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Nordplus Contact SeminarWELCOME!

2016-11-21Copenhagen

Jessica Svedlund

Nordplus

Roswitha Melzer

The main objectives of the seminar are:

• To share and explore ideas on inclusion, teacher education/continued professional development of teachers and educators and Nordic language

• To foster new partnerships

• To develop concrete project ideas and proposals

• To develop first steps of an application for Nordplus

Nordplus

Roswitha Melzer

Programme

Monday 21st of November

09:00-11:00, Partner matching and project building

11:00-12:30 , Parallel workshops on seminar themes

12:30-13:30, Lunch

13:30-18:00, Project building and parallel workshops on Nordplus programmes

19:00-22:00, Dinner at hotel

Nordplus

Roswitha Melzer

Programme

Tuesday 22nd of November

09:00-12:00, Finalizing project ideas

12:00-12:30 , Concluding remarks

12:30-14:00, Lunch and farewell

Nordplus

Roswitha Melzer

Seminar groups

IntegrationNordic languagesNordplus JuniorNordplus Higher Education/HorizontalNordplus Adult

Pedagogy (primary/lower secondary schools) Pedagogy (upper secondary schools)Pedagogy (vocational schools) Natural ScienceEntrepreneurshipICT Other

Nordplus

Roswitha Melzer

Jessica Svedlund, The Swedish Council for Higher Education, Sweden

Paula Pinto Dias dos Santos, The Swedish Council for Higher Education, Sweden

Asta Kundreckaitė, Education support exchange foundation, Lithuania

Rikke Ilona Ustrup, Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Denmark

Nordplus

Roswitha Melzer

Nordplus

In total about 9 M€ annually

Four sectoral programmes

Nordplus Junior (Sweden)

Nordplus Adult (Denmark)

Nordplus Higher Education (Finland)

Nordplus Nordic Language (Iceland)

One cross-sectoral programme

Nordplus Horizontal (Norway)

To strengthen and develop Nordic co-operation on education and help to create a Nordic-Baltic educational area

To support, build on, reap the benefits of and promote innovative products and processes in education through the systematic exchange of experiences and good practice

To contribute to the development of quality and innovation in the educational systems for lifelong learning in the participating countries through co-operation in education and training as well as co-operation with the labour market on development projects, exchange praogrammes and networking

To promote Nordic languages ans culture and mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding

Nordplus

General objectives

www.nordplusonline.org

Or contact directly your own Nordplus agency

Nordplus

Further information

Partner matching and project building

• Please describe your project idea and your organisation (shortly) .

• What are we doing well in our organisation?

• What do we want to develop?

• What can we learn from others?

• What do we do well - and that others certainly want to learn from?

• What do we want to develop and become even better with?

• What do we learn from others?

• Why should we do that outside our borders?

• What contacts do we have currently and that we can share with others?

• What kind of help do we need to work with school development internationally?

Thematic workshops 11:00-12.30

• Thematic workshop on integration of refugees and immigrants - room 181

• Thematic workshop on Nordic languages –room 180

• Thematic workshop on teacher education –room 173

Nordplus

In total about 9 M€ annually

Four sectoral programmes

Nordplus Junior (Sweden)

Nordplus Adult (Denmark)

Nordplus Higher Education (Finland)

Nordplus Nordic Language (Iceland)

One cross-sectoral programme

Nordplus Horizontal (Norway)

Nordplus Junior

Target groups kindergarten/preschools, primary and secondary education

Pupils, teachers and other pedagogical staff can participate

Mobility activities

• Preparatory visits

• Class exchange

• Teacher exchange

• Individual pupil exchange

Project/network activities

Mobility funding

Mobility grants (pupils)

+ Accommodation/board (teachers and other pedagogical staff)

Project/network funding

Mobility grants + Accommodation/board + Administrative expenses + other costs

*self-financing 25 %

Nordplus Junior

Nordplus Nordic Language

Target groupsPre-schools, schools, universities and research institutions, organisations and associations, NGOs and other informal teaching arenas, Networks, Private companies

Programme objectives:• Supporting activities that improve language

comprehension of the Nordic languages, primarily Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, among children and young people

• Developing materials, methods and strategies for improving comprehension of the Nordic languages on all levels within the educational systems.

Project/network activities, examples

• Development of methods for including neighbour language learning in schools

• Cooperation on development of school curricula concerning the position of Nordic

• conferences

• seminars

• Publications

Contribution to:

Actual costs for project activities

production costs

Travel and accommodation

administrative expenditure

Own Financing 50%.

Nordplus Nordic Language

Nordplus Horisontal

Target groups

Public and private institutions, organizations and agencies in the field of education and lifelong learning

An application in the Horizontal should include at least two sectors and to have participants from at least three countries.

Project/network activities, examples

• Workshops

• Seminars for exchanging experiences

• Conferences

• Studies and analyses

• Statistics projects

• Projects aiming to exploit the results of educational research

• The production of materials for innovative language training, teaching and translation

Nordplus Horizontal

Contribution to:

Actual costs for project activities

production costs

Travel and accommodation

administrative expenditure

Own Financing 50%.

Nordplus

Nordplus homepage

http://nordplusonline.org/

Application deadline

1st March 2017

Contact NORDPLUS JUNIOR:jessica.svedlund@uhr.se & paula.pinto.dias.dos.santos@uhr.se

How to succeed with a Nordplus project?

Relevance

• Identify development needs of all participating organizations. Furthermore, how does the aim of the project correspond with one or two of the objectives of the program?

• Clarify why all the participants/partners will benefit of the project, and that the results of the project will contribute to a positive development in the participating organizations.

• Explain and clarify the international added value of the project.

Project objectives, content and outcomes

• Clearly and concretely define the expected outcomes of the project and impacts on the participating institutions and participation of individuals in relation to the objectives you have set for the project.

• Set specific goals and describe from a short- and long-term perspective

• How / in what ways do you intend to evaluate the activities and results of the project? Define what you are going to evaluate, how and when.

How to succeed with a Nordplus project?

Organisation and implementation capacity

• Describe as concretely as possible how the planned activities are consistent and meet the goals and objectives of the project. Describe a clear activity plan containing the activities you will undertake. It is important that the activities are distributed over the entire project period.

• The distribution of tasks among the participating institutions are clearly defined in advance and thereby can deduce how each partner adequately contribute to achieving the objectives of the project. What measures do you plan to take to ensure effective communication and cooperation between the participating institutions?

• How do you intend to concretely integrate the intended activities of the participating institutions to involve as many participants as possible?

• In what way does the management of each institution support the project?

How to succeed with a Nordplus project?

Dissemination

• How do you intend to disseminate the results to the participants in the project?

• What results are you focusing on spreading, to whom, how, and for what purpose?

• How do you plan to disseminate results to individuals, groups and institutions that do not participate in the project?

How to succeed with a Nordplus project?