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The GRÓ LRT six-month training is eligible for ECTS credits as from 2022. This means that fellows completing the training successfully will, in addition to GRÓ LRT Certificate of Completion, also receive a Postgraduate Diploma in Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Land Management (30 ECTS) from the Agricultural University of Iceland.

Recognizing the critical importance of the private sector in driving sustainable development, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland established the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund in 2018.

GRÓ LRT sends you its best wishes for this festive season and wishes you a Happy New Year. You can read on about our key highlights from 2021 here.

GRÓ LRT and three of its partner institutions in Mongolia held a two-day course on sustainable management of ecosystems in Mongolia, on 12-13 November 2021.

We are very excited to show you a glimpse into what GRÓ LRT is all about with our new promo video. It contains footages of the environment where our training takes place and our partners and former fellows might see some familiar faces there as well. Check out our new promo video!

GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme graduated 17 fellows in a ceremony at the Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland, held on 27 September. This year’s graduating cohort came from eight countries in Africa and Central Asia: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uganda.