The United Nations University (UNU) is the
academic arm of the United Nations. It bridges the academic world and the United Nations system. Its
goal is to develop sustainable solutions for current and future problems of
humankind in all aspects of life. Through a problem-oriented and
interdisciplinary approach it aims at teaching, applied research and education
on a global scale. UNU was founded in 1973 as an autonomous organ of the United
Nations General Assembly. The University comprises headquarters in Tokyo, Japan,
and more than a dozen Institutes and Programmes worldwide.
UNU aims to develop, implement and improve innovative capacity development methodologies by using e-learning. The section collaborates with the UNU headquarters and the UNU Online Media Studio, as well as all UNU
Research and Training Centres and Programmes
(RTC/Ps) concerned with e-learning worldwide to build a UNU consolidated strategic approach for the implementation of e-learning in the field of capacity development.
UNU as a networked organization can build upon available initial
experiences and existing expertise to elaborate a holistic UNU capacity
development service portfolio that develops, implements and improves innovative
capacity development methodologies using e-learning and ICT. By convening a
strategic workshop on “Innovative Capacity Development Through E-learning with
a Special Focus on Africa” from 26-27 November 2008 at the UN Campus Bonn,
Germany, in collaboration with the UNU headquarters and the UNU Online Media
Studio, the section made a decisive effort to bring together all UNU Research
and Training Centres and Programmes concerned with e-learning worldwide to
build a UNU consolidated strategic approach to e-learning for capacity development.
Under the leadership of the Vice Rector in charge of
e-learning, Prof. Govindan Parayil, UNU-ViE in collaboration with the UNU Media
Studios invited a consultative expert group of UNU staff involved in e-learning
projects and activities as a follow-up of the strategic workshop entitled
“Innovative Capacity Development through E-learning with a Special focus on Africa”,
held in Bonn in November 2008. This year the strategic meeting took place 12-13 October 2009 on the UN Campus in Bonn,
Germany.|Read more
A strategic workshop exploring the role of e-learning, with a special
focus on Africa, took place 26-27 November 2008 on the UN Campus Bonn. The
participants were members of UNU academic staff, as well as educational
experts from Africa and other external stakeholders. |Read more
