19 October 2009
Interantional marketing and trade of fisheries products
Audun Lem from FAO and Jimmy Young from Stirling University conduct a two day workshop on international trade and marketing of fish products at the University of Akureyri.
14 October 2009
Graduation of Class 2009
The closing ceremony of the 31st annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 9th, 2009. Twenty two UNU Fellows from sixteen countries completed the traditional six month specialized geothermal courses this
year.
12 October 2009
UNU fellows travel in northern Iceland
The fellows are currently on the annual tour to Akureyri. northern Iceland
2 October 2009
The second graduation from LRT six month training programme
Six LRT
fellows who participated in the second full six month training programme graduated on October the 1st 2009. This is the third graduation since
the initiation of the LRT programme, but the first fellows where offered a seven week training programme in 2007. This year the fellows came from Ghana,
Ethiopia, Uganda, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.
23 September 2009
UNU-GTP seminar 2009 on geothermal development
The annual seminar with presentations of the UNU Fellow projects will be given in the main lecture room at Orkugardur on Monday September 28th, 2009, starting at
10:00.
21 September 2009
New group of fellows
On September 14 the 12th session of the UNU-FTP commenced. This year 19 fellows from 15 countries will take part in the training on 4 lines of specialization: Fisheries Policy and Planning, Stock
Assessment, Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing, and Sustainable Aquaculture. The first part of the UNU-FTP is a 5 weeks introduction to fisheries. During that time the fellows will
spend 2 weeks in northern Iceland exploring the fishing industry and attending lectures on company management at the University of Akureyri.