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The overall result of the Nordplus application round February 2024 is a total of 544 applications applying for a total grant of 28.385.845 €.

This is about 9% increase in applications and 4,7% increase in financial amount from the previous year. It is very joyful that we crossed the 500-application barrier, and we are now at similar levels as before the Covid-19 years. To be more exact this is the best result of a Nordplus application round since 2018 measured in volume.

Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Karen Ellemann, sees cooperation in education in the Nordics and The Baltics as one of the mainstays of the cultural and professional community. In that light, Nordplus is an important player, and she would like to see even more people become involved in Nordplus projects.

Get ready to talk more about Nordplus. This time around it will be during 22 April – 29 April 2024. For a week in the end of April, we will share information, facts and inspiration about the Nordplus programme, about the five sub-programmes and we will also share project stories from project managers, teachers, students and others, working with Nordplus projects.

Nordplus has played an important role in contributing to the enhancement of quality education on sustainable development at all levels of education by supporting collaboration between institutions on this issue.

Questions and answers about the main application deadline

Welcome to the Nordplus application deadline in 2024, the second one in a new programme period, 2023 - 2027.

Are you thinking about applying for Nordplus? Our next application deadline is 1 February 2024

Nordic languages was the focal point of a conference held in Hveragerði on 18 - 20 September, organised by Nordplus, the Nordic Council of Minsters‘ programme in the area of lifelong learning. Representatives from various Nordic language schools and centres as well as those that focus on research and promotion of minority languages in the Nordic countries have come together with the goal of working towards cooperation on future projects across Nordic and Baltic borders.

2 October 2023 is the application deadline for preparatory visits within the Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Nordic Languages programmes. The main goal of a preparatory visit is to make concrete plans for a project in order to submit a full application before the programme’s next deadline of 1st February 2024.

The focus will be on preparatory visits. Three of our sub-programmes offer the possibility of applying for a preparatory visits. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 is to make concrete plans for a project in order to submit a full application before the programme’s next deadline of 1st February 2024

The Nordplus Junior Aurora Award 2023 goes to a joint Nordic-Baltic project.

The overall result of the Nordplus application round February 2023 is a total of 499 applications applying for a total grant of 27.119.697 €. This is over 35% increase in applications from the previous year. This is a better result than expected, and we are happy with the quality of the applications. The result of the administration’s assessment and acceptance by the Nordplus Programme Committee is that 340, or 68% of the applications, are proposed for funding, making for a total amount of 12.755.000 € or 47% of the applied amount.

Last year we started this campaign, called Let´s talk about Nordplus. For a week in the end of April, we shared information about the Nordplus programme, about the five sub-programmes and we also shared project stories from project managers, teachers, students and other, working with Nordplus projects. So get ready to talk more about Nordplus. This time around it will start on 24 April - 1 May 2023. We want to hear from you!

The Nordplus Nordic Languages Programme is one of Nordplus five sub-programs. It is a special programme with the main goal of it being to promote Nordic Languages and culture, inter-Nordic language comprehension, as well as mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding.

This Nordplus Café is intended for those of you, who have already started the application process before the main deadline 1 February 2023. At the Café there will be a very short introduction and then we will use breakout rooms for the different Nordplus sub-programmes. We look forward to seeing you.

Welcome to the first year of the new programme period Nordplus 2023-2027, we are now accepting applications! The Nordplus programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers invites Nordic and Baltic institutions and organisations working with or involved in education and training to apply for funding in the application round of 2023.

Are you curious about exchanges within the Nordic countries and Baltic states? Are you thinking about applying for a Nordplus grant by 1 February? Then this online Café is just the thing for you! In this Café, we will guide you, step by step, through the application process. It is easier than one might think. At the end of the Café, we will have some time for questions you might have. When: Thursday 24 November 2022.

3 October 2022 is the application deadline for preparatory visits within the Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Nordic Languages programmes. The main goal of a preparatory visit is to make concrete plans for a project in order to submit a full application before the programme’s next deadline of 1st February 2023.

The application round for preparatory visits opens on 25 August, and the deadline for submission of applications is 3 October. You can apply for a preparatory visit in the programmes Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Nordic Languages. The main goal of a preparatory visit is to meet with potential new partners and make concrete plans for a project in order to submit a full application for the programme’s next deadline of 1 February 2023 or later.

The overall result of the Nordplus application round February 2022 is a total of 371 applications applying for a total grant of 16.272.104 €. This is over 9% increase from the previous year but not unexpected due to the reduction of cases of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subject: Fraud alert regarding identity theft aiming at changing bank accounts of project partners Nordplus main administration would like to warn Nordplus beneficiaries of identity theft and hacks aiming at transferring funds from the beneficiary/coordinator of the project to a bank account opened by fraudsters to receive the funds destined for a project partner.

The week has come to an end and we have had the opportunity to share examples of what Nordplus is all about. We would like to thank you for sending in remarkable stories and information about your projects. It is important to highlight all the good work and the interesting Nordplus projects carried out with support from the programme, and we look forward to showcasing examples from your projects during the next weeks.

Please send us a few paragraphs (80-120 words), a picture and perhaps a link to a short video or, even better, send a link to an existing SoMe-story. We will share your post on the Nordplus channels during the Nordplus Days (weeks 17 and 18).

Meet Jan Kvist Martinsen and Eva Sørum Poulsen in the video, both associate professors at the Department of Business Development and Technology at Aarhus University, Herning. They know about Nordplus!

Are you curious about exchanges within the Nordic countries and Baltic states? Are you thinking about applying for a Nordplus grant by 1 February? Then this online Café is just the thing for you!

The Nordplus family is ready to take educational collaboration to the next level. There is a set task ahead of them: the Nordic region will become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world, and Nordplus can - and will - use its widespread roots in its various communities to create results.

We are happy to share with you the findings of the Nordplus evaluation report, ordered by The Nordic Council of Ministers and conducted by Ramboll Management.

Welcome to the 5th and last year of the present programme period Nordplus 2018-2022! The Nordplus programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers invites Nordic and Baltic institutions and organisations working with or involved in education and training to apply for funding in the application round of 2022.

By Kristina Wall at the Swedish Council for Higher Education Over the last three years, Osbeck upper secondary school in Laholm, Sweden, and Vamia in Vasa, Finland, have participated in a Nordplus project. Students studying hotel and tourism programmes have worked on promoting the visitor industry in Halland and in Ostrabothnia.

A contact seminar for headmasters and staff working in kindergartens/preschools will be held in Copenhagen 16-18 May 2022. Last application date for participation is 1 April 2022.

Young people’s engagement in climate issues is increasing, something YBC upper secondary school has taken note of. YBC has, together with a Swedish and a Danish school, started a three-year project to create a better future.

1st October 2021 is the application deadline for preparatory visits within the Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Nordic Languages programmes. The main goal of a preparatory visit is to make concrete plans for a project in order to submit a full application before the programme's next deadline of 1st February 2022. Institutions and organizations can apply for grants for preparatory visits within Nordplus Junior, Nordplus Adult and Nordplus Nordic Languages.

Application Round February 2021

To be eligable for funding through the Programme, you need to pair up with one or several schools or organisations in the Nordplus countries.

As the Covid19 epidemic has not completely subsided in the Nordplus member countries, the Nordplus administration has decided that special exceptions to the Nordplus rules will continue to apply to projects approved now in 2021.

An impressive number of successful Nordplus projects with a focus on integration were presented when Nordplus hosted a virtual integration seminar. This initiative is full of inspiration for future projects across the Nordic and Baltic countries.

The Covid19 epidemic had a major impact on the Nordplus application process in 2021. Far fewer applications were received than in previous years. This did not come as a surprise as other international programs such as Erasmus + have also experienced this decline.

Next Thurday, April 15th, we will be launching our first Nordplus Cafe. This will be a new platform where we introduce everything that Nordplus has to offer. On our first "café date" the focus is on the Junior program. Nordplus Junior is aimed at preschools, primary and secondary schools, both theoretical and vocational programmes, as well as vocational schools/apprenticeships.

In the 2021 application round due to Covid19, we deviate from the conventional guidelines and allow Letters of Intent (LOI) in another format, such as e-mail. As is normally the standard procedure, all participating organizations must certify their cooperation in the project.

To meet the challenges posed by Covid-19, the Nordplus administration approved a number of temporary changes to the Nordplus rules.

The Nordplus team is proud to introduce the new Nordplus website.

Read and understand – that was the theme of a Nordplus collaboration project which included three Swedish-teaching schools – from three different countries. The project has improved the children’s reading comprehension to such an extent that the methods have now become permanent.

Decades with no first language teaching has today been replaced by schools with Sami as their official teaching language and with distance education. Small e-books, developed as part of a Nordplus project, are an important tool in language teaching and identity formation.

Nordisk Ministerråd og Nordplus har i samarbejde udgivet en brochure, der fremhæver den succes Nordplus, Rådets uddannelsesmæssige støtteprogram har haft. Der fremhæves de vigtigste milepæle for perioden 2012-2018.

The Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordplus have published a brochure highlighting the success of Nordplus, the Council‘s educational support programme. The content covers the main milestones of the programme for the period 2012-2018.

Iceland has from year 2019 formally taken on the role of Secretariat of Nordplus, the Nordic Council of Ministers' major education programme, for the next three years. In this new capacity Rannís will be responsible for the operation of the head office for the Nordplus Programme. Rannís has operated the Nordplus National Agency in Iceland since 2013.

The call for applications to Nordplus in 2019 has now been published and the deadline for submit­ting applications is 1st February 2019. A total of 10 million euro is available in the round, which includes an extraordinary amount of 400.000 euro allocated by the Nordic Council of Ministers for exchange of pupils and student in Nordplus Junior programme.

In 2019 and 2020, Nordplus welcomes applications on digital competences and computational thinking preparing pupils, students and adults for the digitalized society. The Nordplus highlight relates to all Nordplus programmes and to all sectors within the field of education and training.

In 10 years, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have become full members of Nordplus, and that pleases Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Council. He views Nordplus as the most folk friendly part of the Nordic cooperation and the Balts – they have embraced Nordplus.

Nordplus invites you to participate in a Nordplus Adult contact seminar in Östersund, Sweden October 16-18 2018 within the theme of cultural heritage. The deadline for applications has been met.

Nordplus invites you to participate in a Nordplus Adult contact seminar in Östersund, Sweden October 16-18 2018 within the theme of cultural heritage. The deadline for applications has been met.

In the application round of February 2018 Nordplus received 567 applications involving a total number of 3.756 organisations. 369 applications have been successful and are granted funding – meaning that the 2.998 organisations involved will now be able to begin their activities.

The applications for the Nordplus programme with the deadline of 1st February 2018 have been received and are being processed – and the interest in participating in educational collaboration across the Nordic and Baltic countries is great.

Den nye femårige programperiode for Nordplus programmerne er blevet godkendt af Nordisk Råd og Nordisk Ministerråd. Indkaldelsen af ansøgninger til ansøgningsrunden for 2018 er blevet offentliggjort.

The new five-year period for the Nordplus programmes has been approved by the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. The call for applications to Nordplus in 2018 has now been published.

The current situation with refugees and immigration puts new demands on the Nordic countries and societies. Educational systems within all sectors are faced with challenges on how to respond properly and adequately to these changes in student and learner populations.

The current situation with refugees and immigration puts new demands on the Nordic countries and societies. Educational systems within all sectors are faced with challenges on how to respond properly and adequately to these changes in student and learner populations.

3.115 organisations and educational institutions have been granted funding to begin their Nordplus projects.

3.115 organisations and educational institutions have been granted funding to begin their Nordplus projects.

The applications for the Nordplus programme with the deadline of 1st March 2017 have been received and are being processed – and the interest in participating in educational collaboration across the Nordic and Baltic countries is great.

I 2017-2018 opfordrer Nordplus til ansøgninger målrettet uddannelse og læring for flygtninge og indvandrere indenfor alle sektorer og alle Nordplus programmer.

Du eller din uddannelsesinstitution kan nu søge midler til udveksling, netværk og projektsamarbejde med nordiske og baltiske uddannelsesaktører. Det sker i Nordens uddannelsesprogram, Nordplus, der finansieres af Nordisk Ministerråd. Deadline for ansøgninger er 1. marts 2017.

In 2017-2018 Nordplus encourages applications aiming at integration of refugees and immigrants in education and training within all sectors and for all Nordplus programmes.

If you – or your organisation – are working within the field of teaching and education, you can now apply for Nordplus funding for transnational mobility, as well as joint project and network activity between the educational institutions and organisations of Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden or Åland.

Mens forberedelserne af en ny programperiode for Nordplus fortsætter, har Nordisk Ministerråd forlænget den nuværende programperiode, hvilket betyder, at Nordplus i 2017 fortsætter som hidtil.

While preparations for a new Nordplus programme period continue the Nordic Council of Ministers has prolonged the current programme period, which means that Nordplus will continue as before in 2017.

Nordplus programmerne afholder et samlet kontaktseminar søndag 20. til tirsdag 22. november 2016.

The Nordplus programmes are hosting a common contact seminar on Sunday 20th – Tuesday 22nd November 2016.

In the Nordplus application round of March 2016 more projects across the Nordic and Baltic regions than previous years applied for funds. The programme received 654 applications applying for a total grant of 29,7 million Euro, which is 2.9 times more than available from the overall budget of 10,1 million Euro. 395 applications or 60 percent of the applications have been granted funding.

Torsdag 26. maj: Seminar om digitalt internationalt samarbejde inden for uddannelse på Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

Thursday 26th May: Seminar on digital international collaboration in education at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Interessen for at deltage i uddannelsessamarbejde på tværs af de nordiske og baltiske lande er stor. Det er tydeligt efter årets første ansøgningsrunde. 

Across the Nordic and Baltic countries, there is a great interest in participating in educational collaboration. This is evident after this year’s first round of applications.

Nordplus is a successful programme offering financial support to lifelong learning, says the evaluation company Technopolis Group. Therefore the programme should be given political support to continue with a new programme period. The Nordplus programme has been evaluated and the results have now been published in the report ‘Evaluation of Nordplus 2012-2016’.

Nordplus is a successful programme offering financial support to lifelong learning, says the evaluation company Technopolis Group. Therefore the programme should be given political support to continue with a new programme period. The Nordplus programme has been evaluated and the results have now been published in the report ‘Evaluation of Nordplus 2012-2016’.

Du eller din uddannelsesinstitution kan nu søge midler til udveksling, netværk og projektsamarbejde med nordiske og baltiske uddannelsesaktører. Det sker i Nordens uddannelsesprogram, Nordplus, der finansieres af Nordisk Ministerråd. Deadline for ansøgninger er 1. marts 2016.

If you – or your organisation – are working within the field of teaching and education, you can now apply for Nordplus funding for transnational mobility, as well as joint project and network activity between the educational institutions and organisations of Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden or Åland.

Nordplus Nordiske Sprog annoncerer nu en ekstraordinær ansøgningsrunde med frist 1. oktober 2015.

Nordplus Nordic languages is announcing an extraordinary application round with deadline October 1, 2015

1. oktober 2015 er der ansøgningsfrist for tilskud til forberedende besøg til Nordplus Junior og Nordplus Voksen programmet.

October 1, 2015 is the application deadline for preparatory visits within the Nordplus Junior and Nordplus Adult programmes.

In 2015 more than 3.100 organisations across the Nordic and Baltic countries can now ‘kickstart’ new education projects with funding from Nordplus. For this year’s Nordplus application round 410 out of 605 applications have been granted funding.

Flere studenter og undervisere er interesseret i Nordplus Higher Education programmet. Den seneste mobilitetsrapport fra The Centre for International Mobility viser, at 2602 studerende og 826 undervisere tog del i 2013/14 programrunden – det er en forøgelse fra 2012/13. 

More students and teachers are interested in the Nordplus Higher Education programme. The latest grants report by The Centre for International Mobility, shows 2602 students and 826 teachers participated in the 2013/14 round.

• I år var der mere en 3900 institutioner der søgte om de tilgængelige Nordplusmidler

This year more than 3900 institutions competed for the available Nordplus funds.

SOS Children’s Villages Association offers a family based care for children without parental care and family strengthening programmes for families at risk of losing parental care.

SOS Children’s Villages Association offers a family based care for children without parental care and family strengthening programmes for families at risk of losing parental care.

Fordi man er rundet de 50 år, er det ikke ensbetydende med, at idéerne og energien har forladt en. Det var udgangspunktet i et nordisk-baltisk samarbejdsprojekt, der løb af stablen fra 2011-2013 med tilskud fra Nordplus Voksen. Inspireret af en enkelt mand.

Just because you have passed the age of 50 does automatically mean that all ideas and energy have left you. This was the starting point of a Nordic-Baltic collaboration project which ran from 2011-2013 with support from the Nordplus Adult programme. Inspired by a single man.

In a project supported by Nordplus, an IT company and three experts from four Nordic countries worked together to develop a series of interactive books to strengthen reading through play and introduce children to the Nordic culture.

Read about the results of the Nordplus application round of 2014 

I år var der mere en 3700 institutioner der søgte om de tilgængelige Nordplusmidler

This year more than 3700 institutions competed for the available Nordplus funds.

Nordplusonline.org has been relaunched. Read about the new look, the revised structure and what you can expect from the changes to the website 

Ser du etter gode eksempler på hvordan man kan jobbe med entreprenørskap i skolen?

Årets søknadsrunde viser et stabilt antall søknader til Nordplus-programmene. Oversikten over innvilgede prosjekter er nå publisert.

I oktober samlet Nordplus-programmet 186 deltakere til kontaktseminar i Stockholm.

Det nye søknads- og rapporteringssystemet Espresso er nå åpent for rapportering for prosjekter som søkte støtte i det gamle systemet ARS.

Are you looking for good examples of how to work with entrepreneurship in schools?

This years application round shows a stable number of applications to the Nordplus programmes. The overview over granted projects are now published.

In October, the Nordplus programme gathered 186 participants to a contact seminar in Stockholm.

The new application and reporting system Espresso is now open for reporting for projects that applied for support through the old system ARS.