GRÓ • International Centre for Capacity Development

You know the stories where they talk about these great inventors, how they failed so many times with their inventions but kept going until they succeeded? Well, I would say I am one who almost gave up after the first try. I am no inventor of some big...

On Monday, the 20th of April, GRÓ GEST organized a roundtable of heads of organisations in Iceland, at the University of Iceland, that provide shelter and services for women, queer, non-binary, and trans people, children, and men. Drífa Snædal from S...

Epistemic Justice in Practice: Gendered Knowledge in Global North–South Development Partnerships

Yesterday, the 20th of April, the 2026 GRÓ GEST cohort visited Bessastaðir, the official residence of the President of Iceland, and were warmly welcomed by the President, Halla Tómasdóttir. A visit with the president at Bessastaðir has become an annu...