The Nordic Council of Ministers has extended the Nordplus programme for the period of 2012-2016. The call for proposals is now available, and the application deadline is the 1st of March 2012.

Further development of the Nordic welfare model was on the agenda when the Nordic ministers of education met in Copenhagen on November 2. Tora Aasland, the Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education, called for programmes based on research for the education and training of staff in the health sector.

The grants are available in the Nordplus Junior and Nordplus Adult programmes. The application deadline is 15 October 2011. If you are interested in participating but need partners, check out the Nordplus partner search database.

A total number of 598 applications were received in the 2011 Nordplus Framwork Programme application round for. Among these, 442 projects have been granted and will share the total sum of approximately 8 million Euros.

Below you can find the lists of granted projects for each of the sub-programmes:

The result of the spring deadline for applications to the Nordplus Adult programme is published – 52 new cross-national projects are now starting up.

Nordplus now welcomes new applications with deadline 1 March 2011.

The 2011 application round will open January 10, but calls for applications and updated handbook are already available.

14 applications for preparatory visits were submitted to the Nordplus Adult deadline 15 October applying for a total of 63.000 euro.

The grant amount available was 30.000 euro, and 10 of the 14 applications have now been approved.

The application round for the Nordplus Adult programme in the spring of 2010 is now terminated and the result is that 44 new Nordic-Baltic initiatives now can get started.

13 applications have received funding for Nordplus Adult preparatory visits after the application deadline 15 October 2009.

The results of the 2009 application round are now ready, and the applicants will be contacted by the chief administators of their respective Nordplus-programmes.

Time for reporting?

Some of the project that started in 2008 have received an e-mail saying that it is time to submit a report. The reports should be submitted through the ARS. In the revised user guide for ARS, each step of the reporting is described.

The Nordic Ministers of Education have decided to establish a Nordic Climate Day 2009. The Nordic Climate Day will be launched on 11 November and will create greater awareness and knowledge about the climate, as well as active involvement of pupils, apprentices, teachers and trainers in climate matters in the light of the UN's climate summit in Copenhagen. Initiatives attached to the Nordic Climate Day may be included in applications for the Nordplus Framework Programme.

Under the Nordplus Adult Learning Programme 105 applications have been submitted. The interest for Nordplus Adult was clearly increased due to the new possibilities of the Nordplus Framework Programme and Nordic-Baltic cooperation is clearly relevant for many players within the field of adult education.

All applications submitted by the deadline 21 April are now being processed by the Nordplus administrators and will be put to the various Nordplus Programme Committees for decision. Due to unfortunate technical problems with the Application- and Reporting System (ARS), we are not able to notify all applicants on the results before 21 July.

The application deadline expires at midnight (Danish time) and some of you are still experiencing technical difficulties. All support requests will be answered.

Just one short week separates us from application deadline and there are still many of you searching for a partner to cooperate with.

Dear Nordplus applicants,

The Nordic Council of Ministers has decided to extend the application deadline for the Nordplus Framework Programme to Monday 21 April 2008.

The Nordplus Application and Reporting System (ARS) is used in the Nordplus application process as well as during follow-up, reporting and dissemination of results. The decision to extend the deadline was made after serious consideration of the problems that the users of ARS have met, and after thorough examination of the actual situation. We are aware that errors and weaknesses in ARS have led to numerous problems and frustration for many users and we sincerely apologies for that.

Dear applicants for the Nordplus Framework

As you are all aware, a new Nordplus Framework 2008 – 2011, in which we have great expectations, has been launched. We are therefore very happy about the great interest that both old as well as new applicants have shown the new programme.

Application deadline for Nordplus Framework Programme is around the corner and some of you are experiencing inconveniences while trying to register in ARS Application and Report System, we have assembled a list of frequently-asked question and their answers. Please try also the updated User Guide.

Each of the eight participating countries in the Nordplus Framework Programme will arrange national information events presenting the possibilities in the new programme.

The events will take place during the autumn of 2007 and winter 2008, and will give essential information for potential participants in the Nordplus Framework Programme.

The national Nordplus offices are responsible for providing information in their own country.

"Globalisation is here to stay," said Gard Titlestad, Head of Department of Education, Research and Labour Affairs at the Nordplus launch conference in Copenhagen 8-9 November 2007.