Theme: Work place learning with a human face
Life-long learning is seen as the golden key to unlock the magic door to the future. Through continued competence development we shall overcome global competition and accelerating technological development, employers will find competent employees, and employees will be flexible enough to follow the windy road of development. In the long run, knowledge will secure growth and welfare
- Work place learning with a human face
- Life-long learning is seen as the golden key to unlock the magic door to the future. Through continued competence development we shall overcome global competition and accelerating technological development, employers will find competent employees, and employees will be flexible enough to follow the windy road of development. In the long run, knowledge will secure growth and welfare Initiatives are taken both at a European and a Nordic level. Nordic co-operation, for instance, promotes life-long learning through projects like the Nordic network for adult learning based on national learning projects. The Swedish is a good example. But the Swedish example of adult competence development also shows how divided life-long learning can be. That's why several Swedish players would like to see a national strategy for learning.
- Border-less learning
- "Adult learning is a priority." The words of Norwegian deputy minister Åge Rosnes in June this year, when opening the conference "Quality adult learning. A challenge for the Nordic welfare model?" The conference was one of many events which form part of "The Nordic Network for Adult Learning" (NVL). It begun in January 2005 as an initiative by the Nordic Council of Ministers. It's task is to develop adult learning.
