30% of the beneficiaries of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) online training course are from Africa.
UNITAR officials have said in a statement that demand for overall global online training activities has increased by 390% over the past five years.
Some of the online courses in high demand deal with a range of topics such as financial negotiation, risk management, financial governance and management as well as debt management, and poverty reduction, according to UNITAR.
Introduced in 2003, UNITAR's online courses are intended for trade and finance professionals and officials from developing countries. These developing countries further include least developed countries and economies in transition.
"Our e-Learning courses allow you to interact with other participants, to exchange ideas, and to ask questions to the facilitators, who all come from different backgrounds, which contributes to the richness of our trainings. Each course is moderated by an international expert with an in-depth understanding of current challenges and issues. Their real-world experiences allow participants to gain relevant and practical insights," reads a statement from UNITAR.
Courses are conducted over six week periods and thus far over 10,000 officials over ten years mainly from developing countries are reported to have benefitted from the courses.
UNITAR also announced that it has launched the 2014 edition of the online training courses in financial management, international trade and intellectual property.
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