Nordic News Center & IRRI

The mission We have as our mission first and foremost to facilitate and implement a number of EU and African programs, as well as other international programs for collaboration and exchange. NNC – IRRI manages the exchange with focus on Africa, Scandinavia, the European Union and the Baltic region. Our role in this program varies depending on financiers and the nature of the project; from having full responsibility for information, administration, applications as well as project processes to subsequent follow-ups in terms of information and spreading of results through which other companies can make decisions. Through the programs and activities we undertake, NNC-IRRI shall: • Highlight and support developmental processes and possibility within education and competence-development within the framework of international cooperation within private and public exchange entities • Contribute towards ensuring that our partners within the Educational System for companies and organizations are given the best possible requisites, in order to use the various possibilities which this international cooperation has to offer • Serve as a cooperative hub between the north, the European Union, the Baltic countries and Africa within the aspects of education and competence development We also offer support to the entire HR- and educational sectors. Through our program and activities kindergartens, other levels of schools, universities, companies, organizations and private individuals take part of everything from international cooperative projects to internship and studies abroad. The NNC - International Resource Research institute and job markets are searching for prospective employees with internationally accredited education and contacts. Present business trends incline towards the international arena, students and youth will inevitable work in international environments, in companies with international employees, clients or overseas. International contributions encapsulate cooperation and exchange between and among different nations. Through cooperation, exchange and the establishing of contact, knowledge experience and ideas can be relayed. This leads to reciprocal development. We, in the North and Africa, will invariably offer much to other countries and we will inevitably need to learn from other countries both privately and business wise. When teachers and other personnel within schools- and adult education gain an international perspective on education, it has a direct affect on the quality of learning. Also, education within these contexts, are enriched and placed under the microscope of new ways of thinking. NNC-IRRI has as its mission to promote international exchange and cooperation within research, human resource, entrepreneurship and education. Regardless of what you study or what you work with within education, you can still take part in our programs and activities. This program targets various levels and forms of exchange education between Africa, the Nordic regions, the Baltic countries and the rest of Europe: from pre-school to university and also for researchers and adult educations. How you can help Nordic News Center It is crucial that the articles published on Nordic News Center reach a broad readership. We encourage our readers to cross-post and/or forward Nordic News Centers articles, post them on Facebook and Twitter, submit them to internet discussion groups, send them to friends on your e-mail lists etcetera. This will help Nordic News Center in its endeavors. Nordic News Center sends selected articles by email at no charge in the form of an electronic newsletter. To subscribe to our Email-newsletter and/or become a member of Nordic News Center, click here You can also help us by donate to the Nordic News Centers International Resource Research Institute. Submissions Nordic News Center welcomes submissions of news and feature articles. The latter consist of opinion articles, analytical articles as well as detailed research reports on important topics. We especially look for collaborations with African affiliates and intellectual organization sources cross the continent. Sources and references should be indicated where applicable with a view to ensuring a high degree of accuracy. For web based references, hyperlink addresses of main sources should also be indicated where applicable to enable readers to access key documents. Texts must be carefully edited prior to submission. Contributors are requested to submit a final draft. Revisions and/or updates to the text of the article will not be added once the article is published. Nordic News Center has the discretion to edit articles and undertake minor modifications prior to publication. While NNC-IRRI welcomes broad political critique and analysis, we do not publish polemics directed against individual authors. Articles should always be sent in the body of your email message. With regard to style and format: single space default font, same size default font throughout, no paragraph indentation, indentation of quotes with “quotation marks”, line space between paragraphs and paragraph headings, paragraph headings in lower case bold left justified and notes at the end of the article. Please do not use CAPS in text, title or underline. Endnotes and endnote numbering should be entered as text to allow for easy conversion, rather than encrypted (with a hyperlink) as in a Word document. Hyperlinks can be used for link to sources and references. Do not however attach hyperlinks to endnote numerals. Use Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) rather than Roman (I, II, III). The text of the submission should appear in text form in the body of the email message. The article should include a short biographical blurb in one to three sentences, and the author at the foot of the article in italics with the author’s name in bold. While shorter articles including news items, are often published on the same day, following their submission for longer detailed feature articles. The editorial review may take several days. Longer articles should not normally exceed 8000 words. Due to the high volume of emails, we are not able to acknowledge individual submissions or communicate editorial decisions. All articles published by Nordic News Center will include an author’s copyright note. Disclaimer The views expressed in Nordic News Center articles are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the NNC. NNC-IRRI will not be held responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contain in NNC articles. NNC reserves the right to remove articles from the website.

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