1 May 2015
Tony Bero: Profile of a UNU-GEST Fellow 2015
An interview with Tony Bero, a UNU-GEST fellow from Palestine, was featured in the weekly newsletter of the Icelandic Development Agency, ICEIDA. Tony Bero is 35 years old and comes from Beit Jala city, near Bethlehem in West Bank, Palestine. He works at UNRWA/WBFO, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which was established in 1949.
29 April 2015
The Nkhamanga environmental situation: Is it indeed a wrath from the gods and ancestors?
An article on the impact of climate change in the small village of Gwamba in Northern Malawi, written by UNU-GEST fellow 2015, Limbani Zak Phiri.
24 April 2015
Study tour and workshop for high level partners
This week, the UNU-FTP concluded a study tour and parallel workshop for high-level partners. In total, 13 high level representatives from a collection of ministries, research centers, and regional governing organizations joined the 10 day study tour in Iceland. The overall aims of the study tour were to expose key UNU-FTP partners to the type of education and training they can expect fellows to receive in the six month training, and to stimulate constructive conversation around main challenges facing global fisheries development and how we can work together in a more constructive way to solve them through policy.
7 April 2015
Fellow's reunion event at the World Geothermal Congress (WGC2015) in Australia
The World Geothermal Congress (WGC2015) will be held 19-25 April, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.
27 March 2015
A new study line on Project Management and Finances
The UNU-GTP has decided to offer a new study line in the six month programme with emphasis on project management and finances of geothermal projects.
25 March 2015
Congratulations UNU-FTP fellows 2014/15
On Monday March 23, 2015, the UNU-FTP celebrated the graduation of the 17th cohort of the six month training in Iceland.