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Last Thursday our fellows went on a field trip “Suður með sjó“, to Reykjanes, the important site of fisheries in Iceland’s southwest.

Our 2022 cohort of fellows have all safely arrived in Iceland and are now in the process of settling in and starting the Six-month Training Programme.

A new group of fellows will soon arrive in Iceland to participate in the six-month Fisheries Training Programme which will run from 24th October 2022 to 27th April 2023.

Last week GRÓ-FTP coordinated a study tour of Icelandic fisheries for a Sierra Leonean high-level delegation

Symon Ngwira from Malawi, a former 2001-2022 FTP fellow, arrived in Iceland earlier in September to begin his master’s studies at the University of Iceland on a scholarship provided by GRÓ-FTP. Symon will study on the Environment and Natural Resources master´s programme which is an interdisciplinary and international programme with a focus on environmental issues and the utilisation of natural resources. Symon will specialise in Ocean Sustainability.

Thursday August 18th GRÓ-FTP scholarship recipient, Alvin Slewion Jueseah, will defend his PhD research Economic Analysis of the Coastal Fisheries of Liberia.