7 November 2025
Nearly 50 Years of Achievements by the GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme
It’s remarkable to think that Iceland was still classified as a developing country up until 1976. Around that same time, Icelanders began considering how they could best contribute to development and prosperity around the world, as a donor country in international development cooperation.
7 November 2025
Nærri 50 ára starf Jarðhitaskóla GRÓ hefur skilað miklum árangri
Það er ótrúlegt að hugsa til þess í dag að Ísland var flokkað sem þróunarland allt fram til ársins 1976. Það var einmitt um sama leyti sem Íslendingar fóru að hugsa um hvernig þeir gætu sem best stuðlað að þróun og aukinni velsæld úti í hinum stóra heimi, sem veitandi í þróunarsamvinnu.
5 November 2025
Sonal Dhanani Receives International Award
GEST alumna awarded by the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue.
3 November 2025
Six-Month Fellows Final Project Seminar - Thursday 6 November
Fellows introduce their final projects from the Six-Month Training Programme.
29 October 2025
GRÓ GTP topic of the first event in a series on the development impact of the GRÓ Training Programmes
Join us for the first event in a series highlighting Iceland’s contribution to global capacity building through the four GRÓ Training Programmes, a key component of Iceland‘s international development cooperation. This first session focuses on the Geothermal Training Programme (GRÓ GTP), an intiative established in 1978 designed to strengthen geothermal exploration and development in countries with geothermal potential.
21 October 2025
GRÓ GEST alumnus selected for Global Youth Summit 2025
Godsway Cofie Obro-Boateng will represent Ghana among 50 changemakers in Cape Town, advancing gender equality and youth empowerment.