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Eyjafjallajökull

Reykjavík. Eyjafjallajökull. Some facts about Iceland. Iceland is an Island of 103.000 sq.km Population 317.600 (decline first time since end of 19 th Century) Icelandic is the mother-tongue (North/Germnanic origin) Homogeneous culture and history since 874 AD

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Eyjafjallajökull

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  1. Reykjavík Eyjafjallajökull

  2. Some facts about Iceland • Iceland is an Island of 103.000 sq.km • Population 317.600 (decline first time since end of 19th Century) • Icelandic is the mother-tongue (North/Germnanic origin) • Homogeneous culture and history since 874 AD • Immigrants were 2% in 1996, over 6% now • Job activity is very high, but unemployment around 9% since 2008

  3. Some facts about Iceland-2 • GDP high although the crises in 2008 struck the country very hard • Vegetation 24% - Wasteland + glac. 76% • Sea area within fishing limits 758.000 sq.km • Annual fish catch ca. 1,5 million tonnes • Important sources of income: Production and selling of energy, fishing, industry, tourism • Reykjavík- Paris 2200 - New York 4200 km

  4. THE ICELANDIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Higher Education (112% increase in n. of stud. since 1997) School year Specilalised vocational and art schools 14 Upper Secondary Schools Not obligatory (95% attend) Most schools are mixed general and vocational Most use unit-credit system 10 Compulsory Schools Primary and lower secondary education Single structure system - No streaming or selection by ability 1 Open access Access to a specific study programme / school, subject to specific requirements Pre-schools(Not obligatory, 95% of children 2-5 attend) Age 20 16 6

  5. The Education and Training Service Centre

  6. Establishment • 20th of December 2002 • EstablishedbyTheIcelandicFederation of LabourandtheConfederation of IcelandicEmployers. • The form is a Corporation. Non-profit. • ContractwiththeMinistry of Educationafrom 2003.

  7. The wholelabormarket • In May 2010 the ordinance and membership of the organisation waschanged to alsoinclude: • Federation of StateandMunicipalEmployees • TheAssociation of LocalAuthoritiesinIceland • Ministry of finance

  8. Law on Adult Education • Approved at 22nd of March • Adopted 1. October 2010 • Education fund established • The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture • The IcelandicConfederation of Labor • Confederation of IcelandicEmployers • Federation of StateandMunicipalEmployees • TheAssociation of LocalAuthoritiesinIceland • Ministry of finance • Ministry of Social Affairs, (The labormarket) • The Association of Upper SecondarySchools

  9. Contractwith the Ministry of Education • ETSC is a collaborative forum of theowningparties for adulteducationandvocationaltraining • TheCentre is publiclyfinancedbasedon a contractwiththeMinistry of Education • Themaintarget group is adults that have not finished Upper Secondary School i.e. have neither formal Vocational Training nor Matriculation examination.

  10. Contract with the Ministry of Education • To develop, increase and improve Educational and Training offers for the target group. Accredited on Upper Secondary Level. • To develop workplace guidance for the target group. Has proven to be important for the validation of prior learning. • To assist The Ministry of Education in building up an Validation system for non-formal and informal education and training and work experience.

  11. Who are the players? LLL center LLL center LLL center LLL center LLL center LLL center LLL center LLL centers Mímir-símenntun Centers of the manual trades Vocational Funds LLL center LLL center LLL center

  12. What have we done? • 27 educational opportunities – described in a curriculum and validated with regard to upper secondary schools – published – LLL centres • Teacher training to increase quality • Quality standards • Information material – Gátt – Web - brochures • Counselling in the Workplace – LLL centres • Validation of prior learning – Pilot projects-proposals to the Ministery of Education – The centres of manual trades. • Leonardo project – Validation of Work experience - REVOW

  13. EQF / NQF tenging fullorðinsfræðslu við rammann. • REVOW) • EuropeanGuidelines for validation of formal andinformallearning (CEDEFOP) • Activeindevelopment • LdV, LLL,

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