GRO-GEST
The fellows attending the 2024 GEST programme come from 16 different countries.
19 September 2023

The 2024 GEST Cohort Selected

After a lengthy selection process during March-July 2023, as the GEST selection panel reviewed nearly 400 nominations from almost 50 countries, 25 candidates from 16 countries have been invited to attend the 2024 GEST academic programme.
GRO-LRT
Binna Kipandula and Leonard Gondwe with Professor Ása L. Aradóttir who leads the Restoration Ecology MSc programme
13 September 2023

Two former GRÓ LRT fellows start master's studies at AUI

Ms. Binna Kipandula and Mr. Leonard Gondwe, both from Malawi, started their master's studies at the Agricultural University of Iceland in late August, on a scholarship from GRÓ LRT. Following their successful completion of the six-month training programme in Iceland in 2022, they applied to and were granted admission to the newly-established MSc programme in Restoration Ecology at the Agricultural University of Iceland.
GRO-FTP
31 August 2023

Verkefnastjóri

Sjávarútvegsskóli GRÓ er hluti af GRÓ - Þekkingarmiðstöð þróunarsamvinnu, sem er sjálfstæð miðstöð um uppbyggingu færni og þekkingar í þróunarlöndum og starfar undir merkjum Mennta-, vísinda- og menningarmálastofnunar Sameinuðu þjóðanna (UNESCO) https://www.grocentre.is/ftp
GRO-LRT
GRÓ LRT fellows of 2023 on graduation day. Photo: Rósa Björk Jónsdóttir
31 August 2023

Congratulations to the GRÓ LRT fellows of 2023

The GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme celebrated the graduation of 23 fellows from GRÓ LRT’s six-month training on 29 August at the Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland. This is the 16th graduating cohort of GRÓ LRT and the largest one to date.
1,646
fellows have graduated from all four training programmes
103
scholarship recipients have completed a MA/MSc degree
22
scholarship recipients have completed a PhD degree
4,391
student has attended short courses in partner countries

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