23 November 2025
Welcome 27th cohort of fellows
Last week most of the fellows, invited for this year’s GRÓ FTP Six-month training, arrived in Iceland and were busy settling in and commencing their training.
21 November 2025
Útskrift Jarðhitaskóla GRÓ
Jarðhitaskóli GRÓ útskrifaði 23 sérfræðinga frá 16 löndum í síðustu viku, í 46. útskrift skólans frá stofnun hans árið 1978. Nemendurnir komu frá Afríku, Asíu, S-Ameríku og ríkjum í Karabíska hafinu. Í fyrsta sinn sótti nemandi frá Bútan skólann. Öll voru þau tilnefnd til þátttöku í náminu af hálfu vinnuveitenda sinna vegna mikilvægrar stöðu þeirra heima fyrir við að þróa og auka notkun endurnýjanlegra orkugjafa.
15 November 2025
International Symposium Marked the 25th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
To mark the 25th anniversary of the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, an international seminar will be held as a side event to the Reykjavik Global Forum - Women Leaders. The seminar is organised jointly by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, the Icelandic chapter of the Nordic Women Mediators Network, GRÓ–GEST – the Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme, the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, UN Women Iceland and UNA Iceland.
7 November 2025
GRÓ GTP's impact over almost 50 years: 'Investing in people is the most powerful renewable energy of all.'
The impact of nearly fifty years of Iceland‘s efforts to promote and advance geothermal energy around the world through the GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme was highlighted at the first event of a series focused on the four GRÓ Training Programmes: From Knowledge to Development Impact that took place on the 5th of November 2025 at the University of Iceland’s Ceremonial Hall. The recording is available online.
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.