Director General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson today signed an agreement establishing the International Center for Capacity Development, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Societal Change, as a Category 2 Center under the auspices of UNESCO. GRÓ – the Center for Capacity Development – focuses on areas where Iceland has valuable expertise, i.e. geothermal energy, gender equality, fisheries and land restoration. The center is the first multidisciplinary Category 2 Center in UNESCO’s network, bringing together these four areas of expertise and…
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