Apply for UN Free Course: Engaging Safely at the UN Offered by United Nations System Staff College – Enroll by 31 Dec 2025!
This free course aims to ensure young people’s inclusive and safe engagement at the UN, addressing discrimination, harassment, and abuse, providing youth-friendly guidance on the UN reporting mechanisms and safe participation, using real-life examples to educate on preventing harmful behaviours.
Since the adoption of the first-ever system-wide UN youth strategy, Youth 2030, more young people than ever before are engaging with the UN at all levels. While the vast majority of young people have positive experiences during these engagements at the UN, unfortunately, there are instances of exposure to harmful behaviours.
The Engaging Safely at the UN online training was created by the UN Youth Office with inputs from UN partners, civil society, and young people. It aims to ensure an inclusive and safe space for all young people engaging with the UN by addressing misconduct, such as abuse of authority, discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), and sexual exploitation and abuse.
Basic Information
- SDG
- 2030 Agenda
- SDG16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Subject
- Engaging Safely at the UN
- Keywords
- sustaining peace
- Youth, peace and security
- Level: Introductory
- Location/type: Online
- Length: 2.5 hours
- Languages: English
- Price: Free
- Certificate: Yes
Course Objectives
This training builds on the UN’s comprehensive code of conduct and acknowledges the power dynamics rooted in age that can contribute to such misconduct. Through various examples inspired by real-life events, the training aims to:
- Build the capacity of young people to react to unwelcome conduct by raising awareness about the existing UN reporting mechanisms;
- Encourage a variety of response options, including official reporting and bystander interventions;
- Ensure that young people have a clear understanding of the UN’s responsibility in preventing and addressing harm against them arising from actions and behaviours of UN staff and other actors in a UN setting.
Course methodology
Engaging Safely at the UN is a self-paced online course developed by the UN Youth Office and hosted on the UNSSC E-lounge platform.
After registering, you will be granted immediate access to the learning platform and all learning materials.
Course contents
The Engaging Safely at the UN course features five learning modules:
- Key terms and definitions;
- Harassment, discrimination and abuse;
- Making a complaint;
- Anticipating and dealing with challenges;
- Conclusions
The course is self-paced and features different exercises, such as quizzes, case scenarios, and a self-reflective journal.
Target Audience
This training is for all young people engaging with the UN in the context of events, conferences, intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder processes, working groups and meetings at UN locations.
Learning Objectives
This training builds on the UN’s comprehensive code of conduct and acknowledges the power dynamics rooted in age that can contribute to such misconduct. Through various examples inspired by real-life events, the training aims to:
- Build the capacity of young people to react to unwelcome conduct by raising awareness about the existing UN reporting mechanisms;
- Encourage a variety of response options, including official reporting and bystander interventions;
- Ensure that young people have a clear understanding of the UN’s responsibility in preventing and addressing harm against them arising from actions and behaviours of UN staff and other actors in a UN setting.
Application Deadline
- Enroll by 31 Dec 2025
How To Apply/Enroll
- Read the details at Engaging Safely at the UN | UN SDG:Learn
- View course page
- Click sign up (on the view course page) and complete registration
- Hit the Submit Registration button!
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