11 October 2023
Kenya becomes the newest partner country of GRÓ LRT
GRÓ LRT's Deputy Director, Berglind Orradottir, and Dr Johann Thorsson, a Senior Scientist at the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, and a member of the GRÓ LRT’s academic committee, embarked on a fact-finding mission to Kenya in September. The primary objective of this visit was to establish connections with government agencies and research institutes actively involved in land restoration and sustainable land management. Their aim was to explore potential avenues for collaboration between these organizations and GRÓ LRT.
9 October 2023
Gender and Climate Change Short Course Implemented in Malawi
Last week, from 2 - 6 October, the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) implemented a five-day training course on Gender and Climate Change in Nkhotakota district in partnership with GRÓ GEST.
29 September 2023
Evaluation of GRÓ's master's and doctoral scholarship programme
A new external evaluation of GRÓ's master’s and doctoral scholarship programme confirms its contribution to knowledge creation and potential impact on institutional capacity building. The evaluation finds that the scholarship programme falls within the scope and aims of Iceland’s current policy for International Development Cooperation 2019-2023, as well as the one proposed for 2024-2028.
19 September 2023
The 2024 GEST Cohort Selected
After a lengthy selection process during March-July 2023, as the GEST selection panel reviewed nearly 400 nominations from almost 50 countries, 23 candidates from 14 countries have been selected to attend the 2024 GEST academic programme.