Co-operation between
Department of Fisheries and Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka establish co-operation with Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland. Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland offers UNU-FTP trainning programme a 6 months course of study in Marine and Freshwater Resources fully funded by the Iceland Foreign Ministry to graduate students from developing countries.
Dr. Tumi Tómasson, Programme Director, UNU-FTP and his colleague Mr Stefán Úlfarsson visited University of Jaffna from 4th – 6th February 2018. They had an official meeting with the Vice-Chancellor / University of Jaffna, Dean / Faculty of Science and Head and staff of Department of Fisheries on 5th Feb 2018 in order to officially declare the Co-operation. They conducted an interview for the nominees for the UNU-FTP programme starting in September 2018.
UNU-FTP Mission: UNU-FTP works to enhance institutional and individual capacity in developing countries to support the sustainable use of living aquatic resources. UNU-FTP supports partners in meeting their development goals in the field of fisheries through research-based capacity building cooperation.
Incessant effort of H.E Jayantha Palipane, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Norway & Iceland is greatly acknowledged at this juncture.
Alumnus under this programme
Mr. Ragavan Nadarajah
Six month training in 2018
Fisheries Policy and Management
Fellow, Advance Training Programme in Fisheries Policy and Management, United Nation University – Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP), Iceland, September 2018 – March 2019.
Miss. Thapeetha Yoganathan