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From left to right: Chinenye Anekwe, UN Volunteer and GRÓ GEST alumna (2018), Kristín Anna Tryggvadóttir, Deputy head of mission, Embassy of Iceland in India and Aishwarya Sehgal GRÓ GEST alumna (2019) and Programme officer at UNESCO's New Delhi Multisectoral Regional Office.
7 November 2024

GRÓ GEST alumna deployed by Iceland as fully funded UN Volunteer in India

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the Government of Iceland through the GRÓ International Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change partner to promote volunteering through the deployment of a fully funded GRÓ alumni UN Volunteer to New Delhi.
5 November 2024

OSPESCA Alumni Meeting

Mr. Thor Asgeirsson, the GRO FTP director, had a virtual meeting with former fellows at OSPESCA in San Salvador.
The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and the fellows and staff
18 October 2024

Director General of UNESCO visits GRÓ GTP

Ms Audrey Azoulay visited the GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme
Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, with the 2024 GRÓ GPT cohort and alumni
17 October 2024

Director General of UNESCO visits GRÓ

Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, visited the GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme today, met with GRÓ GTP fellows and alumni, and the GRÓ Centre.
Fellows from the GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme doing field research
16 October 2024

External evaluation confirms good results delivered by GRÓ Training Programmes

An extensive independent external evaluation carried out on the work of GRÓ and the four training programmes on fisheries, gender equality, geothermal energy and land restoration in 2018-2023, confirms good development results of the work of the programmes. The evaluation was conducted by the GOPA consultancy firm and sets forth 37 recommendations.
16 October 2024

Góður árangur af starfi GRÓ staðfestur í viðamikilli úttekt

Viðamikil óháð úttekt fyrirtækisins GOPA á starfi GRÓ skólanna, það er Jafnréttisskólans, Jarðhitaskólans, Landgræðsluskólans og Sjávarútvegsskólans, á árunum 2018–2023 staðfestir góðan árangur af starfi þeirra. Í úttektinni eru lagðar fram 37 tillögur til úrbóta er varða skólana og GRÓ miðstöðina.