8 October 2019
The Imagine Forum: Women for Peace
This year, UNU-GEST is co-hosting with Höfði Reykjavík Peace Centre and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Höfði's annual Peace Conference, The Imagine Forum. The conference takes place at Veröld at the University of Iceland on October 10, 2019 and the main theme this year is Women for Peace.
4 October 2019
UNU-LRT at the SER World Conference
UNU-LRT was well represented at the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) World Conference, held in Cape Town, South Africa at the end of September. This was the first time an African country hosted the conference and thus a good opportunity for the UNU-LRT alumni, especially from Africa, to network and present their work. UNU-LRT hosted a symposium at the conference entitled: Land restoration for improved livelihood in Africa: Challenges and opportunities. A part from the talk from the UNU-LRT Director on capacity building for restoring land, four other speakers presented their work in the symposium, among them two former UNU-LRT fellows, Mr Mulugeta Sebhatleab Tesfay from Ethiopia (fellow in 2014) and Ms Setrida Mlamba from Malawi (fellow in 2018).
27 September 2019
UNU-GTP Fellow Kunzes Dolma from India is awarded the US WING award for courage
UNU-GTP Fellow Kunzes Dolma from India is awarded the US WING award for courage.
27 September 2019
MSc defence by Getenesh Hailegiorgis Abebe
Getenesh Hailegiorgis Abebe, MSc Fellow in Geophysics at University of Iceland will defend her MSc project on Thursday 3 October, 2019 at 15:00 at University of Iceland, Askja building, room 130.
26 September 2019
UNU-GTP to part ways with UNU and to join UNESCO
We are pleased to announce that the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme is joining hands with the other three UNU training Programmes in Iceland (UNU-Fisheries Training Programme, UNU-Land Restoration Training Programme, and UNU-Gender Equality Studies Training Programme) to form GRÓ: the Centre for Capacity Development – Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Societal Change in Iceland that will be operational as of January 1, 2020.
25 September 2019
SDG Short Course IV on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in November 2019
UNU-GTP and KenGen will be hosting SDG Short Course IV on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources during 13 November - 3 December, at Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha in Kenya.