United Nations University-MERIT

14/10/2026

La date limite de dépôt des candidatures pour la « Formation en Gestion des Migrations » (FGMi) est prolongée jusqu’au 20 octobre 2026.

La « Formation en Gestion des Migrations » (FGMi), un programme de renforcement des capacités d’une durée de deux semaines qui se déroulera à Maastricht et à Bruxelles. Cette formation, destinée aux fonctionnaires de niveau intermédiaire et supérieur, s’articule autour de thématiques telles que l’introduction à l’étude des migrations, la migration et le développement, ainsi que les politiques migratoires. Elle comprend également une visite d’étude à Bruxelles, où les participant·es rencontreront des représentant·es des institutions européennes et des professionnel·le·s du secteur afin de comprendre comment la politique migratoire est élaborée et coordonnée au niveau régional.



📅 Du 12 au 23 avril 2027
📝 Nouvelle date limite de dépôt : 20 octobre 2026 à 9h00 CEST
➡️ En savoir plus : https://go.unu.edu/o9MFq

Programme cofinancé par la European Commission, sous contrat avec le International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) pour dans le cadre du Migration Partnership Facility.

13/10/2026

🇺🇳 Effective multilateralism means learning from one another and building capabilities together. Solutions need to respond to local challenges.

That is the starting point for the second article in our Multilateralism at Work series, in which Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli draws on four years of work through United Nations University-MERIT’s UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Latin America to reflect on what international cooperation can contribute to better knowledge and better policy.

In this piece, we learn about two of the many stories that have shaped the Chair’s work.

In Honduras, policy training began not with imported “best practices”, but with the challenges practitioners themselves were trying to solve. Through LALICS, exchanges with young Latin American researchers created space for different experiences and ideas into the discussion.

In both cases, learning went both ways.

Ahead of , Carlo makes a pragmatic case for multilateralism: when development challenges are shared, knowledge is dispersed and capabilities are built over time, no country can learn in isolation.

💡 Read the second article in our series: Multilateralism as an Innovation and Development Tool: Lessons from a UNESCO Chair on STI Policies for Latin America: https://go.unu.edu/EtAJ0

13/10/2026

TOMORROW: Dr. Martin Russell (The Diaspora Institute) will present on how diaspora networks are becoming a source of diplomatic influence and economic opportunity.

Drawing on years of work with diaspora communities, he will discuss what works and what policymakers can learn from past successes and failures. The presentation will also examine how new technologies are changing the ways these communities connect and contribute.

📅 14 October 2026 | 16:00–17:00 CEST
📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Learn more: https://go.unu.edu/Ollgd

12/10/2026

On 9 October, we welcomed a delegation from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Royal Government of Bhutan and UNDP Bhutan, joined by colleagues from United Nations University - CRIS.

Discussions focused on opportunities for research collaboration and tailored training to support climate resilience and inclusive development in Bhutan. We look forward to building on this exchange and identifying concrete areas for cooperation.

12/10/2026

12/10/2026

How can regional cooperation strengthen industrial development in Latin America?

Prof. Amir Lebdioui (University of Oxford) shares how working across borders and using better policy tools can help.

In this short video from the first ECLAC–United Nations University- MERIT webinar, he discusses why countries cannot do everything alone. Regional coordination—even through information sharing—can help strengthen regional supply chains.

Effective policy also requires tools to identify weaknesses and improve implementation. The TIDE Centre, University of Oxford developed the Industrial Policy Robustness Assessment to help policymakers identify vulnerabilities in existing industrial policies and develop stronger strategies.

Held on 28 September, the webinar opened the series “Innovation and Productive Development: From Research to Public Policy”, jointly organised by the UNESCO Chair at UNU-MERIT and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac).

📅 Register here for upcoming sessions: https://go.unu.edu/7bUdc

12/10/2026

09/10/2026

How do we know whether a policy or programme actually works?

Measuring impact goes beyond observing results. It means understanding whether a policy or intervention made a difference, and how confidently we can attribute that change to it.

Our online course, Impact Evaluation of Policies and Programmes: Estimation and Analysis of Causal Impacts, introduces participants to methods for estimating and assessing causal impacts. Through case studies and hands-on analysis of datasets in Stata, participants will learn how to assess the reliability of their findings and use evidence to inform better policy decisions.

📅 Course starts: 15 October 2026
📝 Application deadline: 26 October 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply: https://go.unu.edu/GQdgh

07/10/2026

How do we understand and respond to displacement in a changing climate and digital world?

On 15 October, Prof.Dr. Melissa Siegel (UNU-MERIT), Robert Oakes (United Nations University - EHS) and Bushra Ebadi (United Nations University-EGOV) bring together three perspectives on this question.

The session moves from understanding the evidence on climate-related migration to modelling future mobility and examining how digital infrastructures can contribute to displacement. Together they ask what this evidence means for policy and practice.

📅 15 October | 14:00–16:00 CET | Online
🔗 Learn more and register: https://go.unu.edu/lZMtT

06/10/2026

🇺🇳 What does multilateralism look like in practice?

We see it every day in the work we do across the United Nations system.

Our researchers work with colleagues and partners to connect evidence with policy and practice. These partnerships bring academic research together with experience on the ground and different perspectives on shared challenges. Ahead of United Nations Day on 24 October our new Multilateralism at Work series will highlight the people and partnerships behind this work.

We begin in Afghanistan where Alexander Hunns reflects on our partnership with UNICEF around the Mother and Child Cash Transfer programme. The collaboration combines cash support with community dialogue and research to better understand what works for families facing multiple and overlapping pressures.

At a time when humanitarian needs are growing and resources are under increasing pressure Alex argues that organisations cannot retreat into institutional silos. Working together allows us to combine expertise and learn from one another while making limited resources go further.

That is also the wider idea behind this series. We want to show what cooperation across the UN system looks like in practice and what it can make possible. It is about bringing different strengths together and building stronger evidence while finding better ways to respond to complex development challenges.

💡 Read the first piece in the series: https://go.unu.edu/xvvyk