How can career guidance professionals support a sustainable future?
In this episode, host Hrannar Baldursson leads a conversation with guidance experts from across the Nordic region about the growing importance of green guidance.
The discussion explores what the green transition means for education and labour markets, and how counsellors can prepare to guide individuals toward greener career paths.
The guests share experiences from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Åland, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities of including sustainability in lifelong guidance. Together, they reflect on the skills needed for this new era and how collaboration across the Nordic countries can lead the way forward.
I denne episode deltager Maiken Skardenni fra Færøerne og Augustine Berthelsen fra Grønland i en samtale om grøn tænkning, bæredygtig udvikling og vejledning.
Med afsæt i deres egne kulturelle og personlige erfaringer belyser de emner som lokalt forbrug, genbrug og klimaforandringernes betydning for hverdagslivet.
Gennem en dialog præget af storytelling illustrerer de, hvordan bæredygtige praksisser kan integreres i både individuel livsførelse og i vejledningsmæssige sammenhænge.
How can career guidance support the shift towards a sustainable future?
In this episode, NLL’s Icelandic coordinator Hrannar Baldursson is joined by Fredrik Berglund (Sweden), TomasIversen (Norway) and Klaus Ernst Hansen (Denmark) to explore the role of guidance professionals in the green transition.
Together, they discuss the challenges counsellors face, such as rapid labour market changes, resistance to new industries, and climate scepticism, alongside the opportunities that arise from growing green sectors, lifelong learning, and community initiatives.
The conversation highlights how career guidance can empower individuals to make sustainable choices, adapt transferable skills, and contribute meaningfully to a greener society.
In this podcast, Åland career counselors Lillan Soleby, Sonja Signell and Johanna Björkvall describe the unique challenges and opportunities that exist in island communities when it comes to career development. How are Ålanders' career choices and educational paths affected by the fact that Åland is a rural and island community?
The interviewer in this podcast is Annette Rumander from NLL's guidance network for Åland.
This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.
In this episode,Nanna Heinø Mortensenputs into words some of the current trends in Nordic working life and the importance of lifelong career guidance. Nanna discusses how our working lives are evolving and how we can navigate a world with longer careers, more job transitions, and new skill requirements. Nanna talks about why lifelong career guidance has become more relevant than ever. We dive into some of the major trends shaping working life in the Nordics, from stress and digitalization to the green transition.
Nanna Heinø Mortensen is part of the Guidance Network within the Nordic Network for Lifelong Learning and is also a consultant at the Danish Nursing Council (Dansk Sygepleje Råd).
This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.
In this episodeSteinunn Björk Jónatansdóttir, head of department in MSS lifelong learning center andFjóla María Lárusdóttir, R&D at the Education and Training Service Centre, describe how transferable skills are identified and validated in adult learning in Iceland. The benefits of the process are highlighted and why it is important for individuals to be aware of their transferable skills.
The interviewer in this episode isHrannar Baldursson, NLL coordinator for Iceland.
This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.
In this episode,Bodil Lomholt Husted andThomas Nylund present the aim of and results from the NLL investigation "Microcredentials in a Nordic perspective". The study was carried out in the five Nordic countries and three self-governing areas from 2023-2024.
In the first part of the episode, the overall frame of and findings from the investigation on microcredentials are presented by Bodil Lomholt Husted, who has led the investigation. In the second part, Thomas Nylund talks about the results of a Swedish pilot project on microcredentials.
Interviewer: Mélanie Lindbjerg Machado-Guichon, Communications Officer, NLL.
This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.
Interview with Aaro Harju, Secretary General for the Finnish Adult Education Association, summer 2014
Sturla Bjerkaker från VOFO i Norge berättar om hur de ser på och hur de arbetar med PIAAC. Detta är första delen i NVLs och Bildningsalliansens poddcastserie om PIAAC i de nordiska länderna.
Annelie Rosvall-Ljunggren berättar hur Folkbildningsförbundet arbetar med PIAAC i Sverige.
Personal, emotional, social and communication competences, also called transversal competences are gaining more and more attention from policy-makers, employers and education professionals.
But how can transversal competences be included in the policy strategies at a regional, national and European level?
Aljosja Yoshi Ziga on behalf of NVL was at the European Policy Conference in Stockholm and interviewed Eduard Staudecker, Head of Department, VET Policy, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Helen Myslek, Head of School and Working Life at the Swedish National Agency for Education.
NVL recorded a podcast from the final conference of the project TRANSVAL-EU. During the conference, researchers and practitioners shared their work on the validation of non-formal competencies.
NVL recorded a podcast from the final conference of the project TRANSVAL-EU. During the conference, researchers and practitioners shared their work on the validation of non-formal competencies.
What does it mean for the individuals’ employability to get their non-formal skills validated? Why is it important to train validation practitioners in how to assess non-formal competencies? Why do we need to adjust the learning outcomes when we assess transversal skills?
Aljosja Yoshi Ziga on behalf of NVL was at the European Policy Conference in Stockholm and interviewed Fjóla María Lárusdóttir, R&D/NVL coordinator at The Education and Training Service Center in Iceland and Julia Walder, National Coordinator for the National Qualification Framework (NQF) in Austria.
What are the benefits of including the non-formal qualifications to the NQF and how to ensure the quality of the providers?
How can non-formal qualifications be integrated into the NQF? Why is it important to communicate about NQF to employers in a better way?
Aljosja Yoshi Ziga on behalf of NVL, was at Skills Meetup Sweden and interviewed Allan Bruun Pedersen, Senior Advisor from The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science.
How can the validation of prior learning be used better and linked to the National Qualification Network in the Nordics?
What are the results of the NOVA-Nordic project? Why is cooperation across countries and organisations essential to solving the “skills crisis” in Europe? How are the NQFs actually developing the Nordic tradition of recognizing qualifications from non-formal learning/education/training?
Aljosja Yoshi Ziga on behalf of the Nordic Network of Adult Learning, NVL, was at Skills Meetup Sweden and interviewed Anna Kahlson, Senior Advisor from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education.
In this podcast, Dr Nan Travers tells about the project “Credential as You Go: Transforming the Credentialing System of the U.S” and opportunities of creating a credentialing system and the impact it can have on society.
Dr Nan Travers is the director of the Center for Leadership in Credentialing Learning at SUNY Empire State College. She focuses on research, policies and practices of the recognition, validation, and credentialing of prior learning. Currently, she is leading the project Credential as You Go: Transforming the Credentialing System of the U.S. It is a way of formally recognizing people’s knowledge and skills in smaller increments and not expecting people to gain a full degree
The interviewer in this podcast is Bryndís Skarphéðinsdóttir, NVL coordinator for Iceland.
In this podcast, Maurice de Greef explains what transversal skills are, and tells listeners about the TRANSVAL-EU project and why it is important to validate people’s transversal skills.
Dr Maurice de Greef is chair-holder of the UNESCO Chair on Adult Education researcher at Vrije University Brussels. He has managed local, regional and European projects in innovating learning environments, strategic policy-making in education and developing strategies for approaching learners. His research focuses on the validation of non-formal and informal learning in The Netherlands. He plays a key role in conducting a survey and consultation round in the TRANSVAL-EU project.
The interviewer in this podcast is Bryndís Skarphéðinsdóttir, NVL coordinator for Iceland.
More about the TRANSVAL-EU project
The TRANSVAL-EU project is a European project, which studies the opportunities and the necessary conditions of VPL of transversal skills for all citizens in the European society.
Lokalradioproduktion kan användas som ett viktigt verktyg när det gäller att fånga upp människor som hotas att marginaliseras.
Ragnar Smittberg, som har stor erfarenhet inom området, berättar en solskenshistoria för redaktören Camilla Lindberg. Det handlar om ett Radio Nordplus-projekt där Finland, Sverige och Danmark samarbetar under lättsamma och fria former.
Mer om projektet
Radio Nordplus – ”train the trainers without borders” är ett nordiskt samarbetsprojekt med målsättningen att utbyta expertis och erfarenheter av att träna och sporra personer som hotas av marginalisering att delta i närradioverksamhet.
Under det tvååriga projektet kommer många testkurser att genomföras i deltagarländerna, ledda av närradioutbildare och målgruppsutbildare i tandempartnerskap.
Huvudpartner är Kansan Radioliitto - Folkets Radioförbund ry, Finland.
Kontaktperson: Riitta Haapakoski, +358 44 954 0224
How can validation empower adults in their lifelong learning and earning journey?
That question is Deb Carr's passion. NVL met her at the 4th Biennale in Reykjavik. In this NVL podcast, she describes not only the project she is working on currently consolidating lessons learnt to compile UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning’s (UIL) global guidelines on RVA for migrants and refugees. But also, her own journey.
About Deb Carr
Deb Carr is a designer, policy developer, researcher and evaluator of skills recognition systems and programs within the Australian, United Arab Emirates and Thailand’s (T)VET sector.
Deb is currently working in the UAE as the (T)VET Policy Specialist for the UAE Military Qualification Centre to optimise RPL outcomes to transition retiring members into civilian occupations commensurate with their acquired skills and knowledge during service.