23 September 2016
Welcome UNU-FTP fellows 2016-17
This week, the UNU-FTP welcomed the 19th cohort of fellows for annual six month training in Iceland.
23 September 2016
UNU Fellows of the Six Month Training Programme will introduce their final projects
On Tuesday, 27 September 2016, the UNU Fellows of the Six Month Training Programme will introduce their final projects.
18 September 2016
Release of Geothermal Training in Iceland 2015
The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland 2015" has now been published on print and released online and is now available for download under publications.
16 September 2016
Graduation at UNU-LRT
The annual six-month training programme came to an end this week when 11 specialists graduated from the programme at a ceremony at Keldnaholt research campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland. The total number of graduated fellows has now reached 87 of which 48% have been women and 52% men. The fellows this year came from seven different countries in Central Asia and Africa: Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mongolia, Niger and Uganda. Lesotho is a new UNU-LRT partner country and this was the first time that fellows from Lesotho participated in the training programme.
15 September 2016
International conference on grazing
The international conference "Grazing in a changing Nordic region" is held in Reykjavik Iceland this week. The conference brings together specialists, academics and policymakers for an interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experiences, with the hope to contribute to sustainable management of land utilized for grazing. The fellows in the UNU-LRT six-month training programme participate in the conference and gave a presentation, titled Land tenure and policy implications on grazing: lessons from Africa and Central Asia. Ms Malipholo Eleanor Hae from Lesotho gave the talk on behalf of the UNU-LRT fellows. The talk was very well received and generated stimulating discussion.
10 September 2016
Sustainable Develoment Goal Course held in El Salvador
A “SDG Short Course I on Sustainability and Environmental Management of Geothermal Resource Utilization and the Role of Geothermal in Combatting Climate Change“ was held in El Salvador during September 4-10 in cooperation with LaGeo S.A. de C.V.