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Articles

  1. 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,...

    Education unions mobilise for the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Nordic countries
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 5 June 2025

    International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel

    Addressing the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Conference on June 3rd, EI President Mugwena Maluleke responded to the report of the joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART). As the Workers’ Group spokesperson, Maluleke welcomed the proposal...

    International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel
  4. 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...

    Go Public! Underfunding threatens Nordic education systems
  5. Standards and working conditions 12 February 2025

    Nordic academic freedom under threat

    Jon W. Iddeng

    All democratic societies rely on facts and scientific evidence for societal decision-making. Academic freedom ensures that researchers and educators at universities can provide this evidence. These institutions have a special responsibility to meet society's need for basic, curiosity-driven research, to maintain a broad knowledge readiness, and to serve as a...

    Nordic academic freedom under threat
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 June 2024

    Recognising the teacher crisis in Norway: a key step towards solving it

    Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen

    For years, we have fought for the recognition of the teacher crisis in Norway. A new multi-stakeholder strategy brings hope for change from early childhood to higher levels of education.

    Recognising the teacher crisis in Norway: a key step towards solving it
All articles: Norway

Development Cooperation Projects

  1. 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
    Nordplus Horizontal 2020: Sustainable Ecosystems of Mentoring for Newly Qualified Teachers
All Development Cooperation Projects: Norway

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