About Us

Our Mission

United Nations fellowships are a core component of the organization’s technical cooperation programme and are intended to respond to the needs of Member States for enhanced national skills development and training.

Their purpose is to:

  •    Promote strategic human resource development to help countries reach national economic and social development objectives
  •   Assist Member States address acute shortages in advanced professional skills
  •   Build national capacity for development in areas that are of a high priority to Member States
  •   Enhance national training opportunities.

Please contact us at:

Training & Fellowships Section
Capacity Development Office (CDO)
United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UN/DESA)
DC1 2500, One UN Plaza,
New York, NY 10017, USA