The Iceland-based UNU Land Restoration Training Programme ( UNU-LRT ) became operational in 2010 , as did the UNU-ISP Sustainable Cycles operating unit in Germany , part of the StEP initiative . UNU also made good progress on the establishment of two new institutes : the UNU International Institute for the Alliance of Civilizations ( UNU-IIAOC ) , which will be located in Barcelona , Spain , and the UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources ( UNU-FLORES ) , which will be established in Dresden , Germany .