16 December 2009
Visit from the Gender Equality Training Programme
LRT was visited on December 11th by two fellows of the Gender Equality Training (GET) Programme and its Project Manager, Dr. Annadís Gréta
Rúdólfsdóttir. The fellows of the GET programme are Latifa Hamidi and Hafiz Noori, both from Afghanistan. The LRT is very pleased
with being able to share its experience with the GET programme and to meet with their first fellows.
10 December 2009
LRT Workshop
A workshop to review and enhance the curriculum of the Land Restoration Training Programme was held at the Agricultural University of Iceland on
December 4th and 5th. Around 25 people attended the workshop and shared their experiences of the LRT programme and participated in
fruitful discussions on how to enhance the current programme. Many good ideas germinated during the workshop and will be developed further and built into
the programme. Ingrid Gevers from Wageningen International in the Netherlands facilitated the workshop and assisted with curriculum
development.
8 December 2009
Dr. Wang Tao, the first UNU fellow to finish PhD studies in Iceland
Today, December 8 , Mrs. Wang Tao from China and a UNU Fellow in 2005 defended successfully her
PhD dissertation in Food Science from the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences,
University of Iceland.
4 December 2009
New website
Welcome to the new LRT website! Here you can get an overview of the programme, its objectives, its history, the fellows that have attended
the programme, and more. You can find specific information about admission to the programme, how fellows are selected and from what countries. Individual projects of each fellow are also
accessible here. The latest news will be posted here to keep you informed about our work.
30 October 2009
A former UNU fellow in a delegation visiting Iceland
In October 23-27 the UNU-FTP was visited by an Estonian delegation studying fisheries management in Iceland.
26 October 2009
The specialty courses start
The introductory course ended with a very successful two week trip to Akureyri. As of from Monday, October 26, the specialty courses of the UNU-FTP will start.