20 March 2017
Human Development Report 2016 ‘Human Development for Everyone’ Launch event in Iceland on 24th March.
Dr. Selim Jahan, editor-in-chief of the Human Development Report 2016 ‘Human Development for Everyone’ and Director of the UNDP Human Development Report Office, introduces the 2016 HDR and its main findings on Friday 24 March, 16:00-17:30 at Hannesarholt.
15 March 2017
Congratulations UNU-FTP fellows, 2016/17
On March 13, 2017, the nineteenth cohort of fellows of the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme graduated in a ceremony held at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland. This year's dynamic group included 22 fellows from sixteen countries.
15 March 2017
UNU-GEST former fellow Laureen Karayi (UWONET) from Uganda WEE Leadership Awards 2017 winner!
UNU-GEST former fellow, Laureen Karayi Nabimanya, Programme Coordinator Uganda Women's Network (UWONET), is one of the WINNERS of the prestigious WEE Leadership Awards 2017 by Oxfam Knowledge Hub on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agriculture.
13 March 2017
Anne Flaspöler, UNU-GEST Researcher's new blog post "Peacekeeping Training: Torn Between Complexity and Time" for UNU-MERIT.
Anne Flaspöler, UNU-GEST Researcher's post on Peacekeeping Training published on "Challenges to Peacekeeping in the 21st Century" Blog Series by UNU-MERIT.
8 March 2017
UNU-GEST staff to participate in the “Discrimination, justice and the role of humanities" Seminar - Hugvísindaþing Humanities’ Conference 2017.
UNU-GEST staff members, Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir and Dr. Pétur Waldorff; Dr. Giti Chandra, an associated researcher and the fellow Ekram Osman from Ethiopia will participate in the seminar called “Discrimination, justice and the role of humanities” at the University of Iceland as a part of the Hugvísindaþing Humanities’ Conference 2017.
7 March 2017
Short Course VII on Geothermal Drilling Operations is underway in Azores Islands
This Short Course is a three-week event, specially intended for a drilling crew. It started on February 20th and is scheduled to end on March 10.