12 November 2012
Short Course VII on Exploration for Geothermal Resources
Short Course VII on Exploration for Geothermal Resources is currently underway at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. The course is hosted by the UNU-GTP, Geothermal Development Company, Kenya (GDC), and Kenya Electricity and Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen). The course, which started on October 27 and will last until November 18, is a continuation of the short course series on geothermal exploration that falls within the framework of UNU-GTP Millennium Short Courses that have been conducted annually in Kenya since 2005.
9 November 2012
UNU-FTP Assistant Director visits Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Thor Asgeirsson, the UNU-FTP Assistant Director, is visiting Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to assess the needs of our partner institutions in the countries and interview potential candidates for the six month training course.
24 October 2012
Graduation of class 2012
The closing ceremony of the 34th annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 12, 2012, with a record number of 33 UNU graduates from the six month specialized courses. The Fellows came from 17 countries: Bangladesh (1), China (2), Djibouti (1), El Salvador (2), Ethiopia (3), India (1), Kenya (10), Malawi (1), Mexico (1), Nevis (1), Nicaragua (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Philippines (2), Rwanda (2), Sri Lanka (1), Tanzania (1), and Uganda (1).
12 October 2012
UNU-FTP Visits the North of Iceland
The UNU-FTP fellows have arrived in Akureyri in the northern part of Iceland for the last part of the introductory course. While here, the fellows will have the opportunity to visit many companies that are actively working in the field of Icelandic fisheries and on an international level hear lectures from the University of Akureyri School of Business and Science.
10 October 2012
Graduation from the 2012 six-month training
On 4 October, ten fellows graduated from the UNU-LRT annual six-month training course. The graduated fellows are from Ghana (2), Uganda (2), Namibia (2), Uzbekistan (1) and Mongolia (3), five women and five men.
10 October 2012
Dr. Ingvar B. Fridleifsson, director of UNU-GTP becomes an honorary member of the Geothermal Association of Iceland
On the 2nd of October 2012, the autumn meeting of the Geothermal Association of Iceland (GAI) was held in Orkugardur. The title of the meeting was "Iceland and the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme". This year, the schedule was dedicated to the director of UNU-GTP, Dr. Ingvar B. Fridleifsson, a newly elected honorary member of GAI.