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The Closing Ceremony of the 26th annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on 22nd October 2004. Eighteen UNU Fellows from eight countries, who completed the traditional six month specialized courses, received their UNU Certificates. They came from China (4), Eritrea (2),  Ethiopia (2), Indonesia (3), Iran (2), Kenya (2), Mongolia (2), and Russia (1). They received specialized training in Environmental Studies (5), Geothermal Utilization (4), Reservoir Engineering (4), Chemistry of Thermal Fluids (3), and Geological Exploration (2). A total of 318 professionals from 39 countries have completed the six month specialized courses during 1979-2004. Of these, 44% have come from countries in Asia, 26% from Africa, 16% from Central and Eastern Europe, and 14% from Latin America.

The conference charted the way towards an expansion of renewable energies worldwide, responding to the call of the Johannesburg summit in 2002 for the global development of renewable energy. It also kept up the momentum generated by the coalition of like-minded countries for promotion of renewable energies (known as the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition, JREC). More than 1000 participants met in Bonn, among them official governmental delegations from some 90 countries including energy, environmental and development ministers, representatives of the United Nations and other international and non-governmental organisations, civil society and the private sector.

The aim of establishing the MSc programme in cooperation with the University of Iceland is to go a step further in assisting selected countries in building up their specialist groups. A total of 33 scientists and engineers from Kenya have completed the six month specialized courses during 1982-2003. Four of them have already completed their MSc studies in Iceland.

The 26th annual session of the UNU-GTP opened on 3rd May. Eighteen UNU Fellows  participate in the six month specialized courses this year. They come from China 4, Ethiopia 2, Eritrea 2, Indonesia 3, Iran 2, Mongolia 2, Kenya 2, and Russia 1. They will specialize in the following lines of training: Environmental Studies (5), Geothermal Utilization (4), Reservoir Engineering (4), Chemistry of Thermal Fluids (3), and Geological Exploration (2).

The year 2003 marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP), as the agreement on its establishment was made between the UNU and the Government of Iceland in 1978.  The first two UNU Fellows came to Iceland in 1979, and since then the 6 month courses have been held every year.

The closing ceremony of the 25th year of the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme was held on October 17, 2003. Twenty UNU Fellows from 12 countries received their UNU Certificates after completing the traditional 6 month specialized courses. They came from China (3), Costa Rica (1), El Salvador (1), Ethiopia (1), Guatemala (1), Iran (3), Kenya (2), Mongolia (2), Poland (2), Philippines (2), Russia (1), and Turkey (1).