1 October 2014
UNU-FTP Welcomes Fellows for Six Month Training
This week, the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme welcomed 20 new fellows for the six month training course in Iceland. This is the 17th cohort to participate in the six month training since the programme was first established in 1998.
30 September 2014
UNU-FTP signs MoU with the Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation
Yesterday, September 29, 2014, the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme and the Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining collaboration between the two entities in the coming years.
25 September 2014
UNU-GTP PhD Fellow presented the 2nd best poster at a conference in Czeck Rep.
Thecla Mutia, a PhD Fellow at the University of Iceland and a UNU-GTP Fellow in 2010, presented a poster on her thesis at the Polar Ecology Conference which is organised by the Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia.
22 September 2014
Graduation at UNU-LRT
The UNU-LRT six-month training programme 2014 has come to an end. On 18 September, 12 fellows, five women and seven men, graduated in a ceremony held at the Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI). The UNU-LRT fellows this year came from Ethiopia, Ghana, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda and Uzbekistan.
19 September 2014
MSc defence by Vincent Koech
Vincent Koech, M.Sc. Fellow in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iceland will give a lecture on his MSc project on Tuesday 23 September, 2014 at 15:30 in the Main Building, room 220.
10 September 2014
UNU-LRT fellows present their projects at an open seminar
This week the UNU-LRT fellows introduced their individual projects at an open seminar in the newly renovated localities of Keldnaholt campus, Agricultural University of Iceland. The fellows have been working on their projects since May and the oral presentations, along with comprehensive reports, are the final output of their work at the UNU-LRT programme. The final turn-in of their project reports is on 15 September and a few days later the graduation will take place.