Nordic Network for Adult Learning

Grönland

Færöarna

Island

Finland

Sverige

Norge

Danmark

NVL

Åland

Organisation• Decentralised structure• Open, inclusive and flexible organisation /

strategic steering from NCM • Strong host organisations nationally• Comitted coordinators with extensive networks• Budget 6,7 million DKK yearly• 50% coordinator staff time in 5 countries• 30% staff in 3 autonomous areas

NVL Strategic goals

• To promote Lifelong learning and competence development

• To promote quality assurance and development of adult learning

• To promote cross-sector cooperation for increasing competitiveness in working live and development of the civic society

• To support personal development and democratic participation through further training of adult educators and the development of adult education methodology

• To disseminate results and information about strategically prioritised themes in the Nordic adult education cooperation

NVL fields of work

• Information• Meeting place• Projects

• Thematic priorities: competence development, flexible learning pathways, validation, guidance counselling, innovation

Information

• A virtual meeting place among networks and projects, for educators, for planning of projects

• A meeting-place for thematicnetworks and projects through conferences, seminars

• A meeting-place for expert networks to initiate comparative analyses and report work, and suggest new policy initiatives to the Nordic Council of Ministers

Meeting place

Project workInitiate projects of strategic

importance (Thinktank)

Follow-up and

stimulate creating

Nordplus Vuxen projects

Test good practice developed nationally or inbilateral cooperation at a Nordic scale (VuxPed)

Project work, implementation and dissemination

• Bring together organisations from different sectors at a national level / Nordic level

• Inspiration for the development work in organisations and for the regional development

• Further discussion on competence development and needs for Nordic cooperation in the field

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