News

19 March 2024

GEST Fellows Visited the President of Iceland

The GEST fellows were invited to visit the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, and the First Lady, Eliza Reid, at the president’s official residence, Bessastaðir, on the 18th of March.
18 March 2024

Successful Trainings on Financial and Digital Literacy funded by GRÓ GEST in Sindh, Pakistan

Sonal Dhanani, GEST alumna of 2022, reports back on the successful March 8 Fund Project implemented in Tharparkar district of Sindh province in Pakistan.
15 March 2024

CSW68: GRÓ GEST Side Event on Gender and Climate Action

GRÓ GEST co-organised the Government of Iceland‘s side-event at CSW68 this year, titled Effective Climate Action: Community-Based Adaptation and Gender-Responsive Finance
2024 GRÓ GEST Fellows at Geysir
11 March 2024

Getting to Know Iceland Outside Reykjavík

On a clear and sunny (and cold) day in March the GRÓ GEST 2024 Cohort went on a Sunday outing to experience that Iceland is more than its capital and there is more to life than classes and assignments!
The GRÓ LRT Cohort 2024
8 March 2024

GRÓ LRT welcomes the cohort of 2024

The 2024 cohort of fellows have started their six-month training with GRÓ LRT at the Agricultrual University of Iceland. The programme, which is running from 1st of March to 27th of August this year consists of 23 working professionals from nine countries in Africa and Asia, 9 women and 14 men.