GRÓ GEST
22 December 2025

Office hours during the holiday season

In addition to the usual Saturday and Sunday weekends, GRÓ GEST‘s offices will close for the following public holidays in Iceland: • December 24 from 12 noon • December 25 • December 26 • December 31 from 12 noon • January 1
GRÓ GEST
12 December 2025

GEST Alumni-Led Webinar

GEST Alumni Highlight Regional Responses to Digital Gender-Based Violence during the 16 Days of Activism
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GRÓ LRT
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From left: Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Director General of GRÓ; Dr. Manuel Barange, Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at FAO; Ambassador Guðmundur Árnason, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Rome-based organisations; and Sólrún Svandal, Senior Advisor on Ocean Affairs at the MFA.
11 December 2025

GRÓ explores cooperation with FAO, WFP and IFAD

The GRÓ Centre had various meetings in the first week of December to explore possible avenues of cooperation with the three Rome based UN Agencies: the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (the FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
GRÓ GEST
28 November 2025

GRÓ GEST Records New Online Course in Cape Town

The course teaches learners how to form their own advocacy plan for ending gender-based violence
1,858
fellows have graduated from all four training programmes
117
scholarship recipients have completed a MA/MSc degree
25
scholarship recipients have completed a PhD degree
5,494
participants have attended short courses in partner countries

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