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Dr. Margaret Masette 
Ugandan alumna of the second cohort of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme
12 April 2024

“I am retired but not tired!” - Dr Margaret Masette, Ugandan alumna of the second cohort of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme

Dr Margaret Masette, Ugandan alumna of the second cohort of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme
Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Director General of GRÓ, receives the books from Helga Ferdinandsdóttir, Project Manager at the Icelandic Literature Center
12 April 2024

Icelandic Literature Center donation to GRÓ library

The Icelandic Literature Center has donated to the GRÓ library a collection of recent translations of Icelandic litterature into different languages such as Arabic, Russian and Spanish.
11 April 2024

GRÓ LRT fellows visit AUI in Hvanneyri

This week, the 2024 GRÓ LRT cohort of fellows visited the headquarters of the Agricultural University (AUI) of Iceland in Hvanneyri, West-Iceland.
19 March 2024

GEST Fellows Visited the President of Iceland

The GEST fellows were invited to visit the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, and the First Lady, Eliza Reid, at the president’s official residence, Bessastaðir, on the 18th of March.
15 March 2024

CSW68: GRÓ GEST Side Event on Gender and Climate Action

GRÓ GEST co-organised the Government of Iceland‘s side-event at CSW68 this year, titled Effective Climate Action: Community-Based Adaptation and Gender-Responsive Finance
2024 GRÓ GEST Fellows at Geysir
11 March 2024

Getting to Know Iceland Outside Reykjavík

On a clear and sunny (and cold) day in March the GRÓ GEST 2024 Cohort went on a Sunday outing to experience that Iceland is more than its capital and there is more to life than classes and assignments!