Opening speech – General Secretary Karen Ellemann
Preliminary program
NVL networking seminar 18-19 november
Plats: Gustavelund, Finland
18 November 2024
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 11.30-13.00 | Arrival and lunch |
| 13.00 | Opening Karen Ellemann, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers (video) Ulla-Jill Karlsson, Senior Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland Malene Vangdrup, Senior Adviser, Knowledge & Welfare, Nordic Council of Ministers Antra Carlsen, NVL head-coordinator – Download presentation: Nordisk Ministerråds politiske prioriteter 2025-2030 (pdf) – Download presentation: Finnish and Ålandic co-presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2025 (pdf) |
| 13.30 | How to foster Nordic resilience in the time of information disorders? Jukka Vahti, Senior Lead, Foresight and Training, SITRA Aim: To highlight the themes of democracy, learning, active participation and resilience. Download presentation (pdf) |
| 14.30 | Coffee and prepare for the World Café |
| 14.50 | World Café with network result presentations as a gallery of initiatives and impact. Introduction to World Cafe by Gry Guldberg & Antra Carlsen Gry Guldberg, Strategic leadership consultant for sustainability & practitioner of Earth Wisdom, Co-founding Partner at Estuary.Agency Aim: To present key results/products from the current NVL program-period and emphasize the factors that supported sustainable development with focus on collective learning and positive impact – the valuable sustainability results created for the relevant target groups and stakeholders. To kickstart the future work by appreciating and honouring the results created and to let these results inform the upcoming strategic process |
| 16.30 | A shift in perspective as a warm-up for tomorrow: The long now, being a good ancestor & and opening to strategic thinking for sustainability. Mikkel Pilgaard, Strategic expert advisor for sustainability & systemic transformational designer, Co-founding Partner at Estuary.Agency |
| 16.45 | Wrapping up and thank you – Day 1 |
| 17.00 | Music |
| 18.00 | Sauna or other activity |
| 19.15 | Nordic Quiz |
| 19.30 | Dinner |
19 November 2024
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 09.00 | Welcome and bridge from day 1 |
| 09.15 | Inspirational talk & facilitated discussion. Sustainable development through the Nordic educational system as collaborative strategic futures design for regenerativity – how to collectively create a biologically healthy, culturally rich and existentially desirable world through an evidence-based and systemic approach to socio-environmental improvement in our time by Mikkel Pilgaard Aim: To inspire and equip the participants to engage with the development of the future Nordic cooperation around cultivating and spreading lifelong learning while contributing effectively to real and timely sustainable development in the Nordics – thus pushing for the 2030 goals and beyond. Download presentation (pdf) |
| 10.15 | Coffee and prepare for the next session |
| 10.50 | Learning & integration group dialogues – how do we build on our experience and transfer new knowledge and insights into more sustainable results for the future – both in our collaborative networks and local institutions? Aim: Discuss and look into the Nordic lifelong learning future and cooperation. |
| 12.00 | Talk on challenges and dilemmas across education and labour market in times of change. Kirsten Margrethe Andersen, Senior lecturer University College South Denmark & chairman of Grundtvigsk Forum Aim: To highlight and discuss: How to build on and develop the Nordic heritage of democratic citizenship, liberal values and entrepreneurship in a world of global and regional market economies and the growing power of autocracies. How do the Nordic models for education contribute to a more sustainable future? Download presentation (pdf) |
| 13.00 | Lunch and farewell |