![SEA-sons Greetings from the staff of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme in Iceland!
We wish all our fellows and friends around the world a peaceful and joyous New Year](/static/news/xs/screenshot-13.png?ts=1608048138)
15 December 2020
SEA-sons Greetings
SEA-sons Greetings from the staff of the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme in Iceland!
We wish all our fellows and friends around the world a peaceful and joyous New Year
![From left: Thor Asgeirsson, Julie Ingham, Etuna Haimbili, Kimberlee Cooke-Panton, Mary Frances Davidson, and Tumi Tomasson](/static/news/xs/1600875339_group.jpg?ts=1600875340)
23 September 2020
GRÓ-FTP welcomes two new post-graduate students of Master's studies at the University of Iceland
Today the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme under the auspices of UNESCO officially welcomed two new post-graduate students to Iceland for their Master‘s studies at the University of Iceland through scholarships provided by the GRÓ-FTP. Both began their studies in the Environment and Natural Resources specialising in Marine Resource Management.
![Thor Asgeirsson (Director, GRÓ-FTP), and Oddur Gunnarsson (CEO, Matís) celebrate with a](/static/news/xs/bump-4.jpg?ts=1600426593)
18 September 2020
GRÓ-FTP signs new partnership agreement with Matís
We are delighted to announce that the GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme under the auspices of UNESCO has signed a new partnership agreement with Matís – Food Research and Biotec.
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19 June 2020
Six-month training of the FTP will be delayed due to COVID-19
After much consideration, the Fisheries Training Programme has decided to delay the beginning of its 6 month course until January 2021.
![From left: Jon Karl Ólafsson (Chairman of GRÓ Board), Bryndís Kjartansdóttir (Director, GRÓ Centre), Sigurður Guðjónsson (Director, MFRI), and Mary Frances Davidson (Deputy Director, GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme)](/static/news/xs/hopmynd-2.jpg?ts=1593703781)
18 June 2020
GRÓ signs host institution agreement with the Marine and Freshwater Research Insititue
Representatives of the GRÓ Centre for Capacity Development under the auspices of UNESCO and the Marine and Freshwater Research Insititue met today to sign a new host institution agreement. This agreement builds upon 22 years of partnership and experience the MFRI has accumulated in its role in administrating the Fisheries Training Programme.
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16 June 2020
Vianny Natugonza - PhD defence
Vianny Natugonza will defend his PhD dissertation titled "A comparative analysis of ecosystem models of Lake Victoria (East Africa)." on the 18th of June 2020, at 13.00 GMT.