18 May 2016
UNU-FTP short course on SPS Management for Caribbean specialists
Eighteen professionals, working in Fisheries Management, Animal Health and Food Safety and from across the CARIFORUM region, were specially selected to attend a SPS Management Course during 17-30 April 2016 at the Marine Research Institute in Reyjavik, Iceland. The course will expose the selected trainees to the full range of issues faced in fisheries value chain management, with special focus on achieving SPS measures and the institutional arrangements required for optimized performance of the fishing industry.
18 May 2016
Women's Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI) seeks volunteer research contributors for global study on women's human rights
WHRI invites researchers to join a research project on “good practices” in ending discrimination and promoting women’s self-empowerment for the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice (UNWGDAW).
6 May 2016
Home country seminar of the UNUGTP Fellows
On Monday 9th May, the Fellows will make a presentation on the geothermal development and utilisation in their home countries.
3 May 2016
2015 UNU-GEST Fellows attend Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) session in New York
Two 2015 GEST Fellows, Limbani Phiri and Victor Maulidi from Malawi, were privileged to attend the 60th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) at United Nations Headquarters in New York in March this year.
26 April 2016
UNU-GTP and LaGeo, El Salvador sign a new cooperation agreement
On Monday, 25 April, the UNU-GTP and LaGeo of El Salvador signed an agreement regarding enhanced cooperation in geothermal capacity building for the Latin America and Caribbean region.
22 April 2016
UNEP GGEO expert meeting
UNU-GEST hosted the Final Book Sprint of the Global Gender and Environmental Outlook (GGEO) on 22-26 February 2016 at the University of Iceland, in Reykjavík.