6 September 2019
Welcome 2019 cohort of fellows
Our 2019 cohort of fellows arrived last Monday (2nd of September) and have been in the process of settling in during the last few days. Altogether 23 fellows from 11 countries will participate in the six months training programme winter 2019-20.
2 August 2019
New director at UNU-FTP
Thor Heiðar Ásgeirsson is the new director of FTP. He formally took over the responsibility on August 1st from Tumi Tómasson, who has been director since the foundation of the programme in 1998.
29 July 2019
Progress with VMS in W-Africa
One activity that UNU-FTP is managing as part of Iceland’s contribution to West Africa fisheries development cooperation is the VMS data analyses project.
20 June 2019
Ambassador of Zambia Visits
On 18 June 2019, Ms Rose Mulemba Salukatula Ambassador of Zambia, along with her first secretary Ms Amina Randeree, paid a visit to UNU-FTP.
5 June 2019
Britney Kasmiran finishes her MSc studies at the University of Iceland
UNU-FTP is proud to announce that Ms. Britney Sharline Kasmiran, a fellow 2016, defended her MSc thesis on “Physicochemical Properties and potential utilization of side raw materials of Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) tuna” on May 27 2019 at Matis. Her supervisors were Prof. Maria Gudjonsdottir, Prof. Sigurjon Arason, Dr. Magnea Karlsdóttir.