16 January 2017
Welcome UNU-FTP Guest Lecturer, Dr. Barry Costa-Pierce
The UNU-FTP is pleased to welcome this year’s guest lecturer, Dr. Barry Costa-Pierce, who is currently the Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of New England. Dr. Costa-Pierce will present lectures at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute January 23-25, 2017. These lectures are open to the public.
16 November 2016
UNU-FTP fellows in Russia meet with Ambassador
This week, former UNU fellows from Russia met with the Icelandic ambassador to Russia, Ms. Berglind Ásgeirsdottir.
19 October 2016
UNU-FTP Fellows visit Icelandic North
Last week, the UNU-FTP took its annual trip to the Northern part of Iceland for a series of lectures at the University of Akureyri visits to companies and organisations working in fisheries and fisheries related activities.
10 October 2016
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits UNU Iceland Programmes
On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, attended a seminar given by the UNU programs in Iceland on their work. The UNU programmes described how they address the challenges presented in the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
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.
29 August 2016
Fellow M. M. Mahbub Alam to defend PhD thesis at University of Iceland
On Thursday the 8th of September M. M. Mahbub Alam will defend his Ph.D. thesis in Biology. The thesis is titled: Origin and population structure of major prawn and shrimp species in Bangladesh.