Effektive strategier for livslang læring i de nordiske lande

Participation in job-related lifelong learning among well-educated employees in the Nordic countries

“…Nevertheless, besides high participation rates and volume per capita, there are certain 'patterns' of adult education and training that are distinctive to the Nordic countries: high public share in financing, as well as high share of public providers and of personal interest in education (Rubenson & Desjardins, 2009;Tuijnman, 2003). It has been pointed out that the Nordic countries have inspired the adult lifelong learning policies in the European Union and the OECD, rather than the other way around (Ehlers et al, 2011;Vinther-Jørgensen et al, 2013), and, that in a European context, this a region with the best developed and well-functioning adult education system (VintherJørgensen et al, 2013). Aside from cross-country cooperation, broad cooperation within the countries between all stakeholders is one of the key aspects in and success factors for lifelong and life-wide learning in the Nordic region (Ehlers et al, 2011).…”

“…It has been pointed out that the Nordic countries have inspired the adult lifelong learning policies in the European Union and the OECD, rather than the other way around (Ehlers et al, 2011;Vinther-Jørgensen et al, 2013), and, that in a European context, this a region with the best developed and well-functioning adult education system (VintherJørgensen et al, 2013). Aside from cross-country cooperation, broad cooperation within the countries between all stakeholders is one of the key aspects in and success factors for lifelong and life-wide learning in the Nordic region (Ehlers et al, 2011). As Rubenson and Desjardins (2009) However, the Nordic model is not without its challenges (Calmfors, 2014), and there are significant differences in the degrees of commitment to the shared Nordic values by each individual country (Warner-Søderholm, 2012).…”

International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

“…There is a long tradition of and strong commitment to cooperation to develop 'common solutions to common challenges' across the Nordic countries (Norden 2013 ) anchored on the co-coordination and political initiatives by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Ehlers et al 2011 ). Indeed, cornerstones in the Nordic model are broad cooperation and social dialog.…”

“…In most of these countries also targeted large-scale governmental programmes have been implemented, such as the National Age Programme in Finland (Ilmarinen 2006 ) and Life Competence ( Livskompetens ) 50+ in Sweden, with support from the European Union. Thirdly, during the last years there have been targeted initiatives to enhance the development of basic skills among low-educated adults (Ehlers et al 2011 ). Fourthly, there has been active work to generally combat discrimination and to promote inclusion in working life.…”

“…Today adult education comprises of general education to all adults, and job-related (occupational and professional) continuing education and training (Ehlers et al 2011 ), with broad opportunities and access with very low threshold. A part of the system is the open university (a part of the university), incorporating the University for the Third Age for older people, and also the 'newspaper university' in Finland.…”