3 June 2015
UNU Fellows at WGC2015
The World Geothermal Congress (WGC) has been organized every five years by the International Geothermal Association (IGA) since 1995. This time, it was held in Melbourne, Australia 19-25 April.
1 June 2015
Short Course on Geothermal Project Management in Kenya
During May 18-28, the UNU-GTP conducted a Short Course on Geothermal Project Management in Kenya for 26 employees of Geothermal Development Company (GDC).
29 May 2015
Fact-finding mission to Lesotho
On 7-15 May, the UNU-LRT Director went on a fact-finding mission to Lesotho in Southern Africa. The mission was a response to a collaboration interest of the government of Lesotho on combating land degradation and restoring degraded land.
21 May 2015
Congratulations to the UNU-GEST fellows of 2015
The United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) celebrated the graduation of ten fellows with a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies. The fellows came from four different countries; five men and five women from Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine and Uganda.
19 May 2015
MSc lecture by Oscar Fernando Cideos Nunes
Oscar Fernando Cideos Nunes, M.Sc. Fellow in engineering at the University of Iceland will give a lecture on his MSc project on Thursday 21 May, 2015 at 13:15 at University of Iceland, RV II building, V-158.
18 May 2015
Gender transformative approaches for sustainable rural development: Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa
On Thursday May 21 Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Lead Technical Specialist, Policy and Technical Advisory Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, gave a public talk entitled „Gender transformative approaches for sustainable rural development: Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa“. Clare discussed the importance of ensuring a gender perspective when implementing projects on rural livelihood and food security in IFAD’s work in sub-Saharan Africa.