Fisheries Training Programme

Science for Sustainable Fisheries

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2025 GRÓ GTP fellows by the volcanic eruption in Sundhnúksgígaröð, summer 2025, in Reykjanes Peninsula.

GRÓ Annual Report 2025 Published

The year 2025 was an active and productive one for GRÓ—Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change, and the four training programmes in sustainable fisheries, gender equality, geothermal energy and land restoration.
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Dr. B.K. Kolitha Kamal Jinadasa (centre) visiting GRÓ FTP in Feb 2026 with director Þór Heiðar Ásgeirsson (right) and specialist Stefán Úlfarsson (left).

Two former GRÓ FTP fellows in key leadership roles in Sri Lanka’s fisheries sector

We are proud to highlight two GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme (GRÓ FTP) alumni who now hold influential positions in Sri Lanka’s fisheries sector, reflecting the long-standing partnership between GRÓ FTP and Sri Lankan institutions.
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The new Governing Board of GRÓ and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Missing from the photo is Dr Antonio De Sousa Abreu.

GRÓ Governing Board 2026-2032 assumes office

A new GRÓ Governing Board has been appointed for the term 2026-2032. At a reception held last week to mark the changes in the governing board, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Ms Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, thanked the outgoing board for its work and welcomed the new board to the task.
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Congratulations 2025-26 fellows

Today, 23 fellows graduated from the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme, after completing a six-month training course, offered by the Icelandic government, as part of the country’s international development cooperation efforts.

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