Graduation of the 13th cohort of the UNU-FTP

On March 8, 17 UNU fellows graduated from the UNU-FTP. The fellows come from 14 countries and have specialized in three areas; Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing, Fisheries Policy and Planning, and Management of Fishing Companies and Marketing.

As usual the fellows have gone through an applied six months intensive training and finished by conducting a project which was written up in a project report to be published on the UNU-FTP web site. The projects tackle issues that relate to their work at home. Many Icelandic fisheries professional participate in the execution of the programme and the unique relationship UNU-FTP has with key fisheries institutes and university in Iceland makes the programme as it is today. The total number of graduates since the inception of the UNU-FTP in 1998 is now 223 from 43 countries and this year two new countries where represented in the group; Oman and Indonesia. The UNU-FTP cooperates also with many regional organizations and this year two fellows came from the Caribbean through the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). The staff of the UNU-FTP congratulates the graduates and wishes them all the best in their professional carrier.