20 December 2019
Season´s greetings
Dear friends.
The year 2019 is soon coming to an end and it has certainly been a special year for our Programme. After a long and successful collaboration with the United Nations University, the Land Restoration Training Programme has joined hands with the other three UNU training programmes in Iceland, on Fisheries, Gender Equality and Geothermal Energy, to form GRÓ: the International Centre for Capacity Development - Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Societal Change. The Centre will become a UNESCO Category 2 centre as of 1 January 2020.
18 December 2019
SDG Short Course IV on Geothermal Exploration and Development held in Kenya
SDG Short Course IV on Geothermal Exploration and Development was held in Kenya during November 13 – December 3.
18 December 2019
10-Year Anniversary Seminar in Nairobi
This week on December 16-18, the GEST Programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary at the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development Nairobi in collaboration with the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST) and the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM).
17 December 2019
A Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls: Ambassador's Dialogue with GEST Alumni in Uganda
Last week, GEST alumni in Uganda participated in a dialogue with Ambassador Unnur Orradóttir Ramette, as a part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
16 December 2019
WGC2020 Fellowships - Update
Preliminary information update regarding the Fellowships for WGC2020!
7 December 2019
New Director of GTP
At the end of 2019, Lúdvík Georgsson will step down as Director of UNU-GTP as he will have reached the Government retirement age limit of 70 years. Lúdvík has been the Director since Ingvar Fridleifsson retired in 2013. Before that Lúdvík was the Deputy Director since 1990. His years as a staff member therefore covers 30 years although he was involved in teaching and supervising Fellows since its establishment in 1979.