1 November 2013
UNU-GTP nominated for the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize
The United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme received the honour of being nominated for the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize in 2013. The prize is awarded to a Nordic enterprise, organisation or individual, which has managed in an exemplary way to integrate consideration for nature and the environment into their business or work, or which, in some other way, has made an extraordinary effort for nature and the environment.
25 October 2013
UNU-FTP fellows visit the Icelandic Coast Guard and Directorate of Fisheries
Yesterday, the UNU-FTP fellows paid a visit to the Icelandic Coast Guard and Directorate of Fisheries.
25 October 2013
UNU-LRT presented at the SER conference in Madison, USA
The Society of Ecological Restoration held its fifth world conference on ecological restoration in Madison, Wisconsin, USA from 6 to 11 October 2013. UNU-LRT was presented at the conference in an oral presentation and in a poster. The UNU-LRT Director, Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir, gave a talk titled Education for sustainable development with a focus on land restoration - what is its impact? The poster presented, focused on UNU-LRT training and capacity building as an essential part of reaching a sustainable future. One former UNU-LRT fellow from 2011, Ms. Altantsetseg Balt from Mongolia, attended the conference. She works for the Mongolian mining company Oyu Tolgoi LLC in restoring mined land.
22 October 2013
UNU-FTP Welcomes Fellows 2013/14
The United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme welcomes the 16th cohort of fellows to Iceland for the six month training programme.
15 October 2013
Graduation of Fellows 2013
The closing ceremony of the 35th annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 11, 2013, with a record number of 34 UNU graduates from the six month specialized courses. In addition, five received a fellowship after a six month training in borehole geology that took place in Kenya this year. This is the first time a fellowship is rewarded outside of Iceland.
1 October 2013
Short Course for Decision Makers from Burundi, DRC and Rwanda
The UNU-GTP and the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) held a short course on geothermal development for decision makers from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda in cooperation with Kenya Electricity Generating Company and Geothermal Development Company at Lake Naivasha in Kenya from 25 - 28 September.