First period: competence development and learning decade (1991 – 2002).
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July 6-August 14, 1992
July 5-August 13, 1993
October 31-December 9 1994 |
NFA, Göteborg |
Summer and Winter Academies
Summer Academy 1992, a six weeks course for the policy makers of adult education in the Baltic countries (15 participants from the Ministries) and Central European countries (Ministries and other decision makers)
Summer Academy 1993, a six weeks course for 30 adult educators from the Baltic States
Winter Academy 1994, a six weeks course for the municipality level: planners and organisers of AE, inspectors and leaders of organisation. For 30 participants from Baltic States |
Policy development
Teacher training
System and organisation development |
April 20 – 22, 1994 | NFA, Göteborg | ”Green Qualifications”, Nordic – Baltic conference on environmental education | Environmental education |
April 20 – 22, 1995 | Latvia | ”The Future of Adult Education in the Baltic States”, Nordic – Baltic conference organised by the Latvian umbrella organisation in co-operation with NFA | |
September 28–30, 1995 | Estonia | ”Adult Education and Baltic Co-operation”, Nordic – Baltic conference organised by the Estonian umbrella organisation in co-operation with NFA | |
May 5–19, 1996 | NFA, Göteborg | “New methods in adult education”, 2 weeks course for 30 Baltic educators from the central AE organisations | Teacher training |
October 28–November 10
1996 |
NFA, Göteborg | “Leadership and management”, 2 weeks course for 30 Baltic NGO leaders | NGO leader training |
December 5–19, 1996
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NFA, Göteborg | Course in environmental education, sustainable development for Baltic adult educators and environmental organisations | Environmental education |
October 7 – 21, 1997 | NFA, Göteborg | “Teaching methods in adult education”, 2 weeks course for 30 Baltic educators from the central AE organisations | Teacher training |
October 28–November 10, 1997 | NFA, Göteborg | Course in environmental education, sustainable development for Baltic adult educators and environmental organisations | Environmental education |
November 30–December 18, 1997 | NFA, Göteborg | “Leadership and management”, 2 weeks course + 2 days practice in Nordic NGOs for 30 Baltic NGO leaders from the central AE organisations | NGO leader training |
June 2–21, 1998 | NFA, Göteborg | Course in environmental education, sustainable development for Baltic adult educators and environmental organisations | Environmental education |
December 7 – 20, 1998 | NFA, Göteborg | “Teaching methods in adult education”, 2 weeks course for 30 Baltic educators from the central AE organisations | Teacher training |
August 16 – 29, 1999 | NFA, Göteborg | “Methods in adult education”, course for Baltic and Russian adult educators | Teacher training |
First period: local and regional partnership development in Latvia and other Baltic countries
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August 16–29, 1999 | Lithuania | ”Democratic methods in teaching adults”, a further training course for adult educators and teacher trainers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Northwest Russia. | Teacher training |
October 4–12, 1999 | Nordic countries | 1 week practice for the leaders of the central AE organisations / NGOs from the Baltic countries in the Nordic umbrella organisations. Deeper knowledge about Baltic experience disseminated. Teams of trainers created in the Baltic countries for the follow up. | Organisation development |
December 3-5, 1999 | Tallinn | “The 3rd sector and the State in lifelong learning promotion”, Nordic – Baltic Conference with the goal to evaluate the NO-BA NGO leader training programme, suggest future actions, look for new ways of cooperation between the state and NGOs for the promotion of adult learning | |
May 29–June 11, 2000 | Baltic states | NGO Leader training course | NGO leader training |
November 5–14, 2000 | Nordic countries | Baltic NGO leader practice in the Nordic AE organisations | Organisation development |
September 23–28, 2001 | Nordic countries | Baltic NGO leader and local administration practice in Nordic Adult Education Organisations | System and organisation development |
September 29–October 2
2001 |
NFA, Göteborg | Practice summarising seminar and planning for the follow-up in the Baltic countries | |
February 1-3, 2002 | NFA, Göteborg | “State, municipalities, NGOs for learning society”, International Conference | |
November 10-19, 2002 | Nordic countries | Practice in the Nordic AE organisations with the focus on local development through adult education. One NGO leader and one local government representative from the Baltic states in the same Nordic organisation; partnership between local governments and NGOs | System and organisation development |
First period: networking
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1997 – 2001 | Nordic – Baltic NGO network
7 network meetings organised. Decision taken at the last meeting to spread NO-BA experiences to Northwest Russia and do it in cooperation and systematically. |
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January 30-31, 1997 | NFA, Göteborg | 1st NGO network meeting to discuss AE development in the region since 1992. Umbrella organisations participate. Agreement about yearly meetings reached. Structure and aims of the network discussed | |
October 17–19, 1997 | NFA, Göteborg | 2nd NGO network meeting to discuss the Communication channels and the NFA cooperation project database. Practitioners and umbrella organisations participate. Deeper exchange of experience is of interest and the next meeting is to be held in the Baltic states | |
October 15–18, 1998, | Riga | 3rd NGO network meeting “Democracy and adult learning, the role of adult education in the civil society development”. Discussion of the political level cooperation among the umbrella organisations and generating practical cooperation project ideas among the practitioners | |
February 19–21,1999 | NFA, Göteborg | 4th NGO network meeting “Competence development and the role of popular adult education in the process”. Professional, social and civic competences discussed. NFA database of projects discussed and ways of updating decided | |
September 3-5, 1999 | Vilnius | 5th Nordic – Baltic NGO Network meeting to discuss FHS cooperation and Adult learners’ week. The goal to intensify local practitioner networks set | |
September 15-17, 2000 | NFA, Göteborg | 6th Nordic – Baltic NGO Network meeting “NGOs in the learning society, new partnerships in lifelong learning promotion” | |
October 5–7, 2001 | Tallinn | 7th Nordic – Baltic NGO Network meeting “Local partnerships for learning society, the role and profile of adult education organisations in the modern society” | |
1997 | St.Petersburg | Nordic – Russian networking conference organised by FOVU | |
August 24–September 13
1998 |
NFA, Göteborg | “Leadership and management”, 2 weeks course + 1 week practice in Nordic NGOs, for 24 Baltic and 6 Russian NGO leaders from the central AE organisations. Re-established BA-RU contacts | NGO leader training |
December 3–6, 1998 | Tartu | Nordic – Baltic Networking and Cooperation Conference with Northwest Russia. | |
September 6-19, 1999 | Latvia | Further training for Baltic and Russian NGO Leaders, | NGO leader training |
October 9-29, 2000 | NFA, Göteborg | Further training for Baltic and Russian NGO leaders
Study visits to the Nordic AE NGOs in Sweden and Denmark |
NGO leader training |
May 13–June 3, 2001 | NFA, Göteborg | Further training for Baltic and Russian NGO leaders, 2 weeks course and 1 week study visits in Sweden and Finland
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NGO leader training |
September 23–October 5, 2002 | NFA, Göteborg | Russian NGO Leader training | NGO leader training |
October 5-12, 2002 | Estonia | Russian NGO leader study visits in Estonia | NGO leader training |
Second period: further development of cooperation and capacity building of organisations and educators (2002 – 2008/10) | |||
2000 – 2002
2000
April 23-May 4, 2001
January 5-9, 2002
December 5 – 8 2002 |
Nordic and Baltic countries
Baltic countries and NFA
Estonia
NFA, Göteborg
NFA, Göteborg
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“Learning 4 Sharing”
Nordic – Baltic Module-based Further Training for Adult Educators. The project belongs chronologically to the first decade but in terms of the maturity of the cooperation already marks the beginning of the 2nd period. The project has been implemented within Nordic-Baltic cooperation and includes the experience of the three Baltic States in developing adult education curriculum and training programs for adult educators.
Pre-courses in the Baltic countries and one at NFA for Nordic participants for the needs analyses and project design
International Module for the core team – trainers of trainers. International teams of trainers created.
Mid-term evaluation followed by study visits and practice in 8 thematic teams in each-others organisations, national consultation process Final international summary; the list of criteria for a good adult educator adopted |
Teacher training |
January 30-31, 2003 | NFA, Göteborg | “Formal adult Education for sustainability”, Idea conference on the creation of the Baltic Sea network for sustainable development | |
May 11-13, 2003 | Riga
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“A Human Touch – Adults Learning with a Difference”
Nordic – Baltic Lifelong Learning Conference |
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February 12-14, 2004 | NFA, Göteborg | “Reality and vision in Adult Learning”
Nordic – Baltic seminar on future cooperation in the field of adult learning. Statement for the future cooperation produced. |
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NFA closed in 2004. After that, the organisations themselves take over the responsibility for the planning, coordination and implementing of networking and project activities. Regular Nordic – Baltic meetings between the central umbrella organisations for adult education take place. | |||
February 13, 2004 January 4, 2005 January 10, 2006 January 11, 2007 |
NFA, Göteborg Copenhagen Helsinki Tallinn |
Nordic – Baltic Umbrella organisation meetings:
Kick-off meeting Host: Danish Adult Education Association (DFS) Host: Finnish Adult Education Association (VSY) Host: Estonian Non-formal Adult Education Association (ENAEA)
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Second period: sharing of experience
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2003 – 2005 | NorthWest Russia | “ALLA – Adult Learning for local Action”
The project focusing on the local civic society development promotion through the educational activities in St.Petersburg, Pskov, V. Novgorod. The organisations participating in the project have had adult learning provision as one of its priorities. The long-term goal of the project is the creation and implementation of the strategy for the local civic society development through adult learning in the three project regions |
NGO leader training
Local and regional development |
2004 – 2006 | Europe | “AGADE – A Good Adult Educator in Europe”
The European project develops further the criteria and curriculum produced during the NCM supported Nordic – Baltic project ”Learning 4 Sharing”. The project formulates the criteria of a good adult educator in the partner countries and develops a curriculum for adult educator further training course based on the set of criteria. The target group for the course are adult educators (teachers, moderators, facilitators, coaches) with at least 3 years practice/work experience in adult education from the partner and other European countries.
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Teacher training
EU Grundtvig project. |
2005 – 2007 | Nordic and Baltic countries | “Joint Actions in Validation of Learning (JAVaL)”
The project aims at the creation of a partnership network for the development of national systems of assessment and validation in the Nordic-Baltic area as a necessary tool in lifelong learning, ensuring quality of acquired key competences and facilitating the measurability of social and personal capacity for furthering career opportunities.
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Validation
Nordplus Neighbour project |
Third period: new quality of cooperation, decision making and creating new knowledge together (2008 – today)
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February 14 – 15, 2008 February 25-26, 2010 March 24, 2011 March 1-2, 2012 January 17-18, 2013 April 3-4, 2014 March 16-17, 2015 |
Oslo Riga Helsinki Tallinn Stockholm Reykjavik Oslo |
Nordic – Baltic Umbrella organisation meetings
Host: Norwegian Association of Adult Education (VOFO) Host: Latvian Adult Education Association (LPIA) Host: VSY Host: ENAEA Host: Swedish Adult Education Association (FBF) Host: Association of Adult Learning in Iceland, Leikn Host: VOFO |
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2015 2014 2013 2012 |
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Estonia |
Baltic Summer Schools
4th Baltic Summer School 3rd Baltic Summer School 2nd Baltic Summer School 1st Baltic Summer School |