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1 November 2023

Knowledge Exchange Visit

Over the past one and a half week some good friends from the Pacific have been here in Iceland on a “Knowledge Exchange Visit” organised by GRÓ-FTP.

1 November 2023

Course Launch LIVE STREAM

GRÓ GEST celebrates the release of its online courses in international gender studies

27 October 2023

GRÓ Alumni Strategy discussed at the GRÓ 2023 Workshop

27 October 2023

Visiting Lecturer 2023 - Prof. Dr. Eva Schill from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Prof. Eva Schill will hold four lectures Tuesday 31st Oct. and 1 Nov.

Participants of the UNESCO Day 2023, outside Edda - House of Icelandic

11 October 2023

GRÓ participated in the annual UNESCO Day 2023

From right: Mr Allan Abwoga, specialist and project manager in the Department of Land Reclamation (Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation), Ms Mary Nyasimi, project manager at UNESCO, Mr Christian Berretta, specialist at UNESCO, Ms Esther Musavi, deputy director at the Department of Land Reclamation (Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation), Ms Berglind Orradottir, GRÓ LRT deputy director, Mr Alexandros Makarigakis, director at UNESCO Nairobi, Dr Johann Thorsson, specialst at SCSI, and three interns at UNESCO Nairobi.

11 October 2023

Kenya becomes the newest partner country of GRÓ LRT

GRÓ LRT's Deputy Director, Berglind Orradottir, and Dr Johann Thorsson, a Senior Scientist at the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, and a member of the GRÓ LRT’s academic committee, embarked on a fact-finding mission to Kenya in September. The primary objective of this visit was to establish connections with government agencies and research institutes actively involved in land restoration and sustainable land management. Their aim was to explore potential avenues for collaboration between these organizations and GRÓ LRT.