9 June 2011
Training with Ingrid Gevers from the Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR
Included in the UNU-LRT six-month course curriculum is training in environmental governance and land management planning. The input of Ingrid Gevers from the Centre for Development Innovation, within the Social Sciences Group of Wageningen University and Research Centre (UR), has been
highly significant in the development of this part of the training. Ingrid has taught at our programme since its initiation in 2007 and her input and the
cooperation with the Centre for Development Innovation in Wageningen has been effective and important for UNU-LRT.
8 June 2011
Official visit from the Ambassador of Uganda to the UNU-GTP
Friday the 3rd of June the UNU-GTP and the UNU-LRT were honoured by a visit from the Ambassador of Uganda, his Excellency Joseph Tomusange and the Third Secretary/Head of Chancery Ms. Susan Okodi
at the UNU-GTP headquarters on Grensasvegur. Hafdis Hanna Ægisdottir and Dorthe H. Holm presented the UNU-LRT and the UNU-GTP, respectively, while Isa Lugaizi (current UNU-GTP
Fellow from Uganda) gave an overview of the geothermal exploration and development potential in Uganda.
8 June 2011
UNU-GTP Geothermal Development Seminar
On the 1st of June, the UNU-GTP held its annual seminar on geothermal development in the home countries of the Fellows attending the six month programme. The seminar gave an interesting overview of
geothermal development in 16 developing countries.
8 June 2011
Three UNU-GTP MSc Fellows passed their defence examinations in mid May
On May 12 and 13, three UNU-GTP MSc Fellows passed their defence examinations at the University of Iceland. Endy Kevin Padilla Rivas from El Salvador presented the project : „Transport
and precipitation of carbon and sulphur in the Reykjanes geothermal system, Iceland“, Andi Joko Nugroho from Indonesia presented the project: „Optimization of Electrical
Power Production from High Temperature Geothermal Fields with respect to Silica Scaling Problems“, and Alejandro Rodriguez Badilla from Costa Rica presented the project:
"Water-rock interaction of silicic rocks".
26 May 2011
Visit to ICEIDA and MFA
Today the fellows of this year’s
six-month training programme visited the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) and the Directorate for International Development at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
(MFA).
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.