Professor Jakob Rhyner, UNU Vice Rector in Europe and Director of UNU-EHS, introduced to UNU-LRT

Meeting with Prof. Rhyner. From left: Tumi Tomasson, Jakob Rhyner, Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir and Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson

On 16 February, Professor Jakob Rhyner, Director of UNU Institute of Environment and Human Security and UNU Vice Rector for Europe, visited the UNU programmes in Iceland and attended a board meeting at the UNU Fisheries Training Programme. Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir, Director of UNU-LRT, gave Professor Rhyner an introduction to the programme‘s background, its mission and activities and had a fruitful discussion with him, along with Ingvar Birgir Friðleifsson, Director of UNU Geothermal Training Programme, and Tumi Tómasson, Director of UNU Fisheries Training Programme. Furthermore, Professor Rhyner got an introduction to the Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) at the University of Iceland.