Nordplus
The Nordic Council of Ministers launched a new Nordplus Framework Programme for the period 2008-2011. The total programme budget for 2009 is approximately 60 million DKK/8 million EURO. The programme is financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers by the five Nordic and three Baltic countries. The Nordplus Framework Programme offers financial support to a variety of educational cooperation projects involving partners in the area of lifelong learning from the participating countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
The main aims of the Nordplus Framework programme are:
- To promote Nordic languages and culture and mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding.
- To contribute to the development of quality and innovation in the educational systems for lifelong learning in the participating countries by means of educational cooperation, development projects, exchanges and networks.
- To support, develop, draw benefit from and disseminate innovative products and processes in education through the systematic exchange of experiences and best practice.
- To strengthen and develop Nordic educational cooperation and contribute to the establishment of a Nordic-Baltic educational area.
The Nordplus Framework Programme comprises four sub-programmes:
- Nordplus Junior
- Nordplus Higher Education
- Nordplus Adult
- Nordplus Horizontal (Cross-sector programme)
Fjölbrautaskólinn við Ármúla participates in 2 projects financed by Nordplus:
- Mononet, Mobilt nordiskt nätverk, in cooperation with schools in Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
Coordinator: Steinunn H. Hafstað
Participating teachers: Jóna Guðmundsdóttir
Activities: Meeting in Reykjavík May 19th-21st, 2010 and meeting in Vaasa and Uleåborg, Finland, November 1st-4th, 2010. - Learning by sharing in cooperation with schools from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.
Coordinator: Eiríkur Brynjólfsson
Participating teachers: Eiríkur Brynjólfsson, Gerður Hannesdóttir
The project ended in 2010.