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.
29 August 2019
MSc defence by Diego Badilla
Diego Alberto Badilla Elizondo, MSc Fellow in Geophysics at University of Iceland will defend his MSc project on Wednesday 4 September, 2019 at 15:00 at University of Iceland, room will be announced later on.
26 August 2019
UNU Visiting Lecturer 2019 - Alper Baba from Turkey
The UNU Visiting Lecturer in 2019 is the hydrogeologist and environmental scientist Prof. Dr. Alper Baba from Izmir, Turkey.
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.
24 July 2019
UNU-GEST July 2019 Newsletter!
Our July 2019 newsletter is full of news from our work over the last months, including the 2019 graduation, fellows' activities and field visits, the new module, and various events.
19 June 2019
UNU-GEST Short Course: Gender and Climate Change in Uganda
Last week, UNU-GEST in partnership with the Ugandan Government; Climate Change Department and Makarere University with the support of the Icelandic Foreign Ministry, conducted short training course of Gender and Climate Change in Mbale town, Uganda. The training was attended by 30 specialists from Karamoja region, Bududa and Mbale representing different sectors within district local governments, and representatives of CSOs.