Call for Nordplus 2015 applications

If you -  or your organisation - are working within the field of teaching and education, it is now possible to apply for Nordplus funding of student, pupil or teacher exchange, as well as joint project and network activity between the educational institutions/organisations of Denmark, Estonia,  Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden or Åland.

The Nordplus programme

Nordplus operates within five sub programmes that combined, covers the entire educational sector. Each sub programmes embodies the Nordic Council of Ministers’ objectives of increased quality and cooperation within the educations of the Nordic Baltic region 
Read more about these objectives within the Nordplus Handbook

Three of the programmes  - Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Higher Education  - are focused on a sectoral approach, while Nordplus Horizontal og Nordplus Nordic Languages respectively focus on educational cross-domain activities and the co-operation within the Nordic languages across all sectors.  

The application frame

Through all Nordplus programmes you may apply for funding to projects or networks, while only Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Higher Education gives you the option of mobility support and funding.

The applicational frame, within which you can apply, is:

Nordplus Junior - the programme for primary and secondary education, and preschooling

Apply here, if you seek funding for:

• strengthening and developing cooperation between schools (including kindergarten/preschool)
• promoting the development of quality, creativity and innovation in education
• promoting Learning for all by developing equal opportunities in inclusive education
• strengthening the Nordic languages and promoting knowledge and understanding of Nordic and Baltic languages and cultures
• promoting cooperation between schools (including kindergarten/ preschool) and working life

Nordplus Higher Education - the programme for the higher education  sector

Apply here, if you seek funding to:

• link higher education institutions (HEIs) in the participating countries, private as well as public, offering recognised tertiary level qualifications, establishing networks for exchanging and disseminating experiences, best practices and innovative results
• contribute to cooperation between HEIs and other institutions or organisations involved in or having vested interests in the area of higher education
• contribute to cooperation between HEIs and the labour market
• facilitate high quality individual academic or workplace based exchanges for students and teachers in Nordplus countries

Nordplus Adult  - the programme for adult learning

Apply here, if you seek funding to:

• strengthen adults' key competences and recognition of adults' informal and non-formal learning
• support adult education and learning to meet the challenges of modern citizenship
• strengthen the link between adult learning and working life

Nordplus Horizontal - the programme for cross-sectoral projects and activities  

Apply here, if you seek funding to:

• support cross-sectoral network and project activities in the field of education
• support innovative projects spanning traditional categories and sectors, which can tackle new, different, broader or more complex issues and challenges
• support project and network activities that aim to contribute to the development of quality and innovation in the educational systems for lifelong learning in the participating countries 

Nordplus Nordic Languages - the programme for Nordic language comprehension

Apply here, if you seek funding to:

• support activities that improve language comprehension of the Nordic languages, primarily Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, among children and young people
• develop materials, methods and strategies for improving comprehension of the Nordic languages on all levels within the educational systems.

Your next step  

For a step to step guide of the application process please visit:  
http://nordplusonline.org/eng/How-to-apply/Step-by-step  

Requirements, conditions and objectives of the individual programmes is treated within the Nordplus Handbook:
The Nordplus Handbook in English (pdf)

Deadline for all areas of the Nordplus programmes is March 2nd, 2015.
You create and submit your application through Espresso, the electronic application system of Nordplus. Register and log on to Espresso on this page:
https://espresso.siu.no/espresso/nordplus

It is a pre-condition, that your application is a joint initiative involving institutions or organisations from several affiliate countries of the Nordplus constellation. If you are looking for a partnering institution for your project, you can find and register in the Nordplus Partner Search Database.
Visit the Partner Search Database

Information meetings and Nordplus offices

There are Nordplus offices in all the countries of the Nordplus programme. Contact your local Nordplus office to get help with your application or programme particulars (see list below).

In the ensuing application period Nordplus offices in the North and the Baltics will host information events to guide and help applicants. Please keep an eye out for these information meetings at the Nordplus office in your country (see list below).

In addition please feel free to join our group on LinkedIn, so that you will receive relevant information and guidance from the Nordplus programme. In the near future we will create additional groups, where you will be able to contact, partner up and seek advice about working with other institutions and organizations in the Nordic-Baltic educational region.
The LinkedIn group of Nordplus 
 

Nordplus offices and information venues

Denmark
web: www.ufm.dk
mail: uds@uds.dk
info events: http://ufm.dk/aktuelt/arrangementer

Estonia
web: www.archimedes.ee
mail: hkk@archimedes.ee
info events: http://nordplus.archimedes.ee/sisulink/sundmused

Faroe Islands
web: www.setur.fo/ask
mail: ask@setur.fo

Finland
web: www.cimo.fi
mail: nordplus@cimo.fi
info events (Finnish): http://www.cimo.fi/ajankohtaista/tapahtumat
info events (Swedish): http://www.cimo.fi/aktuellt/aktiviteter

Greenland
web: www.napa.gl
mail: napa@napa.gl

Iceland
web: www.nordplus.is
mail: nordplus@rannis.is
info events: http://www.rannis.is/a-dofinni/

Latvia
web: www.viaa.gov.lv
mail: nordplus@viaa.gov.lv
info events: http://www.viaa.gov.lv/lat/starpvalstu_sadarbiiba/nord-
plus/nordplus_seminari/

Lithuania
mail: nordplus@smpf.lt
web: www.smpf.lt
info events: http://www.smpf.lt/lt/renginiai

Norway
web: www.siu.no
mail: nordplus@siu.no
info events: http://siu.no/Kommende-frister

Sweden
web: www.utbyten.se
mail: registrator@uhr.se
info events: http://www.utbyten.se/sv/Om-oss/Kalendarium/

Åland
web: www.regeringen.ax
mail: allman.utbildning@regeringen.ax