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UNU-GTP and LeGeo S.A. de C.V. will be hosting a one week Short Course on Geothermal Development and Geothermal Wells starting on 11 March in El Salvador.  Over the course of the week participants from Central-, and South-America and the Caribbean area will attend lectures given by local and international experts. Some practical sessions are included in the program as well as a field trip to Ahuachapan geothermal field.  

The Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Mr. Oshadhi Alahapperuma, visited the UNU-GTP on Tuesday the 28th of February.  He was escorted by Mr. S.B. Wijekoon, Minister Councellor and a representative for the Sri Lankan consul in Iceland, Sveinbjörg Pálsdóttir.  The purpose of the Ambassador‘s visit was to learn about the UNU-GTP and its operation, in Sri Lanka and all over the world. 

A Seminar, for the  presentations of the UNU-GTP MSc candidates who will defend their thesis at the University of Iceland this spring, will be held in Vidgelmir, Orkugarður, Grensásvegi 9 on the Thursday, 1 March, 09:00-12:00.

Prof. Jakob Rhyner, the Director of the UNU-EHS and the Vice Rector in Europe of the United Nations University, visited the UNU Iceland Programmes on Thursday the 16th of February. 

The UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Stephen O‘Brien visited the UNU-GTP on Thursday the 9th of February. The minister came to Iceland to learn about the various ways in which the country uses it‘s geothermal resources.  

Training in Borehole Geology began in Kenya in early November, as requested by the Geothermal Development Company (GDC), a state-owned company that conducts research on new geothermal areas on behalf of the Government. Extensive plans are in the works to further geothermal use in the country and therefore the need for training is great. A sixty day training course was arranged which was split into two parts. The first part started in November, but the second one in February 2012. The goal of the training course was to give the staff at GDC, who work in the field of Borehole Geology, training in lab research and field work. There were only seven participants, which enabled the specialist from ISOR to spend ample time with each participant and to train them in the daily work of a borehole geologist.