-related beneficiaries came from developing countries (of which 15% are from countries in special situations, comprised of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS).

Learning-Related Beneficiaries by Country status

Number of Events and Event Format

Overall, beneficiaries were produced through the delivery of 1,473 events, equivalent to some 355,994 event days over the calendar year. 51% of events took place through face-to-face or blended residential training activities, the majority of which took place in the field.

Learning-Related Beneficiaries by Affiliation

We served a wide spectrum of constituencies, with 57% of learning-related beneficiaries coming from non-state sectors, including NGOs, academia and businesses.

Partnerships

A Key Pillar to Programming

A strong partnership strategy continues to be an integral part of our approach to achieving effective and efficient results by combining the substantive expertise of the UN and other partners with our internal expertise in programming, adult learning and instructional design.

Beneficiaries by Partnership

89% of 2023 beneficiaries were trained through events implemented in partnership.

Partners by Type

Partners included organizations as diverse as UN entities, governments, universities, other international organizations, the private sector, NGOs, foundations and others.