1 October 2020
GRÓ Welcomes New Director General Friðrik Jónsson
Today, Mr. Fridrik Jonsson took charge as the new Director General for GRÓ, Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change, succeeding Ms. Bryndis Kjartansdottir who will be taking over as Director General of the Directorate for Security and Defence at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
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.
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.
1 September 2020
GRÓ GTP online course survey!
GRÓ GTP is considering the possibility of offering online courses/seminars on geothermal energy!
13 August 2020
MSc defence by Kunzes Dolma
Kunzes Dolma from India, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Science at Reykjavík University will defend her MSc project on Wednesday 19 August, 2020 at 11:00.
12 August 2020
Signing of host institution agreement
Today a new host institution agreement was signed between the GRÓ Centre for Capacity Development under the auspices of UNESCO and the Agricultural University of Iceland. On this occasion the Chairman of the GRÓ Governing Board, Mr. Jón Karl Ólafsson and the GRÓ Centre Director General, Ms. Bryndís Kjartansdóttir, were welcomed at the premises of GRÓ LRT where the agreement was signed by Mr. Jón Karl Ólafsson and Dr. Ragnheiður I. Þórarinsdóttir, the Rector of the Agricultural University of Iceland.