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Successful vocational training for long-term unemployed in the Arctic

The Arctic Vocational Foundation is a joint Nordic institution providing individualised training within more than 30 vocations to unemployed Finns, Swedes and Norwegians. This, is where Sweden’s Minister for Employment Hillevi Engström invited her Nordic colleagues and working life representatives to consultations. What makes this training so special?
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The Arctic Vocational Foundation
  • Offers education in around 30 different vocation for jobseekers and businesses in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
  • The courses are tailored to the individual and are recognised in the different countries.
  • Training takes place in four languages.
  • The Arctic Vocational Foundation is part of the EU’s Leonardo da Vinci programme, and cooperates with vocational schools in five different countries
  • The courses focus on learning by doing, with the support of competent staff.
  • Teaching takes place in Övertorneå and Hedenäset in Sweden.
  • At Övertorneå, The Arctic Vocational Foundation offers courses within IT, economy, electrician training, refrigeration, sheet metal and ventilation systems, CNC and robot systems, car mechanics, restaurant and professional kitchens and health.
  • At Hedenäset people can study joinery and construction and hairdressing
  • The Arctic Vocational Foundation began providing labour market education in 1970. After an organisational change in 1992 it changed to The Arctic Vocational Foundation and a board with two board members from each country was established. The running of the foundation is regulated by four year agreements between the three countries.
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