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.

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.

The Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) wishes to conduct an evaluation of the Nordplus Framework Programme and the Nordplus Nordic Language and Culture Programme during the period 2009–11. The call for proposals to carry out this project is now open.

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 Council of Ministers continues the successful pilot project of Nordic Masters. In 2009, Nordic institutions of higher education are welcome to apply for funding up to 1 million DKK for development of Nordic Master Programs.

The application deadline is April 30, 2009.

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.

The Call for Proposals in the Nordplus Framework Programme is now open, with 2 March as application deadline. The total budget of the Nordplus Framework Programme in 2009 is approximately 60,2 million DKK, or 8 million Euro.

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

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.

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.

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.

”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! 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.

Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia in cooperation with Comparative Studies Institute of Daugavpils University invites to the presentation of the collection of essays “Comparative Studies" in Latvia.

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

Bullying is one of the biggest problems amongst young people. Adults sometimes don’t pay attention to it, and they often dismiss children with a simple “they have to learn how to cope”. Unfortunately, bullying can drive a young soul to suicide.

The application deadline for The Nordplus programmes is March 14 and expectations are running high. The Nordplus Framework 2008-2011 has been launched and received with great interest especially in the Baltic region. But how the administrators from countries in the Baltic region feel about it and what do they expect the growing interest will bring?

The new wind of The Nordplus Programme blows from the Baltic region. Participation of the tree Baltic countries and a new framework was launched nationally in Norway at the Nordplus Conference in Oslo January 28.

The Nordic Council of Ministers is working to establish a joint Nordic-Russian programme in education and research. In order to prepare for the planned programme, the Nordic council of Ministers will fund preparatory actions in 2008.

Closing date for submission of applications is 15 March 2008.

E-building was the name of an empty prison building, part of Bjørgvin prison in Bergen, seemingly without any potential. 1 500 square meters of raw concrete that nobody knew what to do with became a dream space for 25 art students from Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

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.