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At 16:00 in Askja at the University of Iceland today, the United Nations Association of Iceland is hosting an event featuring the UNU schools in Iceland. We will be discussing how we measure the results and impact of our work. The event is open to the public.

This week, the UNU-FTP in cooperation with Matis and the Tanzanian Fisheries Education and Training Agency (FETA) are holding a short course on fish drying and smoking in Bagamoya, Tanzania.

On Friday, April 11, former UNU-FTP fellow Anthony Taabu-Munyaho from Uganda will defend his PhD. The defense will be held in Askja, room 132 at the University of Iceland at 14:00. The title of the thesis is: Anthropogenic and environmental impacts on the abundance and distribution of commercial fish stocks of Lake Victoria, East Africa.

This week, the UNU-FTP completed a 10-day long study tour in Iceland targeting high-level partners. Participants in the tour included high-ranking ministry officials, university leaders, and heads of regional fisheries organizations. The main aim of the tour was to explore development potential and collaborations for capacity building in fisheries.

A delegation from the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authorities and the private sector in Malaysia visited Iceland and the UNU-FTP on March 23-28.

On the 24th of March, 22 UNU-FTP fellows graduated from the six-month training in Iceland. After six intense months of rigorous, hard work in the cool dark north, all the fellows completed the training and presented their final projects with success.