Education, research and language make up a core focus area of the Nordic Council of Ministers and they play a crucial role in better equipping the Nordic Region and Nordic co-operaton to face future crises. Education, research and language contribute towards democracy in the Nordic Region by building trust, identity and community, and by boosting opportunities for reflection and the critical exchange of opinions. The Co-operation Programme for the Nordic Council for Education and Research sets out the political priorities and objectives of the Nordic Ministers for the 2025–2030 period.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.6027/politiknord2024-765
- ISBN
- 978-92-893-8003-4 (electronic) 978-92-893-8004-1 (electronic)
- OAI
- oai:DiVA.org:norden-13371
- Pages
- 22
- Published in
- Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd
- Responsible organisation
- Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Council of Ministers Secretariat
- Series
- PolitikNord ; 2024:765
- URN
- urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-13371
- Year
- 2024
- pages
- 21
Table of Contents
- 3 Foreword 2
- 5 Introduction 2
- 8 Political Priorities 2
- Goal 1 Everyone in the Nordic Region must have access to high-quality education from an early age and through all stages of life regardless of their background 2
- Goal 2 Future educational programmes in the Nordic Region must relect the competency needs of society and the labour market 2
- Goal 3 Nordic research must be of a high international quality and capable of ensuring good knowledge preparedness and new knowledge within strategically important areas for the Nordic Region 2
- Goal 4 As a Nordic community we must preserve and develop our languages and language communities 2
- Goal 5 The Nordic Region must be developed as an integrated region for education and research 2
- 21 Evaluating the Co-operation Programme 2
- 22 About this publication 2
- Foreword 3
- Introduction 5
- Political Priorities 8
- Goal 1 Everyone in the Nordic Region must have access to high-quality education from an early age and through all stages of life regardless of their background 11
- Sub-goal 1.1 More people must have good fundamental skills 12
- Sub-goal 1.2 Education must help to strengthen the populations democratic skills as well as its critical thinking digital formation and ability to navigate a new media and information reality 12
- Sub-goal 1.3 Fewer people should fall outside of work and education in part as a result of early preventative initiatives 12
- Sub-goal 1.4 The Nordic Region must work to create meaningful communities to boost well-being and to ensure the good health of children pupils and students at all levels of the education system 12
- Goal 2 Future educational programmes in the Nordic Region must relect the competency needs of society and the labour market 13
- Sub-goal 2.1 There must be a good level of concordance between the education systems and skills supply in order to realise the green transition and to retain a good welfare society 14
- Sub-goal 2.2 More people shall improve their position on the labour market via further and continued education and greater use of validation 14
- Sub-goal 2.3 More people with foreign backgrounds shall participate on the labour market via targeted language and up-skilling initiatives 14
- Sub-goal 2.4 More people shall complete an education and receive a good start to an inclusive and equal working life 14
- Goal 3 Nordic research must be of a high international quality and capable of ensuring good knowledge preparedness and new knowledge within strategically important areas for the Nordic Region 15
- Sub-goal 3.1 The Nordic countries must promote excellence and Nordic added value via research collaboration and research dissemination that support the development of the Nordic societies 16
- Sub-goal 3.2 Nordic research collaboration must promote multi-disciplinary and cross-sector co-operation between national and trans-Nordic research funders 16
- Sub-goal 3.3 Nordic co-operation on research infrastructure must be promoted 16
- Sub-goal 3.4 The Nordic Region must be an attractive research region with good framework conditions for practising research regardless of gender age or disability 16
- Sub-goal 3.5 The Nordic Region must conduct its research on the basis of the principles of academic freedom research integrity responsible research conduct open science and research security 16
- Goal 4 As a Nordic community we must preserve and develop our languages and language communities 17
- Sub-goal 4.1 There must be a strong degree of knowledge and understanding of the Nordic languages and in particular a high degree of understanding of the Scandinavian languages 18
- Sub-goal 4.2 Interest in the Nordic languages and in Nordic co-operation among children must be furthered 18
- Goal 5 The Nordic Region must be developed as an integrated region for education and research 19
- Sub-goal 5.2 It must be easy and attractive for Nordic citizens to study conduct research and work in another Nordic country 20
- Sub-goal 5.3 There must be a high degree of exchange and mobility in the Nordic Region and between the Nordic and Baltic countries within the ield of education and research 20
- Evaluating the Co-operation Programme 21
- About this publication 22
