19 December 2017
Season´s greetings
Dear friends of UNU-LRT.
The year 2017 will soon come to an end - the year we celebrated our 10-year anniversary. In those 10 years, over 100 specialists have been trained in Iceland, short courses have been developed and implemented, and staff as well as former fellows have been active in many events worldwide.
We are grateful to all who have collaborated with us on this amazing journey. We send our best wishes for the festive season ahead and wish you a Happy New Year.
The UNU-LRT Team
19 December 2017
Productive research stay in Japan by UNU-GEST project assistant Laura Malinauskaite
Laura Malinauskaite, Project Assistant at UNU-GEST, just finished a two months’ research stay in Japan, supported by the Watanabe Trust Fund. She was hosted by the UNU Headquarters in Tokyo.
15 December 2017
Alumni event in Maputo
UNU-GEST hosted an alumni event in Maputo on December 13 at the Mozambican Ministry of Gender, Children and Social action. The event brought together thirteen of the fourteen Mozambique alumni as well as two of the three fellows that will join the UNU-GEST academic programme in January 2018
15 December 2017
External evaluation of UNU-LRT
In 2017, UNU-LRT went through a comprehensive external evaluation. The evaluation also included the other UNU training programmes in Iceland on geothermal, fisheries and gender equality. The evaluation was carried out by the Scandinavian consultancy company NIRAS. The recently published evaluation report was very positive and shows that UNU-LRT and the other three UNU training programmes are highly relevant to the trained specialists (the fellows) and their institutions as well as for the Icelandic development cooperation strategy.
13 December 2017
Director Ludvik Georgsson awarded the Victor de Sola award in El Salvador
In early December the Director of UNU-GTP, Ludvik S. Georgsson was given the honorary Victor de Sola award by the national energy company LaGeo in El Salvador. The award is given annually in honorary recognition to a person selected by a competent committee from a list of people who have made extraordinary and lasting contributions to the development of geothermal energy in El Salvador.
11 December 2017
SDG Short Course II on Geothermal Exploration and Development held in Kenya
SDG Short Course II on Geothermal Exploration and Development was held in Kenya during 9-29 November.