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As an active year at UNU-FTP draws to close it is worthwhile highlighting some of the major achievements.

The board, staff and fellows of the United Nations University - Fisheries Training Programme in Iceland send you best wishes for the festive season and a Happy New Year.

UNU-FTP 2018 guest lecturer is Dr. Jingjie Chu. She is a natural resource economist at the World Bank. Her main expertise is on fisheries and aquaculture economics and policy. At the World Bank she is in charge of West Africa Regional Fisheries Project in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Huong Thi Thu Dang, UNU-FTP fellow from Vietnam, will defend her PhD thesis entitled “Enhancing the quality of frozen fish products through improved processing and storage” on October 3 at the University of Iceland Main Building at 14:00.

UNU-FTP is expecting the arrival of the 2018 cohort of fellows in the next few days. This year’s group is one of the biggest ever to start the Six Month Training Programme; 25 people from 16 countries in Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

On August 29, 2018, UNU-FTP recieved a visit from the Mauritanian Ambassador, the honourable Abdallahi Bah Nagi Kebd. During the meeting, we discussed our ongoing work in Mauritania in connection with the FarFish project, funded through the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, as well as future potential for collaboration on issues related to capacity building for fisheries management and development in Mauritania.