1. 20051 Nordplus Kenneth Lundin Center for International Mobility CIMO kenneth.lundin@cimo.fi www.cimo.fi

2. 20052 Nordplus Nordic cooperation, strategies Policy priority areas for the Nordic cooperation Development in technology and Nordic Centres of Excellence Welfare Internal market in the Nordic countries Cooperation with neighbouring countries and regions Environment and sustainable development

3. 20053 Nordplus Nordic cooperation, strategies: education and research The basis for educational and research policies are: Development of Nordic education and research competence Development of human resources Lifelong Learning Extensive competence

4. 20054 Nordplus Nordic dimension, benefit and synergy Basis of all Nordic activities: Positive effects through inter Nordic solutions Manifests and develops the Nordic affinity Increases Nordic competence and competitiveness

5. 20055 Nordplus Nordic dimension, benefit, synergy In education this principle should be expressed through: Promotion of mobility in the Nordic region Strengthening of the Nordic dimension in the European education community Concentration on infrastructural solutions that saves resources Promotion the division of labour and specializing “The purpose of Nordic co-operation is to achieve more together than the individual countries are capable of on their own. We call this ‘Nordic synergy’”.

6. 20056 Nordplus Nordplus programmes in education Nordplus Junior Nordplus Voksen Nordplus Sprog Nordplus Neighbour Nordplus (HE)

7. 20057 Nordplus Norplus (HE) Task To create a platform for Nordic HE-cooperation where institutions, teachers, students and administrators can utilize each others competences To promote the establishment, consolidation and the development of networks of Nordic HEIs To promote the development of the content of cooperation within and between disciplines

8. 20058 Nordplus Target group Networks of Nordic HEIs Minimum: three HEIs from three different Nordic counties and/or autonomous territories Other actors, e.g. NGOs, public or private sector can be partners in a Nordplus network Partners from outside the Nordic region can participate but no support from Nordplus

9. 20059 Nordplus Priorities (2005) HÖGUT, the steering group of the programme has a mandate to set annual priorities Priorities for 2005: Teachers Joint Study Programmes Cooperation between HEIs and the private and public sektor, NGOs

10. 200510 Nordplus The presidency’s priorities 2005 (DK) Cooperation between HEIs and the private sector Cooperation between the western parts of the Nordic Region (Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland) The internationalization of education Quality and global competitiveness Joint and Double Degrees and the establishment and implementation of Joint Study Programmes

11. 200511 Nordplus General guidelines Division of labour, innovation Balance Small subject areas Students to Finland West Nordic region Disabled actors

12. 200512 Nordplus Nordplus activities Mobility Support for networks Intensive courses Joint study programmes Other activities

13. 200513 Nordplus Administration Assessment procedures Annual application, DL February 1 st Application submitted on-line and a signed copy posted to CIMO Administrator in charge (CIMO) makes a proposal together with co- administrators HÖGUT makes a decision (April) CIMO sends Letters of Acceptance and a contract (+ payment order) to selected networks Payment is issued (100 %) when the contact ( + payment order) is signed and returned to CIMO. Contact period : from official decision (April) to 1.12 the following year

14. 200514 Nordplus Quality criteria priorities general guidelines history of the network Quality of the application (What? Who? Why? Expected results? Nordic benefit? + budget in proportion to the activity)

15. 200515 Nordplus Administration, cont. Eligible costs: Travel, accommodation, daily allowances, post, telephone, rents for assembly rooms, salaries (limited), materials (information, education) Not eligible costs: Over heads, purchase of equipments, salaries for purely administrative tasks

16. 200516 Nordplus Nordplus network Coordinator (responsible for the application, report, internal allocation of funds) Contact person at every partner institution Nordplus contact person at every HEI that coordinates one or more Nordplus networks Internal application round at every partner for mobility and proposals for other activities before the official application is submitted

17. 200517 Nordplus Nordplus in figures Annual budget: appr. 5 M€ (70 % to mobility, 30 % other activities) Annual total applied sum: 12-14M€ (record in 2005: 16 M€) On an average some 280 networks are supported every year. Some 330 applies every year. Covers almost all subject areas (Health Sciences and Teacher education dominates) Majority of the networks are thematic (relating to a particular subject, administrated on institute level), 10-15 covering all institutions within a subject area, centrally administrated) Only some 30-40 new networks every year 40-50 ICs are supported every year 10-15 JSPs are supported every year

18. 200518 Nordplus National Nordplus agencies DENMARK: CIRIUS www.ciriusonline.dkwww.ciriusonline.dk FINLAND: Centre for International Mobility CIMO www.cimo.fiwww.cimo.fi ICELAND: Office of International Education, University of Iceland www.ask.hi.is www.ask.hi.is NORWAY: The Research Council of Norway, International Scholarships (IS) www.forskningsradet.no/iswww.forskningsradet.no/is The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) http://siu.nohttp://siu.no SWEDEN: International Programme Office for Education and Training www.programkontoret.sewww.programkontoret.se Information points: Greenland, Faroe Islands, Åland