GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme’s 27th cohort of fellows on a trip around the Reykjanes peninsula a few weeks ago.

-Graduation Wednesday 20^th of May-

A graduation ceremony for GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme’s 27^th cohort of fellows will be held Wednesday 20^th of May.

The ceremony will take place at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðum 5 Hafnarfirði and start at 15:00.

Concurrently, a poster exhibition of the final projects of the graduating fellows will be on display at the same location.

Click here to join the ceremony online

Preliminary order of events:

14:50 - 15:00 Guests arrive

15:00 - 15:05 Master of Ceremonies, Jónas Páll Jónasson, Head of Demersal Division, MFRI, welcomes the guests

15:05 - 15:15 Daði Már Kristófersson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, addresses the guests

15:15 - 15:20 Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Director-General of the GRÓ Centre, addresses the guests

15:20 - 15:50 Presentation of certificates to fellows, presided over by Mr. Þór Heiðar Ásgeirsson, Director of GRÓ FTP

15:50 - 15:58 The fellows’ representative addresses the guests

15:58 - 16:00 Master of Ceremony invites guests to the reception and to view fellows’ poster exhibition

About the 27^th cohort:

The cohort includes 23 fellows from 15 countries -- in Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, Asia & the Pacific. In addition, one Special Guest attended the Introduction Part of the programme only. The biggest line of specialisation was the Fisheries Policy and Management line (8); then the Aquatic Resource Assessment and Monitoring line (6), the Sustainable Aquaculture line (5) and the Quality Management line (4). Since the programme started in 1998, a total of 535 fellows have completed the training programme in Iceland (including those who are graduating now).

See the 27^th cohort special page here