Graduation of Class 2008

6 October 2008

The closing ceremony of the 30th annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 3rd, 2008.

Twenty two UNU Fellows from fifteen countries completed the traditional six month specialized geothermal courses this year. They come from China 5, Djibouti1, Costa Rica 1, El Salvador 2, Eritrea 1, Ethiopia 1, Indonesia 2, Jordan 1, Kenya 1, Mexico 1, Nicaragua 1, Rwanda 1, Tanzania 1, Uganda 1, and Yemen 2. They were trained in: Geothermal Utilization 6, Chemistry of Thermal Fluids 5, Reservoir Engineering 3, Environmental Studies 2, Geological Exploration 2, Drilling Technology 2, Borehole Geology 1, and Borehole Geophysics 1. This is the first time that there have been UNU Fellows from Rwanda and Yemen.

Since the first UNU Fellows of the UNU-GTP came for training in 1979, 402 scientists and engineers from 43 countries have completed the annual six month courses. Of these, 44% have come from countries in Asia, 26% from Africa, 15% from Central and Eastern Europe, and 15% from Latin America. Amongst these 67 have beenwomen (17%).

At the graduation ceremony speeches were given by Dr. Ingvar B. Fridleifsson, Director of the UNU-GTP, Ambassador Greta Gunnarsdottir from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and Fahmi Hamim Dereinda, an environmental scientist from Pertamina, Indonesia, who spoke on behalf of the graduating Class. Ambassador Greta Gunnarsdottir presented the graduates with their UNU Certificates.

UNU-GTP Class of 2008

Back row left: Godofredo Lopez (El Salvador), Gabriel J. Mbogoni (Tanzania), Theoneste Uhorakeye (Rwanda), Abdulsalam Al-Dakhin(Yemen), Gaoxuan Guo (China), Moustapha Ahmed Youssouf (Djibouti), Gezahegn Daba (Ethiopia), Daniel Weldeyohannes(Eritrea), Ahmed Gharaibeh (Jordan), Orlando Morales (Costa Rica), José Francisco Ruiz (Nicaragua).
Mid row left: Rosa Noemy Escobar (El Salvador), Gongxin Chen (China), Taha Al-Kohlani (Yemen), Fahmi Hamim Dereinda (Indonesia), Wei Zhang (China), I Made Budi (Indonesia), Zheng Han (China), Cecilia Lorenzo (Mexico).
Front row left: Fenglan Cao (China), Dorthe H. Holm (UNU-GTP), Lúdvík S. Georgsson (UNU-GTP), Cathrine Nyakecho (Uganda), Ingvar B. Fridleifsson (UNU-GTP), Thorhildur Ísberg (UNU-GTP), Teresa Karani (Kenya).

Dr. Ingvar B. Fridleifsson, Director of the UNU-GTP	Ambassador Greta Gunnarsdottir from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Fahmi Hamim Dereinda, speaking on behalf of the graduating Class	Wei Zhang receiving his diploma from Ambassador Greta Gunnarsdottir

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