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UNU-FTP Six months training Short course developments Scholarship programme

UNU-FTP Six months training Short course developments Scholarship programme. Marine Research Institute Matis-Food Research University of Iceland University of Akureyri. The UNU system (1973 - umbrella organization). UNU-WIDER (Finland). UNU-Iceland UNU-FTP UNU-GTP UNU-LRT UNU-GEST.

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UNU-FTP Six months training Short course developments Scholarship programme

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  1. UNU-FTP Six months training Short course developments Scholarship programme Marine Research Institute Matis-Food Research University of Iceland University of Akureyri

  2. The UNU system(1973 - umbrella organization) UNU-WIDER (Finland) UNU-Iceland UNU-FTP UNU-GTP UNU-LRT UNU-GEST UNU-CRIS (Belgium) UNU-EHS (Germany-Bonn) UNU-FLORES (Germany-Dresden) UNU-MERIT(Netherlands) UNU-IIAOC (Spain) UNU (Japan-head office) UNU-IAS (Japan) UNU-ISP (Japan) UNU-INWEH (Canada) UNU-FNP (Ithaca, NY) UNU-IIST (China-Macau) UNU-INRA (Ghana) UNU-IIGH (Malaysia) UNU-BIOLAC (Venezuela) UN think-tank Capacity building Academic post-grad. research Advisory service Sustainable development Pressing global problems Human security Human development Developing countries UNU-institutes UNU-programmes

  3. UNU-FTP activites Annual Six-monthstraining Iceland (20 fellowships ) Short course development (partner countries: 4-6 a year) Scholarships for Post-Graduate studies to former fellows (3-4 a year) Conferences and workshops

  4. Main activities • 6 months training programme • Practicing professionals with considerable experience • 6 areas of specialization • Selection of fellows a consultation process • Recommended • BSc/BA minimum • 2 years of experience • Expertise (not generalist) • Role in fisheries development • Short course development • Need based • Cooperation (short course development team) • Local flavour • For people that don‘t qualify for the 6 months training • Government as well as the private sector • Local ownership

  5. The six-month training in Iceland Orientation (1 week) Introductory course (5 weeks) Fellows should gain a holistic view of fisheries and be able to put their own fisheries into an international and/or regional perspective Fisheries Policy and Planning (6 weeks) Resource (stock) Assessment (6 weeks) Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing (6 weeks) Fishing Technology (6 weeks) Sustainable Aquaculture (6 weeks) Management of Fisheries Companies and Marketing (6 weeks) Project proposal Research project – Final report and presentation (14 weeks) Must address important issues in fellow’s home country

  6. UNU-FTP and CRFM cooperation • Since 2007 • 14 fellowships (Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Surinam, Guyana, SVG, Barbados, Haiti, St. Lucua (+15 Cuba) – research papers on CRFM and UNU-FTP websites • 5 short courses: • (Leadership in Fisheries (2), • Data analysis and Stock Assessment (1, 2), • Project Cycle Management (2) • MoU

  7. Training Needs Assessment among member states • Sent to all CRFM CFO (heads of divisions) – PLEASE reply • Helps in determining the next steps in CRFM and UNU-FTP cooperation

  8. UNU-FTP Partner Countries 1998-2013 indicate the countries fellows have come from. Indicate where short courses and conferences sponsored by UNU-FTP have been held Location of the UNU-FTP

  9. Thank you

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