4 December 2023
Open Call for Nominations for the 2025 GRÓ GEST Programme
The GRÓ Gender Equality Studies and Training (GEST) programme calls for nominations for its academic programme in 2025. The deadline for nominations is 8 March 2024.
2 December 2023
Busy schedule for fellows
Marine and freshwater resources were the main focus of study during the second week of the just launched 2023-24 Six-month training programme.
1 December 2023
Short course in Kyrgyzstan on gender, environment and sustainable land management
This week, GRÓ LRT in collaboration with GRÓ GEST, conducted a three-day training course titled "Gender, the Environment, and Sustainable Land Management" in Kyrgyzstan. The course was tailored for the staff of Camp Alatoo Foundation, comprising 16 natural resources management experts.
22 November 2023
Six-month Training Programme underway
In an opening ceremony earlier today Þór Ásgeirsson, GRÓ-FTP director, greeted the incoming fellows and Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, director of the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, which hosts the programme, welcomed them into the house at Fornubúðir, which will now become their working place for the upcoming months.
20 November 2023
Graduation of Fellows 2023
The 44th session of the Geothermal Training Programme closed on Thursday 16th of November.
20 November 2023
UNESCO and GRÓ reinforce cooperation for ecosystem restoration
UNESCO and GRÓ have signed a new partnership agreement to reinforce capacity for ecosystem restoration in Africa. Two fellows from UNESCO biosphere reserves will annually be invited to attend the six month GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme in Iceland.