1. Nordic Network for Adult Learning
Grönland Island
Færöarna
ge
N or Finland
e
ig
er Åland
Sv
NVL
Danmark

2. Organisation
• Decentralised structure
• Open, inclusive and flexible organisation /
strategic steering from NCM
• Strong host organisations nationally
• Comitted coordinators with extensive
networks
• Budget 6,7 million DKK yearly
• 50% coordinator staff time in 5 countries
• 30% staff in 3 autonomous areas

3. NVL Strategic goals
• To promote Lifelong learning and competence development
• To promote quality assurance and development of adult learning
• To promote cross-sector cooperation for increasing competitiveness
in working live and development of the civic society
• To support personal development and democratic participation
through further training of adult educators and the development of
adult education methodology
• To disseminate results and information about strategically prioritised
themes in the Nordic adult education cooperation

4. NVL fields of work
• Information
• Meeting place
• Projects
• Thematic priorities: competence development,
flexible learning pathways, validation, guidance
counselling, innovation

5. Information

6. Meeting place
• A virtual meeting place among networks and
projects, for educators,
for planning of projects
• A meeting-place for thematic
networks and projects
through conferences, seminars
• A meeting-place for expert networks to initiate
comparative analyses and report work, and
suggest new policy initiatives to the Nordic
Council of Ministers

7. Project work
Initiate projects of strategic
importance (Thinktank)
Follow-up and
stimulate creating
Nordplus Vuxen projects
Test good practice developed nationally or in
bilateral cooperation at a Nordic scale (VuxPed)

8. Project work, implementation
and dissemination
• Bring together organisations
from different sectors at a
national level / Nordic level
• Inspiration for the
development work in
organisations and for the
regional development
• Further discussion on
competence development and
needs for Nordic cooperation
in the field

9. More on NVL Distans
http://distans.wetpaint.com