Sharpen your skills with FREE United Nations online courses
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Compiled in response to the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, when much of the world turned to self-study, an ongoing overview of free UN System eLearning tools and online courses covers hundreds of offerings spanning sustainable development, human rights, climate change, nuclear safety, and many other topics.
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- New UN course helps cut through the noise to bolster online safety (UN News, 3 November 2022) https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/11/1130167
- Digital Learning Centre https://www.un.org/development/desa/cdpmo/digital-learning-centre
- DESA’s Digital Learning Centre offers courses for anyone seeking knowledge and skills necessary to implement, follow up, and review the 2030 Agenda.
- see also: “Knowledge-sharing is a superpower”: https://www.un.org/en/desa/knowledge-sharing-superpower
- IDEP eLearning Platform https://elearningidep.uneca.org/
- ECLAC Training https://www.cepal.org/en/training
- ESCAP Learning and Training Programmes https://www.unescap.org/learning-training
- ESCWA E-learning portal https://learn.unescwa.org/
- FAO elearning Academy https://elearning.fao.org/
- Let these six FAO e-learning courses shape a new you in this new year: Broaden your knowledge of food, agriculture and rural development in 2022 (27 December 2021) https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1364884/
- e-Learning tool on the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/TrustFund/Pages/Tool.aspx
- IAEA Education and Training https://www.iaea.org/services/education-and-training
- Stuck in Self Isolation? Here are Hundreds of IAEA Online Courses for Free (News, 26 March 2020)
- New Course Catalogue Improves Access to Over 480 Online Courses and Webinars by the IAEA (23 March 2022)
- CyberLearning Platform for Network Education and Training (CLP4NET) https://elearning.iaea.org/
- IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/e-learning
- e-Learning tools on child labour https://www.ilo.org/ipec/Informationresources/elearning/lang–en/index.html
- ITC-ILO – The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization https://www.itcilo.org/courses
- ILO launches Massive Open Online Course “Making Universal Social Protection a Reality” (25 January 2023): https://www.ilo.org/secsoc/press-and-media-centre/news/WCMS_866359/lang–en/index.htm
- InforMEA learning https://elearning.informea.org/
- IMF Online Learning https://www.imf.org/external/np/ins/english/learning.htm
- IMO e-Learning portal https://lms.imo.org/moodle310/
- IMO has developed a number of e-Learning courses with the purpose of increasing the capacity of Member States to effectively implement IMO instruments. For background information on IMO’s training courses as part of IMO’s Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP) please click here.
- For more information on the enrolment options and in order to register in the system, please follow carefully the user guide.
- Free to access e-learning course: “Energy Saving at Sea” launched (5 December 2022): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-1800.aspx
- IOM e-Campus https://www.ecampus.iom.int/
- ITU Academy https://academy.itu.int/
- SDGAcademyX – Free online courses from SDG Academy https://www.edx.org/school/sdgacademyx
- UN CC:e-Learn https://unccelearn.org/
- UN SDG:Learn https://www.unsdglearn.org/
- UN WOMEN Training Centre https://trainingcentre.unwomen.org/
- UNCTAD e-Learning on Trade https://elearningtrade.unctad.org/
- UNECE ‘Standards for the SDGs’ e-learning platform https://standards4sdgs.unece.org/trainings
- LearnITC- The Inland Transport and Trade Connectivity e-Learning Platform https://learnitc.unece.org/
- City Resilience Training (CRT) https://www.cityresiliencetraining.com/course/
- UNECE LearnQI Platform https://learnqi.unece.org/
- Massive Open Online Courses https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/education-environment/what-we-do/massive-open-online-courses
- UNEP Learning Management System https://elearning.unep.org/
- Home school with a virtual dive into the ocean (News Story, 27 March 2020): https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/celebrate-your-love-ocean-virtually
- SDG Knowledge and Learning Platform https://arabsdgs.unescwa.org/
- UNESCO Open Learning https://openlearning.unesco.org/
- UNESCO offers free online courses on freedom of expression and safety of journalists (29 January 2021) https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-offers-free-online-courses-freedom-expression-and-safety-journalists
- UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) e-learning https://www.unesco.org/mowcourse
- e-Learning Modules for Midwives https://www.unfpa.org/resources/e-learning-modules-midwives
- Online classroom https://unhabitat.org/online-classroom
- UNHCR Learn & Connect https://unhcr.csod.com/client/unhcr/default.aspx
- AGORA – UNICEF’s global hub for learning https://agora.unicef.org/
- UNITAR – United Nations Institute for Training and Research https://www.unitar.org/free-and-open-courses
- Disarmament Education Dashboard: Expanding Minds for Peace and Development https://www.disarmamenteducation.org/courses/index.html
- UNODC Global eLearning https://www.unodc.org/elearning/
- UNOCT Connect & Learn https://learn.unoct-connectandlearn.org/
- https://www.unssc.org/
- e-Learning Platform of the United Nations Statistics Division https://elearning-cms.unstats.un.org/
- eLearning https://ehs.unu.edu/education/elearning
- Tourism Online Academy https://www.unwto-tourismacademy.ie.edu/
- nutx – WFP Nutrition’s Learning Platform https://cdn.wfp.org/nutrition/nutx/
- OpenWHO https://openwho.org/
- Three years of pandemic learning response: reaching learners across the world with life-saving health knowledge (26 January 2023): https://www.who.int/news/item/26-01-2023-three-years-of-pandemic-learning-response–reaching-learners-across-the-world-with-life-saving-health-knowledge
- WHO Academy https://www.who.int/about/who-academy
- Training for emergencies https://www.who.int/emergencies/training
- Protecting workers’ health and safety: Online training resources at your fingertips (28 April 2022): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/protecting-workers–health-and-safety–online-training-resources-at-your-fingertips
- Open to all, anytime, anywhere: Free online courses bring vaccine knowledge to the global community (7 April 2022): https://www.who.int/news/item/07-04-2022-open-to-all–anytime–anywhere–free-online-courses-bring-vaccine-knowledge-to-the-global-community
- WHO-Europe – World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe Training Courses in connection with the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/training-courses
- WIPO eLearning Center https://welc.wipo.int/
- WMO pilots E-Learning courses on impact-based forecasts (30 August 2022): https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/wmo-pilots-e-learning-courses-impact-based-forecasts
- WMO is piloting a series of e-learning courses on impact-based forecasting, as part of a coordinated drive to train the meteorological community to develop and communicate forecasts not just about what the weather will be, but what it will do.
- WMO Guidelines on Multi-Hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services
- WTO e-Learning https://www.learning.wto.org/
- WTO distance learning https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/d_learn_e/d_learn_e.htm
- World Bank Group Open Learning Campus https://olc.worldbank.org/
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