GRÓ
GRÓ FTP
GRÓ LRT
GRÓ GEST
GRÓ GTP
29 October 2025

GRÓ GTP topic of the first event in a series on the development impact of the GRÓ Training Programmes

Join us for the first event in a series highlighting Iceland’s contribution to global capacity building through the four GRÓ Training Programmes, a key component of Iceland‘s international development cooperation. This first session focuses on the Geothermal Training Programme (GRÓ GTP), an intiative established in 1978 designed to strengthen geothermal exploration and development in countries with geothermal potential.
GRÓ GEST
21 October 2025

GRÓ GEST alumnus selected for Global Youth Summit 2025

Godsway Cofie Obro-Boateng will represent Ghana among 50 changemakers in Cape Town, advancing gender equality and youth empowerment.
GRÓ
Ms. Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Director General of GRÓ, and Ms. Ulla Næsby Tawiah, Director of the Danida Fellowship Centre, at the DFC‘s offices in Holbæk.
20 October 2025

Inspiring GRÓ visit to the Danida Fellowship Centre

GRÓ paid a visit to the Danida Fellowship Centre in Denmark in the last days of September to exchange experiences, learn more about DFC‘s works and to share insights from GRÓ‘s own activities.
GRÓ GEST
Far left: Rukaya Issah, GRÓ GEST alumna of 2024. GRÓ is well represented here, as standing far right is GRÓ FTP alumna of 2011 Yaa Tiwaah Amoah, a Deputy Director and Gender Focal Point for the Fisheries Commission. Others pictured are Senior Fisheries Manager Samuel Owusu Donkor, Principal Technical Officer Jonas Amanor, Artisan Grade II Ayim Ambrose, and Assistant Fisheries Managers Adu Patrick at Suaman, Calvin Selassie Seaneye, Grace Nikoi Olai, Abigail Acquah, Richard Selorm Ansong, Henry Agyemang, and Dennis Adofo Boateng.
15 October 2025

Strengthening Gender Equality in Ghana’s Fisheries Sector

GRÓ GEST alumna Rukaya Issah and the Fisheries Commission’s Gender Team advance gender-responsive governance and capacity-building across the industry.
1,816
fellows have graduated from all four training programmes
117
scholarship recipients have completed a MA/MSc degree
24
scholarship recipients have completed a PhD degree
5,494
participants have attended short courses in partner countries

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