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20 May 2026

FTP fellows 27th cohort - congratulations

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.
GRÓ FTP fellows 2024-25. First row from left: Ben Kiddue (Kenya), Augusto Magalhaes (Angola), Henry Allieu (Sierra Leone), Ivan Kaleo (Ghana), Hanbing Zhang (China), Korto Neufville (Liberia), Kelvin Mkvinda (Malawi), Kristina Setiani (Indonesia). Second row from left: Edna Arthus (Ghana), Funny Mkwiyo (Malawi), Wilson Kiyo (Solomon Islands), Kasun Dalpathadu (Sri Lanka), Mustapher Kalyango (Uganda), Frank Kabitina (Tanzania), Zhongxin Wu (China), Lemella Kunei (Papua New Guinea). Third row from left: Alice Gamisi (Kenya), Patricia Mulen (Cuba), Happiness Venant (Tanzania), Sudeepa Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka),  Jamila Kalambo (Tanzania), Janet Mwangata (Kenya), Nelly Kerebi (Kenya).
21 May 2025

FTP fellows 26th cohort - congratulations

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.
15 May 2024

FTP fellows 25th cohort - congratulations

Today our 25th cohort of fellows graduated from the six-month training programme, in a cheerful ceremony held at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute -- 25 fellows from 15 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
27 April 2023

FTP fellows 24th cohort - congratulations

Yesterday the 24th cohort of GRÓ FTP fellows graduated from the six-month training programme in a ceremony held at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute -- 22 fellows from 14 countries.
2 March 2022

FTP fellows 23rd cohort - congratulations

Fellows of the 23rd cohort of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme graduated from their six-month training in a ceremony held yesterday, 1st of March at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland.
FTP fellows 22nd cohort together with minister of fisheries and agriculture Mr. Kristján Þór Júlíusson.
27 February 2020

FTP fellows 22nd cohort - congratulations

FTP fellows 22nd cohort graduated from the Six-month training in a ceremony held yesterday 26th of February at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland.