Nordplus General news

Nordplus – new programme period from 2012

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:12:45 GMT

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.

Calls for research on welfare

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:55:18 GMT

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.

Granted Nordplus-projects in 2011

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:38:04 GMT

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:

New cross-national adult learning projects

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:30 GMT

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

The Nordplus application round 2011 is open

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:54:31 GMT

Nordplus now welcomes new applications with deadline 1 March 2011.

Nordplus Adult - granted preparatory visits applications

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:24:22 GMT

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.

44 applications to the Nordplus adult programme now approved

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:11:05 GMT

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.

Nordic Climate Day 2010

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:27:03 GMT

November 11 is the date for Nordic Climate Day 2010, targeting school pupils in all the five Nordic countries. Climate issues have also been decided as an overarching priority for the Nordplus Framework Programme this year.

The Nordplus application round 2010 round is open

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:00:23 GMT

Nordplus now welcomes new applications with deadline 1 March 2010.

Crossing borders in agricultural education

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:36:31 GMT

Synergies within Nordic-Baltic agricultural education reinforce the cooperative environment between the two regions. After having met in Lithuania last year, coordinators of the networks NOVA and BOVA decided on a continued common effort to build international education in the field of agriculture and life sciences.

Granted Nordplus-projects

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:01:41 GMT

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.

Information about reporting

Fri, 29 May 2009 13:58:01 GMT

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.

Nordic Climate Day

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:49:31 GMT

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.

Application round opens 12th January

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:56:08 GMT

Call for proposals, handbook, and online application system will be available on www.nordplusonline.org from Monday 12th January 2009.

Still vigorous after 20 years

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:23:07 GMT

Nordplus Higher Education turns 20 years in 2008 and is making headway. Throughout the period, impressive 565 million DKK has been allocated through the programme.

Results of the Nordplus Horizontal application round 2008

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:22:34 GMT

Under the Nordplus Horizontal Programme 53 applications have been submitted. Nordplus Horizontal is a new program that seeks to encourage cross-sectoral cooperation, and the result of the application round is considered to be good based on the number and the quality of the applications submitted.

Results of Nordplus Adult application round 2008-1

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:48:58 GMT

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.

Results of the application round

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:33:44 GMT

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.

Bioengineering in the Nordic region

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:23:58 GMT

”Bioengineering is a global profession”, says Lena Morgan, the vice-president of bioengineering organisation in Sweden (IBL) and the president of International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science (IFBLS).

Police work across borders

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:14:18 GMT

“Police! Come forward!”
Two officers make their way through a dark apartment. Nobody answers. They hear a noise from the next room. They turn the corner, and suddenly a man appears from the dark. With few firm commands the officers force the man to show his hands and drop his weapon. The lights are turned on and the screen with the virtual armed man disappears. The simulation is over.