The document discusses education for sustainable development in the Nordic region. It provides an overview of the Nordic Council of Ministers and their "Generation 2030" program to support implementing the UN's 2030 Agenda. The program will focus on engaging youth, civil society, and sharing Nordic best practices. It also outlines the Nordic Agenda for Future Competences and its 10 focus areas such as lifelong learning, digital skills, and education for sustainable development. Finally, it discusses the Nordic Network for Adult Learning and the Nordplus Adult program for networking and developing teaching methods in adult education.

1. Education for
Sustainable
Development
Helle Glen Petersen
12 October 2017

2. Outline
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― Welcome
― About the Nordic Council of Ministers
― “Generation 2030” - Nordic programme for the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda
― Nordic Agenda for Future Competences
― Nordic Network for Adult Education (NVL)
― Nordplus

3. About the Nordic Council of Ministers
• The official body for Nordic intergovernmental co-operation
• Founded in 1971
• Total budget for 2017: 935.091TDKK
• We are the 11th largest economy in the world
• Despite the name, it actually consists of several councils:
• The Council of Ministers forCo-operation (MR-SAM) and
currently 10 constellations of councils of ministers for specific
policy areas, including:
• The Council of Ministers for Education and Research (MR-U)
o Served by the Nordic Committee of Senior Officials for
Education & Research (EK-U)
• InformalCouncil of Ministers for Integration
• Nordic ad hoc Council of Ministers for Digitalisation
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4. “Generation 2030”
Nordic programme for the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda
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5. Agenda 2030 – A Global Agenda for Sustainable
Development
― In 2015, the UN adopted a global agenda for sustainable development
– the 2030 Agenda
― 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
― 169 targets
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7. Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality
education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all (excerpt)
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4.6 By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of
adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills
needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others,
through education for sustainable development and sustainable
lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace
and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity
and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

8. The Nordic Council of Ministers and Agenda
2030
― The Ministers for Cooperation (MR-SAM) adopted a Nordic
programme to support the Nordic countries in the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda, September 5 2017 - “Generation 2030”
― Programme period: 2017 – 2020
Budget: 13 MDKK
― Guidelines will be specified
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9. ”Generation 2030” shall:
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• Ensure that the Nordic Council of Ministers contributes
to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through
political focus and relevant projects
• Contribute to engagement and knowledge sharing
when it comes to the 2030 Agenda in the Nordic
countries
• Highlight the work done by the Nordic Council of
Ministers regarding the 2030 Agenda in the Nordic
countries and internationally
NCM shall work with the agenda as a whole, while
simultaneously focusing on cross sectoral goal
responsible consumption and production.
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10. Key issues for the programme
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• Focusing on children and youth as agents of change
• Engaging civil society, private sector, research
networks and Nordic municipalities
• Nordic knowledge and best practice sharing
including development of methods
• Relevant analyses that foster debate regarding the
2030 Agenda as a whole, and especially the
prioritised themes
• Integration of gender issues

11. Nordic Agenda for Future Competences
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• Inspired by EU’s A New Skills Agenda EK-U decided to establish a
Nordic Agenda on future competences in February 2017
• Aim: Show the connection between important national and
international educational political agendas and to spread the
knowledge of Nordic education efforts
• A communication plan will be made

12. 10 focus areas
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1. Collect Nordic research on education, utilize research results and support research-based education
2. Promote “Lifelong Learning” and the development of formal and informal competences
3. Promote entrepreneurship and the link between education, research and innovation at all levels of the educational
system
4. Promote children’s, young people’s and adults’ competences in regard to extremism and how to handle controversial
issues
5. Promote the digital skills of children, young people and adults
6. Promote children’s, young people’s and adults’ competences in regard to climate and sustainable development
7. Promote the comprehension of inter Scandinavian languages among children and young people as well as knowledge
about the languages essential to societies in the Nordic Region
8. Promote student mobility and student’s international competences
9. Promote labour mobility in the Nordic region
10. Support successful integration of refugees and immigrants in day-care and education

13. Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL)
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• The Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL) will be a relevant
stakeholder
• New programme period: 2018-2022 –The UN goal No 4 is
mentioned
• In 2017 NVL had 10 active networks – including Network for Adult
Education for Sustainable Development

14. Nordplus Adult
• Nordplus Adult supports:
• study and teaching stays in partner institutions, networking activities and
projects aiming at developing joint teaching, materials or methods or
mapping knowledge within adult learning with a view to defining
development needs and make recommendations for future initiatives in
general and vocational adult learning, formal, non-formal and informal adult
learning
• Application deadline 1 February 2018
• Further information: http://www.nordplusonline.org/Who-can-apply/Nordplus-
Adult
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15. Helle Glen Petersen
Senior Adviser
helpet@norden.org
+45 29 69 29 78
Nordic Council of Ministers
Ved Stranden 18, DK-1061 Copehagen K
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norden.org

16. Thank you.
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