8 September 2022
2022 March 8 Fund project grant awarded
Claudia Pamela Chavarria Machado receives grant to fight intimate partner violence
8 September 2022
GTP launches its third Online Course on Geothermal Energy
The course series "Online Course on Geothermal Energy" is aimed at decision makers in our cooperation countries in an effort to increase their interests in developing their geothermal resources, and present to them all the possibilities geothermal energy has to offer.
7 September 2022
GRÓ LRT fellows present project results
As this year’s six-month programme draws to an end, the GRÓ LRT fellows presented the results of their final projects in an open seminar at Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland. The fellows have been working on their projects over the last months under the supervision of specialists from institutes and organizations in Iceland.
6 September 2022
GRÓ GEST PhD fellow arrives to Iceland
GRÓ GEST had the pleasure of welcoming PhD fellow, Stella Tereka, to Iceland last Friday. Stella, GEST alumna of 2016, was among the first fellows to receive a full scholarship from GRÓ GEST for her PhD Studies at the University of Iceland. Stella’s PhD position is a collaboration between the GRÓ GEST programme at the University of Iceland and Makerere University, Uganda, where the PhD committee includes experts from both institutions.
5 September 2022
GRÓ tók þátt í UNESCO deginum
GRÓ – Þekkingarmiðstöð þróunarsamvinnu tók þátt í UNESCO deginum sem íslenska UNESCO nefndin skipulagði þann 1. september sl. Þar komu saman fulltrúar þeirra ráðuneyta, stofnana og annarra aðila sem tengjast starfi UNESCO á Íslandi á einn eða annan hátt. Dagurinn var kjörið tækifæri til að heyra af ólíku starfi sem tengist UNESCO á Íslandi, kynnast innbyrðis og skoða möguleika til frekara samstarfs. UNESCO dagurinn fór fram á Þingvöllum, sem er á Heimsminjaskrá UNESCO.
5 September 2022
GRÓ particpated in the UNESCO day in Iceland
GRÓ participated in the UNESCO day organised by the Icelandic National Commission for UNESCO on the 1st of September, where all UNESCO associated entities in Iceland gathered to get to know one another, learn about each other’s activities and share ideas. The meeting was held at Þingvellir National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.