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Vocational education and training of the present - a joint Nordic initiative 2023-25

04/05/2023

Norden

Do you want to be a part of developing resilient and inclusive vocational education and training systems in the Nordic countries?

Voices of People with Immigrant Background – #Iceland2023

17/04/2023

Norden

Reykjavik, Iceland – The Education and Training Service Centre (ETSC) in Iceland and the Nordic Network for Adult Learning in collaboration with The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and the Ministry of Education and Children in Iceland are pleased to announce the upcoming Nordic conference on the voices of people with immigrant background.

quality in career guidance

10/03/2023

Norden

Did you miss NVL’s webinar on Quality Developments in Career Guidance for Adults? Watch the recording here.

Are you working with education for sustainable development?

08/03/2023

Norden

Do you want to learn from other Nordic organisations with experience in the field of education for sustainable development?

New Call from the Nordic Council of Ministers

27/12/2022

Norden

Prosperous Future is a new application programme for civil Society cooperation in the Nordic region.

How is the education platform SKnet used in the Danish Storstrøm prison?

13/12/2022

Danmark

How is the education platform SKnet used in the Danish Storstrøm prison?

GPT Wooden figures standing beside blocks spelling "SURVEY" on a blue background.

01/12/2022

Norden

The Nordic and Baltic countries started the data collection for the main study of PIAAC in the autumn of 2022. In the main survey, each country is required to collect at least 4 000 interviews in the period between August 2022 and April 2023.

New models for sustainable development lifestyles

23/11/2022

Sverige

A new pilot project develops an educational model for supporting the development towards the normalization of more sustainable lifestyles.

Lifelong learning to extend working life

01/08/2022

International

For workers to have the possibility to extend their working lives, access to lifelong learning opportunities is of key importance.

the winners: VPL Biennale’s prize

19/05/2022

International

The 4th Validation of Prior Learning Biennale took place on May 19-20 2022 in Iceland with The Education and Training Service Centre (ETSC) as host.

A group of attentive business professionals listening at a conference.

07/12/2021

Norden

The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a survey measuring skills in literacy, numeracy and problem solving among the adult population. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Latvia form the Nordic-Baltic PIAAC network.

Three women engaging in conversation at a fashion event with a potted plant in the foreground.

06/12/2021

Norden

The Nordic and Baltic countries have successfully conducted the PIAAC Field Test (FT) between May and September 2021.