Education
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Norwegian
institutions are pleased to invite you to engage in partnerships in the field
of education.
In
the period up to 2009, Norway will contribute EUR 1.134 billion to the EEA
Financial Mechanisms for Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, Portugal and Greece.
Education and research are specified as priority sectors in most of the
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between the EFTA states/Norway and the above
countries. Projects within these priority sectors are eligible for support
through the EEA Financial Mechanisms. Information about the financial
mechanisms is available at the following websites: www.europaportalen.no (Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) or www.eeagrants.org (Financial
Mechanism Office).
Education cover a wide range of topics.
The following are possible areas of co-operation:
The
contact points on the right will be pleased to discuss possible co-operation
projects. They can also assist you in finding suitable partners and provide
examples of projects, both in the areas highlighted above and in other education-related
areas in line with the Memoranda of
Understanding signed by the beneficiary states.
Contact
your local Norwegian Embassy if
you need further assistance.
An important objective in the MoUs is that
the EEA Financial Mechanisms should strengthen EFTA states/Norway’s relations
with the beneficiary states and increase co-operation on common challenges
related to education. High standards
in education and research are essential to maintaining a skilled workforce and
an innovative and creative economy.
Why a Norwegian
Partner?
Norwegian
educational institutions can offer highly skilled staff and are therefore
valuable co-operation partners. Norwegian higher education institutions have
fulfilled most of the goals of the Bologna
process. Norway
has extensive experience in adult learning, both formal and informal. We have
for instance gained a lot of experience through the implementation of a
national system for the validation of non-formal and informal learning.
Norwegian
institutions will be pleased to assist in the development and implementation of
projects in the field of education. It must be underlined that the beneficiary
states themselves are responsible for setting priorities and for developing and
implementing projects.
Please contact us if you are interested in
co-operating with Norwegian partners in any of the following areas:
Promoting mobility of students, pupils,
apprentices, teachers and instructors
Mobility
at all levels of education and training may be encouraged through new
programmes and through other schemes funded under the EEA and Norwegian
Financial Mechanisms. Mobility may also be incorporated into other
multi-purpose programmes, and Norwegian institutions will be pleased to be
partners in designing such programmes.
Contact point
The Norwegian
Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU)
The National Agency for the Socrates Programme, Erasmus Mundus and the
e-learning programme.
Postal address:
SIU
P.O. Box 7800
NO-5020 Bergen
Norway
Tel: +47 55 30 88 00,
fax: +47 55 30 88 01,
e-mail: siu@siu.no
Contact person:
Ingebjørg Birkeland – ingebjorg.birkeland@siu.no,
tel: +47 55 30 88 11
The National Institute of Technology (TI)
The National Agency for the Leonardo da Vinci Programme
Postal address:
National Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 2608 St. Hanshaugen
NO-0131 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 86 50 00,
fax: + 47 22 20 18 01,
e-mail: firmapost@teknologisk.no
Contact person:
Rolf Kristiansen - rolf.kristiansen@teknologisk.no,
tel: +47 22 86 50 00
Lifelong learning
- Competence-building
in enterprises
- Validation
of non-formal and informal learning
- Right
to primary, lower and upper secondary education for adults
- Formal
and non-formal learning provided by NGOs
- Basic
skills, including digital competence
- Models
for flexible learning/e-learning
Contact point
VOX (National
Institute for Adult Learning)
Postal
address:
VOX
P.O. Box 6139
Etterstad
NO-0602 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 23 38 13 00, e-mail: postmottak@vox.no
Contact person:
Graciela
Sbertoli – graciela.sbertoli@vox.no,
tel: +47 23 38 13 46
Primary and secondary education, including
vocational training
- Improvement
of the learning environment, in particular projects to prevent bullying in
schools
- The
Norwegian system of national assessment and monitoring of performance levels in
primary and secondary education (monitoring methods and tools)
- Mobility
– building on the experiences gained from the Norwegian exchange programme
Linking Up. This programme has supported mobility within initial and continuing
vocational training for all target groups: pupils, apprentices, young workers,
students, instructors and teachers). Another useful experience is the extension of Nordic
co-operation, for example to the Baltic states, in areas such as mutual
recognition of professional qualifications
- Education for sustainable development –
building on the experiences gained from a web-based network (www.miljolare.no)
linking primary and secondary schools with research centres
Contact point
The Directorate for Primary and
Secondary Education
Postal
address:
Utdanningsdirektoratet
P.O. Box 2924
Tøyen
NO-0608 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 23 30 12 00, fax: +47 23 30 12 99,
e-mail: post@utdanningsdirektoratet.no
Special needs education
- Developing
an analytic approach to inclusive and adapted education
- Developing
functional learning environments in primary and secondary schools - shifting the focus from the pupil's
faults and shortcomings to supportive factors in the learning environment.
- School-based
approaches to inclusion of all pupils in mainstream schools
- In-service
training with an emphasis on increasing teachers’ knowledge of inclusive
strategies
- Developing
competence within specific areas of special education
Contact point
Statped – the Norwegian Support System for Special
Education
Postal
address:
Statped
Utdanningsdirektoratet
P.O. Box 2924 Tøyen
NO-0608 Oslo
Norway.
Tel: +47 23 30 12 00, fax: +47 23 30 12 99, e-mail statped@statped.no
Contact person: Einar Christiansen – einar.christiansen@statped.no,
tel: +47 35 93 02 52 , fax: +47 35 93 02 51, mob: +47 91 64 97 61
Higher education
The
implementation of national reforms in line with the Bologna process may be supported through the
EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms. Norwegian institutions are well ahead
in the implementation of Bologna
reforms, and Norwegian institutions of higher education are prepared to engage
in new partnerships and further develop existing ones by including
Bologna-related topics such as:
- Implementation
of a two-cycle degree system
- Implementation
of the ECTS credit system
- Implementation of the Diploma
Supplement
- Introduction
of new criteria for measuring quality in higher education
- Opening
up institutions of higher education to non-traditional students
- Student
involvement in the governance of higher education institutions
- New
measures in the governance of higher education institutions
Contact points:
The Norwegian
Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU)
Postal
address:
SIU
P.O. Box 7800
NO-5020 Bergen
Norway
Tel: +47 55 30 88 00, fax: +47 55 30 88 01, e-mail: siu@siu.no
Contact person:
Ingebjørg Birkeland – ingebjorg.birkeland@siu.no;
tel: +47 55 30 88 11
The Norwegian
Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR)
Postal
address:
Pilestredet 46 B
NO-0167 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 45 39 50, fax +47 22 45 39 51, e-mail:uhr@uhr.no
Contact
person: Ingvild Broch – ingvild.broch@uhr.no,
tel: +47 22 45 39 50
