Stories of alumni

16 April 2023

GRÓ-FTP scholarship recipient Hang Thi Nguyen to defend PhD

Tuesday April 18th GRÓ-FTP scholarship recipient, Hang Thi Nguyen, will defend her PhD research Novel protein sources from fish processing side streams and underutilised species for human consumption.
GRÓ GTP and GEST alumni, with staff of the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, the Director General of GRÓ, the Permanent delegate of Iceland to UNESCO and the Consul of Iceland in Nairobi.
22 March 2023

GRÓ alumni in Kenya meet with UNESCO‘s Regional Office for Eastern Africa

Kenya has outgrown Iceland in terms of electricity generated with its geothermal resources.
Participants with Permanent Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland, Martin Eyjólfsson, at the Gender Equality Event at the UN House, New Delhi.
9 March 2023

GRÓ GEST presented at Gender Equality Event in New Delhi

Four alumni from the GRÓ Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GRÓ GEST) gave lively accounts of their participation in the programme and how it has benefitted them in their work, at an event organised on International Women's Day, 8th March, in New Delhi. The event was organised by the Embassy of Iceland in New Delhi, in cooperation with the offices of UN Women and UNESCO in the country.
The delegation visiting Þorbjörn in Grindavík
28 September 2022

Study tour of Icelandic fisheries for Sierra Leonean high-level delegation

Last week GRÓ-FTP coordinated a study tour of Icelandic fisheries for a Sierra Leonean high-level delegation
18 August 2022

GRÓ-FTP scholarship recipient Alvin Slewion Jueseah to defend PhD

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