Grundtvig

Please note that individuals, institutions or organisations from an EU-country that are interested in engaging in Grundtvig-activities with Norway should contact the National Agency (NA) of their respective country.

About the Grundtvig-programme
The aim of the Grundtvig programme is to address the teaching and learning needs of institutions and individuals involved in adult education. In particular, it aims to respond to the challenge of an ageing population and to provide pathways for adults to improve their knowledge and competences.

Grundtvig addresses all adult learners who, at whatever stage of their lives, wish to increase their capacity to play a full and active role in society, to develop their intercultural awareness, to improve or update their general skills or to enhance their capacity to enter or re-enter formal education. It also concerns people of whatever age who have left school without basic qualifications, and parental and family learning of all kinds.

Special attention is given to encouraging activities relating to persons lacking basic education and qualifications, people living in rural or disadvantaged areas or who are disadvantaged for socio-economic reasons, persons belong to other "hard to reach" groups reluctant to take part in lifelong learning, and disabled persons with special educational needs.

Grundtvig is open to people in all types of organisations who contribute to providing adults with formal or non-formal learning opportunities, including notably adult education providers and folk high schools, but also community learning centres and institutions providing "second chance" education, higher education institutions reaching out to adult learners, local and regional authorities, enterprises and trade unions, non-profit organisations, neighbourhood organisations, cultural bodies such as libraries, art galleries and museums, bodies involved in education for senior citizens, sports associations, prisons, rehabilitation centres and hospitals. Learning for Grundtvig is seen as being not only "life-long" but also "life-wide".