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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 June 2026 Education International stands in solidarity with Greenland’s teachers while defending Indigenous rights and education
Educators in Greenland and their union colleagues from around the world mobilized to defend Indigenous rights and democratic self-determination.
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Equity and inclusion 9 April 2026 Education unions mobilise for the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Nordic countries
Education unions across the Nordic countries are joining forces to advance the rights of Indigenous People in and through education. Coming together in Tromsø, Norway, from the 16 to the 17 of March, unionists from Norway, Iceland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Sweden shared insights, learned from each other,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 June 2025 Communications Toolkit | Kalaalitt Nuunaat (Greenland) Solidarity and Education SummitCommunications Toolkit | Kalaalitt Nuunaat (Greenland) Solidarity and Education Summit
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 February 2025 Go Public! Underfunding threatens Nordic education systems
Despite their reputation for strong public education systems, Nordic countries in Europe are facing increasing inequalities, teacher shortages, and creeping privatisation. As governments shift the financial burden onto municipalities, schools are forced to compete with other public services for resources. The result? Wealthier areas can sustain higher investment in public...
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Standards and working conditions 17 April 2024 Education Voices | Improving terms and conditions in higher education through collective bargaining in Denmark
Tommy Dalegaard Madsen
Tommy Dalegaard Madsen is the Chairman of DM’s Sectoral Board for Vocational Colleges, Vocational Academies and Maritime Education. DM represents 75,000 academic professionals in Denmark, and it is the most representative trade union in further and higher education. In this interview for Worlds of Education, he shares his perspectives on...
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 March 2020 Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Educators in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are using well-developed social dialogue channels and information technology to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Development Cooperation Projects
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Nordplus Horizontal 2020: Sustainable Ecosystems of Mentoring for Newly Qualified Teachers
- Host organizations
- University of SouthEastern Norway (USN)
- Cooperating organizations
- Danmarks Lærerforening, The Trade Union of Finland (OAJ), The Icelandic Teacher Union, Lärarförbundet, University of SouthEastern Norway (USN)
- Countries
- Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Norway
- Start date
- 2 August 2020
- End date
- 1 August 2023
Affiliates
Danish Union of Teachers
DLFVandkunsten 12 1467 Copenhagen KDansk Magisterforening
DMPeter Bangs Vej 30 DK-2000 FrederiksbergGymnasieskolernes Laererforening
GLVesterbrogade 16 1620 Copenhagen VThe Danish Union of Early Childhood and Youth Educators
BUPLSundkrogskaj 20 2100 CopenhagenUnion of Education Denmark
UEDNorre Farimagsgade 15 1364 København K