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NORDIC CO-OPERATION
Child and youth issues are highly prioritised within the context of Nordic Council of Ministers’ co-operation. The goal of the co-operation is to encourage children and young people’s influence and to create opportunities for good living conditions.
The Nordic Council of Ministers’ supervisory body on child and youth issues is the Nordic Children’s and Youth Committee (NORDBUK). NORDBUK’s areas of co-operation cover all the sectors under the Nordic Council of Ministers.
On these pages you will be able to find information regarding NORDBUK and other co-operation on child and youth issues under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Further information about the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council is available on their homepage.

NORDBUK
Nordic Children’s and Youth Committee (NORDBUK)
NORDBUK is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ advisory and co-ordinating body for Nordic and international co-operation on issues affecting children and young adults.
NORDBUK’s activities are guided by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Strategy for Children and Young People, the action plan for NORDBUK and the priorities set out by the annual programme for the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
NORDBUK allocates funds to the Nordic co-operation on child and youth issues in the form of support to organisations and projects. The grant schemes are administered by the Danish organisation
CIRIUS.


ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NORDIC SCHOOL CO-OPERATION (NSS)
The task of Nordic school co-operation is to develop the Nordic school network with the aim of promoting collaboration between Nordic schools, strengthening mobility and the educational dimension of the support programme Nordplus Junior and to make school co-operation more visible. The homepage is available in the Scandinavian languages and English.


Nordic Schoolnet
A web service from the Nordic Council of Ministers whose vital part is co-operation between the national schoolnets. The service is aimed at facilitating and stimulating partnership between schools, teachers and pupils in the Nordic region. The website offers a contact gallery and a big number of links. In Scandinavian, English and Finnish.

Nordic Association of School Librarians
The Nordic Association of School Librarians works to promote co-operation between school libraries in the Nordic countries. The Association initiates and co-ordinates various events, conferences and projects within the field of school libraries. The website offers information about the Association’s activities and links to national associations of school librarians. In Danish.

OTHER BODIES OF NORDIC CO-OPERATION

Nordic Child Cultural Research Network BIN-Norden
BIN-Norden (Nordic Child Cultural Research Network) is a Nordic interdisciplinary research network. The network focuses on humanistic and aesthetical approach to children’s culture. The participants in the network come from the most important Nordic research institutions in the field. BIN-Norden offers support to Nordic child cultural research. In Danish.

Filmkontakt Nord
Filmkontakt Nord (FkN) is engaged in the promotion of Nordic short films and documentaries internationally. The institution has four main goals: dissemination of information, marketing, network building, acquiring and sharing know-how. In English.

Website of the language committees in the Nordic countries
The language committees in the Nordic countries have set up a network and co-operate in various fields. The members of the network have at least one annual meeting. Each of the countries has appointed a Nordic secretary. In Norwegian.

NORDBAS
NORDBAS is a database that contains abstracts and summaries of research on language development for immigrant adults and children. NORDBAS was created by a committee under NSS (Nordic School Co-operation) and financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The database will be of interest to politicians, decision makers, education officials and teachers, as well as an interested public. In Swedish, Finnish and English.

Norden i Fokus
Norden i Fokus (Norden in Focus) is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ communication programme whose main task is to stimulate interest in and knowledge of the Nordic countries and the official Nordic co-operation. The ambition is to add a Nordic touch to national debates.
Norden i Fokus organises seminars on topical issues with regard to politics, economic life and culture aimed primarily at public servants, politicians, journalists and professional and industrial bodies.