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GRÓ GTP and GEST alumni, with staff of the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, the Director General of GRÓ, the Permanent delegate of Iceland to UNESCO and the Consul of Iceland in Nairobi.
22 March 2023

GRÓ alumni in Kenya meet with UNESCO‘s Regional Office for Eastern Africa

Kenya has outgrown Iceland in terms of electricity generated with its geothermal resources.
Fyrrverandi nemendur Jarðhitaskóla og Jafnréttisskóla GRÓ með starfsfólki svæðisskrifstofu UNESCO í Austur-Afríku, Nínu Björk Jónsdóttur, forstöðumanni GRÓ og fastafulltrúa Íslands hjá UNESCO, Auðbjörgu Halldórsdóttur.
22 March 2023

Fyrrverandi nemendur GRÓ í Kenía funda með starfsfólki svæðisskrifstofu UNESCO í Austur-Afríku

Kenía framleiðir nú meiri raforku með jarðhita en Ísland
21 March 2023

Call for Nominations Closed

The open call for nominations for the GEST 2024 programme closed on the 8 March 2023. A total of 366 nominations were received from 45 countries, most from Africa and South Asia. Of the received nominations, 283 candidates have been invited to submit a comprehensive application by 3 April 2023.
GRÓ GEST Erasmus+ fellows: Bleona Kurteshi from the University of Pristina, Kosovo and Orlando Javon Pearce from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica
14 March 2023

GRÓ GEST and Erasmus+ Collaboration: Fellows from the Jamaica and Kosovo

This year, two of the twenty-three fellows participating in the GRÓ Gender Equality Studies and Training programme, GEST, are Erasmus+ students: Bleona Kurteshi from the University of Pristina, Kosovo and Orlando Javon Pearce from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
10 March 2023

NEW Online Course: Gender and Development

On 9 February 2023 GEST launched its third massive open online course, this time on gender and development.
8 March 2023

Call to GEST Alumni: The March 8 Fund 2023

The GRÓ GEST programme hereby invites its alumni to apply for The March 8 Fund 2023. The deadline for applications is at midnight (GMT) April 30, 2023. Selected applicants will be announced on 31 May 2023. Read more about how to apply, eligibility criteria and priorities here.