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On August 10th, our program was visited by a high-level delegation from the Republic of Indonesia. It was led by the vice speaker of the Indonesian parliament, Dr. Agus Hermanto. They were greeted by Mr. Thor Asgeirsson, the UNU-FTP deputy director. The two sides discussed some important topics of mutual interest.

UNU-FTP is partnering in an EU Horizon 2020 project, FarFish, relating to improving the sustainability of EU fishing outside European waters. Within the project, the UNU-FTP is leading work related to capacity development and dissemination. The project launched last week with a Kick-Off meeting hosted by one of the project partners, CETMAR in Vigo, Spain.

This week, UNU-FTP is participating in the high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, convening at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The conference aims to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14.

UNU-FTP fellow Godfrey Kawooya Kubiriza from Uganda will defend his PhD thesis entitled “The effects of dietary lipid oxidation on farmed fish” on June 15, 2017 at the University of Iceland Main Building at 13:00.

May 3-5, 2017, the UNU-FTP participated in a conference dialogue on blue growth and economy: sharing experiences and perspectives for Africa. The conference was organized by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the African Development Bank, and the Ministry of Economy and Employment of Cape Verde and was held in Mindelo, Cape Verde.

The United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme returned to Kigoma, Tanzania this week to conduct a short course on improved fish smoking methodologies on Lake Tanganyika. The course was developed in cooperation with Matís and the Tanzanian Fisheries Research Institute, and is part of a project awarded to Matís by the Nordic Climate Facility.