History of NOM

The Nordic Presidential Meeting NOM The brief history Held at: NOM-BOM Gothenburg 8.-11.4.2010 by: Jarmo Kallunki / SYL

NOM in general, 1/3
NOM ( Nordiskt Ordförande Möte )
is a regional co-operation network
convenes twice a year for a combined seminar and meeting
network is a consultative meeting of the National Unions of Students of Nordic and Baltic Countries

NOM in general, 2/3
First Nordic Student co-operation meeting was held in Aarhus 1946, from which NOM emerged during the following decades
Nowadays NOM has members from Nordic and Baltic countries; look for the list of members from website and membership criteria etc. from Regulations

NOM in general, 3/3
Main tool of co-operation is the Meeting
Additional supportive tools are:
Web pages ( http://www.syl.fi/english/nom/ )
Mailing list [email_address]
Back office ( https://fronter.com/studenthuset/ )
Task division (agreed in the meetings)
Unofficially meetings in ESU events

History 1: NOM in the beginning
In the 1950s issues discussed at the NOMs were eg.
increasing the students' influence at the universities
issues connected with International Union of Students (IUS) and International Student Conference ISC
the international relief activities

History 2: NOM in the beginning
By the end of the 60s NOM had become a biannual event, discussing and reporting about current issues.
Joint activities were restricted to various studies.
There were also some attempts to create joint policies prior to international meetings and seminars.

History 3: NOM in the 70s
During 70s student movement became more active. Talks in NOM concerned
Organisational matters: eg. secretariat
Educational policies: eg. university administration reform, resources, research, general common policies
Socio-political issues: study financing, housing, student social security
International issues: European meetings, solidarity statements

History 4: NOM in the 80s (1/2)
At the beginning of 80s each NOM concentrated on few issues agreed upon in advance, and the NOM was more like a seminar. New topics were the gender issues and “Nordic nuclear-free zone”.
Later the talks concentrated on social educational policies. The idea of NOM-secretariat became strong, but after thorough discussion it was abandoned.

NOM got involved with Nordplus, and gained some financing to employ a project secretary (who searched problems of the Nordplus).
Ever since Nordplus has been the theme for NOM.

The idea of secretariat was discussed, again. In 1994/5 members experimented idea of a coordinator of NOM.
The Baltic NUSes attended NOM first time in 1992, and starting from 1995 they were constantly invited until they applied for (and were accepted as) full membership in 2006.
1995 NOM File was created to distribute information between members

The topics discussed during the decade includes:
Common Educational Markets ( The )
Minorities
common Nordic student card
International issues (ESIB etc.)
Lifelong Learning
EU

NOM today
NOM has survived for 50 years, even times when there has been differing views on the importance of the forum.
Last decade has made NOM larger and brought new peoples and ideas into the mixture.
One of the topics of this decade has been the issue of NOM being more political or not – and what does it mean.

NOM today – the Challenges
No solid organisation to support the work
problems: unstable institutional memory, no work force
benefits: flexibility and less bureaucracy
Funding of the network
How to tackle new topics? (Bologna, EU..)
What is the role of NOM in the future (considering the current challenges)?
How do we fund our meetings and organise our network?

Additional information
The memory of NOM is found at:
http://www.syl.fi/english/nom/
Thank you for your attention. 

History of NOM

by SYL on Apr 01, 2011

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