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Representatives from the youth exchange programme, Bridging Youth Voices for Children's Rights, with GRÓ FTP director Þór Ásgeirsson and UNICEF Iceland project manager Inga Auðbjörg K. Straumland.
19 February 2025

UNICEF Youth Visit GRÓ FTP

The GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme recently welcomed a youth delegation from UNICEF Iceland who are preparing for a trip to Luxembourg, where they will meet with their peers to discuss climate change.
Sharing fisheries expertise: GRÓ FTP fellows out and about in Iceland during the six-month training programme.
22 January 2025

GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme Praised in External Evaluation

GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme (GRÓ FTP) received praise from GOPA in the latest external evaluation of the GRÓ Centre and four GRÓ programmes.
Future trends at the Icelandic Ocean Cluster
22 January 2025

Change and continuity

Exploring future trends for fisheries, the FTP fellows asked questions like “what is likely to change and what will probably continue”, during the fourth week of the Six month training programme.
22 December 2024

Season's greetings

Warm wishes for a happy holiday season from the FTP team
20 December 2024

Dr. Lanre completes his doctoral studies at the University of Iceland

It is with great pleasure to announce that a fellow from 2019, Olanrewaju Femi Olagunju, has successfully completed his doctoral studies at the University of Iceland.
19 December 2024

The balancing act

How Suðurnesjamenn, “The Southerners”, harness their inhospitable land and sea, seeking a balance between dare and awe, to provide for themselves and build up prosperous operations, is an inspiring story that our fellows set out to explore in a field trip Wednesday December 4th.