9 June 2015
UNU-FTP fellow Warsha Singh to defend PhD this week
Former UNU-FTP fellow and scholarship recipient Warsha Singh will defend her PhD at the University of Iceland this Friday, June 12 at 10:00 in the Main Building. Her doctoral dissertation, "Towards efficient benthic survey design with the use of autonomous underwater vehicles" was funded through the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme.
24 April 2015
Study tour and workshop for high level partners
This week, the UNU-FTP concluded a study tour and parallel workshop for high-level partners. In total, 13 high level representatives from a collection of ministries, research centers, and regional governing organizations joined the 10 day study tour in Iceland. The overall aims of the study tour were to expose key UNU-FTP partners to the type of education and training they can expect fellows to receive in the six month training, and to stimulate constructive conversation around main challenges facing global fisheries development and how we can work together in a more constructive way to solve them through policy.
25 March 2015
Congratulations UNU-FTP fellows 2014/15
On Monday March 23, 2015, the UNU-FTP celebrated the graduation of the 17th cohort of the six month training in Iceland.
3 February 2015
Announcing UNU-FTP Guest Lecturer: Ian Goulding
The UNU-FTP is pleased to announce this year's Guest Lecturer for the six month training, Dr. Ian Goulding, an internationally renowned expert on fish processing, handling, and safety. He will hold a series of lectures on topics related to issues of quality control, processing, and fisheries as a tool for development. Lectures will take place February 16-19.
Dr. Goulding's lectures will be held at Matís, which are open but require an RSVP (for more info contact steinar(at)matis.is).
16 December 2014
UNU-FTP Recognized by the United Nations
On December 9, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution of Sustainable Fisheries. Within the resolution is text recognizing the work of the UNU-FTP and its contribution to fisheries training in developing countries, particularly small island developing States.
9 December 2014
UNU-FTP to support former fellows in World Seafood Congress 2015
The UNU-FTP is making funds available for a limited number of grants for former fellows to participate in the World Seafood Congress 2015 to be held in Grimsby in the United Kingdom on September 05-09, 2015. The event is organised by the International Association of Fish Inspectors (IAFI) so those who of you who are professionally active in that area are particularly encouraged to apply.