News

Organizers and participants of the short course
2 November 2011

Short course for managers of AFAs in Malaysia

A short course on Management Performance and Leadership for manager of Area Fishermen Associations (AFAs) in Malaysia was held October 23 to 27.
Fellows 2011 visited the Icelandic Coast Guard.
4 October 2011

New group of fellows has arrived in Iceland

The 14th cohort of fellows has arrived in Iceland for the 6 months training programme.
Mariyanuge Dileepa Samika Thanuksha De Croos from Sri Lanka
25 August 2011

Mariyanuge Dileepa Samika Thanuksha de Croos, defended his Ph.D. thesis

On Wednesday August 24, Mariyanuge Dileepa Samika Thanuksha de Croos, defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Shrimp Populations in Western Sri Lanka: the Fishery, mtDNA Variations and Reproductive Biology" from University of Iceland.
Chamari Tathsaramala Dissanayake Dadigamuwage from Sri Lanka
25 August 2011

Chamari Dissanayake, defends her Ph.D. thesis

On Friday July 8, Chamari Dissanayake,  defended  her Ph.D. thesis on "Assessment and Management of sea cucumber resources in the coastal waters of SriLanka" at the University of Iceland.
The course development group and a few of LKIM divisions directors
13 July 2011

Second workshop on Performance Management and Leadership in AFAs in Malaysia finished

The second workshop on the development of a short course for managers and chairmen of Area Fisherman Association was held at Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) in Kuala Lumpur July 4-8.
Mr. Alfred Akankwasa (DFR), Franklin Georgsson (MATIS), Ms. Sigridur Ingvarsdottir (UNU-FTP),  Mr. James Sekatawa (ICEIDA), Mr. Margeir Gissurarson (MATIS), Ms.  Lillian Chebet (FTI) and Ms. Margaret Masette (FOSRI/NARO/MAK)
16 May 2011

Short course development workshop on quality assurance for fish inspectors in Uganda.

This course is a part of the UNU-FTP short course development project where UNU-FTP works with fisheries experts in its partner countries in identifying issues of great importance in the fisheries, and consequently develop a training course on that particular issue. This time UNU-FTP teams up with ICEIDA who has a long standing relationship with Uganda in development assistance. Also on the development team are experts from MATIS – Food Research Institute and former UNU- fellows from Uganda that represent various fisheries institutes in Uganda.