19 October 2018
UNU-GEST alumni Harriet Adong is working as Executive Director of FIRD in Uganda
Harriet Adong graduated from the UNU-GEST diploma programme in 2017 and is currently working as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Integrated Rural Development in Uganda (FIRD), a community based organization established in 2005 to support survivors of conflict related sexual and gender based violence.
16 October 2018
New micro-MOOC on sheep grazing in Iceland coming soon!
UNU-LRT is collaborating in the development of a short massive open online course (MOOC) on sheep grazing, management and land conservation in Iceland. This micro-MOOC titled Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice examines the sustainability of sheep grazing in Iceland and explores how history, socioeconomic factors and environmental conditions have influenced the management of grazing resources. Grazing management is a common challenge in many regions of the world, and this course uses Iceland as a case study because here traditional sheep grazing has been associated with extensive environmental degradation.
15 October 2018
SDG Short Course III on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in November 2018
UNU-GTP and KenGen will be hosting SDG Short Course III on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources during 7-27 November, at Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
12 October 2018
UNU-FTP 2018 Guest Lecturer
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.
8 October 2018
Graduation of Fellows 2018
The 40th session of the UNU-GTP closed on Friday 5th of October, with 24 UNU Fellows in the six month specialized courses.