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      <title><![CDATA[Fiskeldi í Kenía meistaraprófskynning]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[&Aacute; morgun, f&ouml;studaginn 24. ma&iacute;, fer fram s&iacute;&eth;asta meistarapr&oacute;fskynningin &thorn;essa vors en &thorn;&aacute; kynnir Nora Jacobi meistarapr&oacute;fsritger&eth; s&iacute;na Examining the Potential of Fish Farming to improve the Livelihoods of Farmers in the Surroundings of Lake Victoria, Kenya: Assessing Impacts of Governmental Support. Lei&eth;beinandi verkefnisins er dr. Benedict J. Colombi, lektor vi&eth; Arizona H&aacute;sk&oacute;la &iacute; Bandar&iacute;kjunum, en pr&oacute;fd&oacute;mari er dr. Tumi T&oacute;masson forst&ouml;&eth;uma&eth;ur Sj&aacute;var&uacute;tvegssk&oacute;la H&aacute;sk&oacute;la Sameinu&eth;u &thorn;j&oacute;&eth;anna. N&aacute;nari uppl&yacute;singar m&aacute; n&aacute;lgast &iacute; &uacute;rdr&aelig;tti h&eacute;r a&eth; ne&eth;an.<br /><br />Kynningin fer fram &aacute; ensku kl. 16:00 &iacute; stofu 1-2 &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrinu. Athugi&eth; a&eth; Nora Jacobi ver&eth;ur &aacute; sta&eth;num.<br /> <br /><strong>Athugun &aacute; m&ouml;guleikum fiskeldis til a&eth; b&aelig;ta l&iacute;fskj&ouml;r ken&iacute;skra b&aelig;nda vi&eth; Viktor&iacute;uvatn - mat &aacute; &aacute;hrifum opinbers stu&eth;nings<br /></strong>
<p><strong><br />&Uacute;tdr&aacute;ttur</strong><br />Fiskeftirspurn vex s&iacute;fellt &iacute; Ken&yacute;a &iacute; Austur-Afr&iacute;ku. Vegna hnignandi fiskistofna gerir fiskframbo&eth; &thorn;a&eth; hins vegar ekki. &Iacute; al&thorn;j&oacute;&eth;legum samanbur&eth;i er fiskeldi &iacute; Ken&yacute;a enn &oacute;verulegt og fylgir ekki hr&ouml;&eth;um vexti greinarinnar &aacute; heimsv&iacute;su. Hins vegar eru vann&yacute;tt s&oacute;knarf&aelig;ri &iacute; fiskeldisstarfsemi &iacute; Ken&yacute;a. &Aacute;ri&eth; 2009 var&eth; &thorn;r&oacute;un og marka&eth;sv&aelig;&eth;ing eldis &aacute; beitarfiski og Nor&eth;ur-Afr&iacute;kgrana hluti af efnahags&ouml;rvunar&aacute;&aelig;tlun r&iacute;kisstj&oacute;rnar landsins. Markmi&eth; &aacute;&aelig;tlunarinnar voru a&eth; &ouml;rva hagv&ouml;xt me&eth; sk&ouml;pun vi&eth;skiptat&aelig;kif&aelig;ra og starfa og a&eth; draga &uacute;r f&aelig;&eth;u&oacute;&ouml;ryggi og f&aacute;t&aelig;kt sem eru meirih&aacute;ttar vandam&aacute;l &iacute; Ken&yacute;a. Fiskeldisframlei&eth;sla j&oacute;kst st&oacute;rum &iacute; kj&ouml;lfari&eth;. &THORN;essi ranns&oacute;kn nota&eth;ist vi&eth; spurningalista til a&eth; varpa lj&oacute;si &aacute; &aacute;hrif stu&eth;nings r&iacute;kisstj&oacute;rnarinnar &aacute; l&iacute;fskj&ouml;r b&aelig;nda sem stunda sm&aacute;framlei&eth;slu &aacute; eldisfiski &iacute; Nyanza- og Western-s&yacute;slum &iacute; Ken&yacute;a. &Iacute; brennidepli voru einkenni b&yacute;la, stu&eth;ningskerfi, fj&aacute;rhagur b&yacute;la, breytingar &aacute; l&iacute;fskj&ouml;rum og framt&iacute;&eth; fiskeldisins. Vegna tekna af fiskeldi b&ouml;tnu&eth;u l&iacute;fskj&ouml;r b&aelig;nda sem hloti&eth; h&ouml;f&eth;u styrki fr&aacute; r&iacute;kisstj&oacute;rninni &thorn;egar liti&eth; er til pr&oacute;t&iacute;nneyslu en framlei&eth;ni tjarna &thorn;eirra er l&iacute;til. Me&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; auka tekjur og b&aelig;ta a&eth;gengi a&eth; pr&oacute;t&iacute;num hj&aacute;lpu&eth;u styrkirnir b&aelig;ndunum til skemmri t&iacute;ma liti&eth; en &thorn;eir kenndu b&aelig;ndunum ekki hvernig stunda m&aacute; sj&aacute;lfb&aelig;rt fiskeldi &thorn;egar &thorn;eir h&aelig;tta a&eth; f&aacute; styrki. Ein lei&eth; til a&eth; auka framlei&eth;ni tjarna &thorn;eirra er a&eth; sty&eth;ja vi&eth; sam&thorn;&aelig;tta og sj&aacute;lfb&aelig;ra stundun landb&uacute;na&eth;ar og fiskeldis. Ef framlei&eth;ni tjarnanna n&aelig;r ekki a&eth; aukast er mikil h&aelig;tta &aacute; a&eth; dragi &uacute;r fiskeldi &iacute; Ken&yacute;a me&eth; neikv&aelig;&eth;um aflei&eth;ingum &aacute; l&iacute;fskj&ouml;r b&aelig;nda.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Potential of Fish Farming to Improve the Livelihoods of Farmers in the Lake Victoria Region]]></title>
      <link>http://uwestfjords.is/news/Potential_of_Fish_Farming_to_Improve_the_Livelihoods_of_Farmers_in_the_Lake_Victoria_Region</link>
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      	<![CDATA[On Friday, May 24 at 16:00, Nora Jacobi will present her master's thesis, titled Examining the Potential of Fish Farming to improve the Livelihoods of Farmers in the Surroundings of Lake Victoria, Kenya: Assessing Impacts of Governmental Support. The thesis advisor is dr. Benedict J. Colombi, Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, and the external reader is dr.Tumi T&oacute;masson, director of the United Nations University, Fisheries Training Programme. Further information about the thesis can be found in its abstract below.<br /><br />The presentation will be in English and will be given in room 1-2 at the University Centre.<br /><br /><strong>Examining the Potential of Fish Farming to Improve the Livelihoods of Farmers in the Lake Victoria Region, Kenya - Assessing the Impacts of Governmental Support</strong>
<p><br /><strong>Abstract</strong><br />In Kenya, East Africa, fish-demand is constantly growing. Fish supply, however, lags behind owing to declining natural fish stocks. Aquaculture production in Kenya is still insignificant on a global scale, not following the sector's worldwide rapid growth. However, Kenya shows great potential for aquaculture activities that are not yet fully explored. In 2009 development and commercialization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) aquaculture became part of the government's Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP), aiming to stimulate economic growth by creating business opportunities and jobs, as well as to alleviate food insecurity and poverty, two major problems in Kenya. Aquaculture production increased significantly. This study uses a structured questionnaire to elucidate the impacts of governmental support on the livelihoods of small-scale aquaculture farmers in the Nyanza and Western provinces, Kenya. Foci are (1) farm characteristics, (2) support mechanisms used, (3) fish farm wealth, (4) livelihood changes and (5) future perspectives of aquaculture. Livelihoods of ESP supported farmers improved in terms of protein consumption through incomes from aquaculture but pond productivities are low. ESP subsidies helped fish farmers in the short-term, i.e. through income generation and increased protein accessibility, but it failed to teach farmers how to achieve self-sustainable aquaculture without the help of subsidies. One way of achieving higher pond productivities is the promotion of sustainable and integrated aquaculture-agriculture farming practices. The risk is high that if pond productivities are not increased, aquaculture practices may be discontinued in the future with negative impacts on the farmers' livelihoods. </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marine Innovation Agreement Signed]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[At the annual general meeting of the University Centre of the Westfjords a new cooperation agreement for the master's program in Coastal and Marine Management was signed between the University Centre and the University of Akureyri. This new agreement also entails a cooperation between the two institutions regarding a new master's program in <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/marine_innovation/" target="_blank">Marine Innovation</a>.<br /><br />Marine Innovation is a professional master's program offered in cooperation with UA and the Innovation Centre Iceland. The program is designed for students to learn to create a job instead of taking one. Therefore the programs emphasis is on giving students an insight into the nature and conditions of starting and running an innovative micro-business as well as coastal and marine issues. The program is individually structured an each student designs an tailor made plan of study, combining courses in their professional field and business management courses with the respective innovative project. <br /><br />Due to the individually structured nature of the program the number of students is limited to five students. A variety of courses are on offer, especially courses from the Coastal and Marine Management program but also through the network of the public Icelandic Universities.<br /><br />The master's program in Marine Innovation is open for applications. All further information about the program can be found on its <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/marine_innovation/" target="_blank">webpage</a>.<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Samstarfssamningur um Sjávartengda nýsköpun]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[&Aacute; a&eth;alfundi H&aacute;sk&oacute;laseturs Vestfjar&eth;a, sem fram f&oacute;r f&ouml;studaginn 17. ma&iacute;, var skrifa&eth; undir n&yacute;jan samstarfssamning &aacute; milli H&aacute;sk&oacute;laseturs Vestfjar&eth;a og H&aacute;sk&oacute;lans &aacute; Akureyri um  meistaran&aacute;mi&eth; &iacute; haf- og strandsv&aelig;&eth;astj&oacute;rnun. Auk &aacute;framhaldandi samstarfs um meistaran&aacute;mi&eth; &iacute; haf- og strandsv&aelig;&eth;sastj&oacute;rnun felur samningurinn einnig &iacute; s&eacute;r samstarf stofnanna tveggja um n&yacute;tt meistaran&aacute;m, <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/sjavartengd_nyskopun/" target="_blank">Sj&aacute;vartengda n&yacute;sk&ouml;pun</a>.<br /><br />Sj&aacute;vartengd n&yacute;sk&ouml;pun er nokku&eth; n&yacute;st&aacute;rleg n&aacute;mslei&eth; enda er h&eacute;r um a&eth; r&aelig;&eth;a hagn&yacute;tt meistaran&aacute;m sem bo&eth;i&eth; er upp &aacute; &iacute; n&aacute;nu samstarfi vi&eth; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lann &aacute; Akureyri og N&yacute;sk&ouml;punarmi&eth;st&ouml;&eth; &Iacute;slands. N&aacute;mi&eth; mi&eth;ar a&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; nemendur skapi s&eacute;r s&iacute;n eigin atvinnut&aelig;kif&aelig;ri &iacute; gegnum n&yacute;sk&ouml;punarhugmynd sem &thorn;eir &thorn;r&oacute;a &iacute; n&aacute;minu. &Iacute; &thorn;v&iacute; sambandi er l&ouml;g&eth; &aacute;hersla &aacute; e&eth;li og skilyr&eth;i n&yacute;sk&ouml;punar, reksturs &ouml;rfyrirt&aelig;kja og m&aacute;lefni hafs og stranda. N&aacute;mi&eth; er &thorn;v&iacute; einstaklingsmi&eth;a&eth; og mun hver og einn nemandi skipuleggja n&aacute;mi&eth; &iacute; samvinnu vi&eth; lei&eth;beinendur og kennslustj&oacute;ra H&aacute;sk&oacute;laseturs.<br /><br />&THORN;ar sem n&aacute;mi&eth; er einstaklingsmi&eth;a&eth; er gert r&aacute;&eth; fyrir f&aacute;um n&aacute;msm&ouml;nnum, allt fr&aacute; einum og upp &iacute; fimm. Fj&ouml;ldi n&aacute;mskei&eth;a standa nemendum til bo&eth;a, einkum n&aacute;mskei&eth; meistaran&aacute;msins &iacute; haf- og strandsv&aelig;&eth;astj&oacute;rnun sem og n&aacute;mskei&eth; sem eru &iacute; bo&eth;i &iacute; gegnum samstarfsnet opinberu h&aacute;sk&oacute;lanna &aacute; &Iacute;slandi. Einnig er m&ouml;gulegt a&eth; s&aelig;kja n&aacute;mskei&eth; hj&aacute; &ouml;&eth;rum innlendum og erlendum h&aacute;sk&oacute;lum.<br /><br />Skr&aacute;ning &iacute; meistaran&aacute;mi&eth; &iacute; Sj&aacute;vartengdri n&yacute;sk&ouml;pun stendur n&uacute; yfir en allar n&aacute;nari uppl&yacute;singar um n&aacute;mi&eth; m&aacute; n&aacute;lgast &aacute; <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/sjavartengd_nyskopun/" target="_blank">vefs&iacute;&eth;u &thorn;ess</a>.<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ađalfundur Háskólaseturs]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[A&eth;alfundur H&aacute;sk&oacute;laseturs Vestfjar&eth;a ver&eth;ur haldinn f&ouml;studaginn 17. ma&iacute; n&aelig;stkomandi kl. 13.00 &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrinu. Fundurinn er opinn almenningi og eru vinir og velunnarar H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrusins hvattir til a&eth; s&aelig;kja fundinn.<br /><br /><strong>Dagskr&aacute; </strong>
<p><br />13:00-14:30	A&eth;alfundur <br />	<br />1. Sk&yacute;rsla stj&oacute;rnar <br />	2. Afgrei&eth;sla reikninga<br />	3. Fj&aacute;rhags&aacute;&aelig;tlun 2013<br />	4. Kosning stj&oacute;rnarmanna<br />	4. Kj&ouml;r sko&eth;unarmanna e&eth;a endursko&eth;enda<br />	5. &Aacute;kv&ouml;r&eth;un um &thorn;&oacute;knun til stj&oacute;rnar<br />	6. &Ouml;nnur m&aacute;l</p>
<p><br />14:30	Kaffi "og me&eth; &thorn;v&iacute;" </p>
<p><br />Fundurinn fer fram &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetri Vestfjar&eth;a, Su&eth;urg&ouml;tu 12, &Iacute;safir&eth;i. </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Annual General Meeting]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[It is during the month of May that the Annual General Meeting takes place at the University Centre Westfjords. The AGM this year falls on 17th of May, and discussion points include events over the past year, both financially and internally. The AGM will start at 1 pm at the University Centre.&nbsp;For a detailed agenda of the meeting, please visit our <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/tilkynningar/Adalfundur_Haskolaseturs/" target="_blank">Icelandic site</a>.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gestafyrirlestur um skipulagsmál]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[Dirk Werle fr&aacute; umhverfisranns&oacute;knarstofnuninni Aerde Environmental Resarch &iacute; Halifax, Nova Scotia heldur gestafyrirlestur &iacute; n&aacute;mskei&eth;inu Principles of Planning mi&eth;vikudaginn 8. ma&iacute; kl. 13:-15:00. Fyrirlestur Dirk Werle ber titilinn &bdquo;Planning tools to support coastal hazard response and management - Using Earth observation satellites for hurricane damage assessment in the Caribbean coastal zone: Regional, national and local scales." En h&eacute;r er um a&eth; r&aelig;&eth;a verkefni sem er &aacute; vegum stofnananna NASA, CSA og CDEMA.<br /> <br />Fyrirlesturinn fer fram &iacute; stofu 1-2 &iacute; H&aacute;sk&oacute;lasetrinu er opinn &ouml;llum &aacute;hugas&ouml;mum. <br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guest Lecturer on Planning Tools]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[<p>Mr. Dirk Werle from Aerde Environmental Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia is joining the course Principles of Planning this week as a guest lecturer. Mr. Dirk Werle will speak on: Planning tools to support coastal hazard response and management - Using Earth observation satellites for hurricane damage assessment in the Caribbean coastal zone: Regional, national and local scales.<br /><br />His talk will be on Wednesday, May 8, from 13:00-15:00 in Room 1-2 at the University Centre. The talk is open to the public.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Háskólagátt promoted in Isafjordur]]></title>
      <link>http://uwestfjords.is/announcements/Haskolagatt_promoted_in_Isafjordur</link>
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      	<![CDATA[On Wednesday May 8, Mar&iacute;a Einarsd&oacute;ttir from Bifrost University will come to Isafjordur and promote H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt, which could be translated as University Gateway. The introduction will be held in the Fr&aelig;&eth;slumi&eth;st&ouml;&eth; Vestfjar&eth;a, Westfjords Center for Life Long Learning, between 12:00 and 15:00.<br /><br />H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt is intended for those who do not meet the entry requirements for university level and for students who want to strengthen their position before applying for university.<br /><br />Assuming that students are full-time students, H&aacute;sk&oacute;lag&aacute;tt takes one year and the registration fee for the year is 89,000 kr.<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SIT field school students offered homestays]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[Like previous years, the University Centre expects a field school group on behalf of the School for International Training (SIT) in Vermont, USA this summer.  These undergraduate students do  an almost semester-long programme <a href=" http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/sss_ice.cfm" target="_blank">Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics</a>  in Iceland and the programme mainly is carried out  in the Reykjavik area and in the Westfjord region. <br /><br />The group will stay in the Westfjords from June 16 to July 7 and consists of roughly twenty students. Caitlin Wilson doctoral student in environmental sciences at the Univeristy of Iceland is the programme  AD, a position she has held for the past years. This year she will have two assistants, Alex Elliott, a British former University Centre student and Astrid Fehling who is German and has also studied here at the Centre.  We are certainly pleased to have them on board this summer. <br /><br />In addition to lectures in energy sciences and field trips, the SIT students get to study Icelandic language and culture, both in class as well as by going on short tours. Language study is an important part of all SIT study abroad programmes and to give students an opportunity to practice the language as well as insights in family life, they  are offered two-week long homestays with families in the Isafjordur area. This experience is normally highly appreciated by students as well as host families, which this story from 2012 shows: <a href="http://www.uwestfjords.is/news/Hosting_a_foreign_student_a_rewarding_experience/" target="_blank"> 'Hosting a foreign student a rewarding experience'</a><br /><br />Lately the Centre has advertised for hosts and followingly an informational meeting was arranged last week. Many interested families showed up and seemed very curious to welcome a student to their home in a few weeks&lsquo; time. We are looking forward to the arrival of the 2013 SIT group!<br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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