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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.
Ms. Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Director General of GRÓ, and Ms. Ulla Næsby Tawiah, Director of the Danida Fellowship Centre, at the DFC‘s offices in Holbæk.
20 October 2025

Inspiring GRÓ visit to the Danida Fellowship Centre

GRÓ paid a visit to the Danida Fellowship Centre in Denmark in the last days of September to exchange experiences, learn more about DFC‘s works and to share insights from GRÓ‘s own activities.