Call for Nordplus 2015 applications
The Nordplus programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers, invites Nordic and Baltic teachers, educators and their institutions to apply for programme funds for the year 2015. The sum total available for the coming applications is 9.3 million euro. Deadline for applicants is March 2nd, 2015.
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