16 May 2019
Annual meeting of Nordic Women Mediators successfully convened in Oslo
On 9-10 May 2019 more than 50 members of the Nordic Women Mediators (NWM) network convened in Oslo for a two-day annual meeting. In addition to the NWM members, seven prominent women from Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen were invited to provide insights into the status of women’s engagement and influence in the peace processes in their respective countries.
16 May 2019
First ReNEW Summer School kicked off today at the University of Iceland
The overall topic of the summer school is ‚Nordic Trends in Gender Studies‘ and the main target group for the summer school are PhD students and advanced MA students working on Norden-related topics in their final theses. Over the next 5 days, experts within the gender studies field will provide students with feedback on their work, and introduce them to four separate but interlinked pillars of current Nordic gender research: Intersectionality, migration and labour markets, post-colonialism, as well as trans issues and queer theory.
15 May 2019
Home country seminar of the UNU-GTP Fellows
On Friday 17th May, the Fellows participating in the Six Month Training Programme will make a short presentation on geothermal development and utilisation in their home countries.
6 May 2019
UNU-GTP and LaGeo, El Salvador sign a new cooperation agreement
Thursday, May 2, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme in Iceland and LaGeo the national energy company of El Salvador on continued co-operation in geothermal training and the development of geothermal knowledge in Latin America.
29 April 2019
The 41st session of the UNU-GTP
The 41st session of the UNU-GTP opened on Monday 29th of April.
24 April 2019
Training on Surface Exploration and Development of Conceptual Models held in Eritrea
The UNU-GTP conducted a 10 day training on Surface Exploration Studies for Geothermal Resources and Development of Conceptual Models in Asmara, Eritrea in cooperation with the Africa Geothermal Center of Excellence, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Geothermal Association - Africa Regional Branch (IGA-ARB) at the request of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs - International Development Cooperation for the state of Eritrea.