2 August 2022
GRÓ-FTP's strong presence at IIFET 2022 in Galicia, Spain
The GRÓ-FTP was pleased to once again partner with the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) to support the participation of former FTP fellows to present at their biannual conference, this time held in Vigo, Spain.
21 July 2022
SDG Short Course IV to be held in El Salvador, 18-24 September, 2022
SDG Short Course IV on the Future of Geothermal Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
13 July 2022
Summer Holidays Closure
The GRÓ GEST office will close for summer holidays from 15th July, reopening on 2nd August 2022.
6 July 2022
UN Ocean Conference
GRÓ-FTP’s staff were among thousands of other participants attending the 2nd UN Ocean Conference, this time co-hosted by Kenya and Portugal in Lisbon June 27th to July 1st.
1 July 2022
GRÓ GEST participated in a seminar in Makerere University
On 10 June representatives from GRÓ GEST participated in a seminar at Makerere University facilitated by the Dean of the School of Gender and Women Studies at Makerere. The seminar was organized in two sessions, one on gender and climate change and the other on the Icelandic women’s movement and gender equality in Iceland, in a global perspective.
1 July 2022
GRÓ LRT visit to partner institutions in Ghana
Last week, the Deputy Director of GRÓ LRT, Ms Berglind Orradóttir, visited GRÓ LRT’s partner institutions in Ghana: Environmental Protection Agency Ghana, both the Head Office in Accra and the Regional Office in Tamale; the CSIR-Soil Research Institute in Kumasi; and the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute and the University for Development Studies, both in Tamale. The purpose of the visit was to meet the directors of the four institutions and interview potential candidates for GRÓ LRT Fellowship to attend our annual six-month training in Iceland. And as always in GRÓ LRT’s visits to partner countries, the Deputy Director also met with GRÓ LRT alumni in Ghana, but 24 specialists from the four institutions have completed GRÓ LRT training in Iceland.