Deadline: 1-Feb-22
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.
Nordplus consists of five sub programmes, which cover the entire educational sector. Each sub programme embodies the Nordic Council of Ministers’ objectives of increased quality and cooperation within the educations of the Nordic/Baltic region.
Objectives
The general objectives for Nordplus 2018-2022 are to:
- strengthen and develop Nordic co-operation on education, including early childhood and care, and help to create a Nordic-Baltic educational area;
- support, build on, reap the benefits of and promote innovative products and processes in education through the systematic exchange of experiences and good practice;
- contribute to the development of quality and innovation in the educational systems for lifelong learning in the participating Nordplus countries through co-operation in education and training, as well as co-operation with the labour market on development projects, exchange programmes and networking;
- promote Nordic language and culture and mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding;
- improve inter-Nordic language comprehension (primarily between Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), especially among children and young people;
- stimulate interest in and knowledge and understanding of the languages of the Nordic countries essential to society (Danish, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Sami and Swedish) and Nordic sign language.
Funding Information
The total amount of available funds in the round is about 9.5 million euro.
Activities
Nordplus primarily supports two types of activities:
- Project and networks
- An application must consist of at least three institutions from three different Nordplus countries. For Nordplus Nordic Languages, applications with two institutions from two different countries are eligible.
- Mobility
- An application must consist of at least two institutions from two different Nordplus countries.
- Nordplus Junior, Higher Education and Adult include all types of activities, while Nordic Languages and Horizontal are only open to project and network applications. Funding from Nordplus is a contribution towards the total project costs and the degree to which the total project budget is covered varies according to the rules of each sub-programme.
Target Groups
- Nordplus is aimed at all educational sectors and organisations and institutions involved in learning and education. Only institutions or organisations can apply in Nordplus – you cannot apply as an individual.
- Only applicants from the Nordic countries – Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania – and the autonomous regions of Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which act as independent countries in Nordplus, are eligible for grants. Institutions placed outside the Nordic and Baltic countries are not eligible for funding from the programme but can participate in Nordplus projects if they cover their own expenses.
For more information, visit https://www.nordplusonline.org/news/call-for-applications-round-1-february-2022/