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Zoltan Békés, a UNU Fellow from Hungary, collected cooking oil from his kitchen in his residential apartment in Reykjavík since his arrival for the Six Month Training in April this year.

UNU-GTP, LaGeo and the University of El Salvador (UES) will be conducting a Geothermal Diploma Course for Latin America in El Salvador from August 15 to December 20.

Selamawit Worku Sisay, MSc Fellow in Geology at the University of Iceland will give a lecture on her MSc project on Monday 11 July, 2016 at 14:00 at University of Iceland, Askja building.

The United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and LaGeo S.A. de C.V. in El Salvador will be hosting "Short Course I on Sustainability and Environmental Management of Geothermal Resource Utilization and the Role of Geothermal in Combating Climate Change", to be held in El Salvador during 4-10 September, 2016.

UNU-GTP is currently conducting Short Course on Borehole Geophysics for Geothermal Development in Ethiopia for selected employees of the Geological Survey of Ethopia (GSE) and the Geothermal Sector Development Project of Ethiopian Elelectric Power (EEP).

The Workshop on Utilization of Geothermal Resources for Decision Makers from Romania was held in Oradea, Romania, on May 27-28, in cooperation with the University of Oradea. The workshop covered the basics of geothermal development from exploration stages to utilization and management. Lecturing was in the hands of Mr. Lúdvík S. Georgsson, Director of UNU-GTP, Dr. Árni Ragnarsson, UNU-GTP instructor and expert at ÍSOR, and Prof. Marcel Rosca, Vice Rector of the Universtiy of Oradea.