FING-prosjekt med partnere fra Færøyene, Island, Grønland og Norge fortsetter samarbeidet med et partnermøte og webinar i Tórshavn denne uken.

Temaet var "Moving Green Energies".
Meinhard Eliasen, fra det færøyske miljødirektoratet (Umhvørvisstovan), med tema: «Energiovergang»;
Heini Ellingsgaard, leder for fornybar energi i EFFO, med temaet: «EFFO, et færøysk energiselskap – vindparker på Færøyene»
Wilhelm E. Petersen, energilektor ved Vinnuháskúlin med emnet: "Alternative drivstoff"
Børge Harestad, avdelingsleder, med tema: ««CO2 fangst og lagring og Bruk av droner i ulike næringer».
 

Samarbeidet i FING har pågått siden 2012 og partnere ønsker å fortsette samarbeidet med nye aktiviteter.

Radom Chamber of Commerce

SOTS samarbeider med Radom Chamber of Commerce, Polen i et EØS-prosjekt: “Empowering youth vocational skills for automated metal industry (EYVS4AMI) – adjusting vocational education to demands of metal machining industry to the future”  funded under the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 Education Programme. 

A delegation from the Radom Chamber of Commerce together with school teachers and principals was in Stavanger on a study visit.

EEA Grants

EEA Grants for Institutional cooperation for the improvement of quality and relevance of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and vocational continuing education.

Empowering Youth Vocational Skills for Automated Metal Industry – adjusting vocational education to demands of metal machining industry of the future.

The aim of the project is to develop and create a modern educational platform supporting youth in choosing a career related to the technical industry. The platform will be rooted in current VET programs (including dual education), also complementing them in the terms of specific competence gaps indicated by practical vocational teachers and entrepreneurs.

EEA Grants (PDF, 102 kB)

FING

Establishment of innovative network of quality within oil & gas education and training.

A partnership was established early on in 2012 between Vinnuháskúlin Centre of Maritime Studies and Engineering, Akureyri Comprehensive College, Greenland School of Minerals and Petroleum and Stavanger Offshore Technical College. The project was developed with the main goal of establishing an innovative network of quality within oil and gas education and training, while taking into account environmental and safety issues.

The overall aim of this project involving educational providers from the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Norway is to place partners, who are new to the oil and gas industry, on an equal level of competitivity in the international market when it comes to their capacity to offer training and education in related specialized areas. Project FING has received approval for funding from NORA and Nordplus.

Partners in the project:

• Akureyri Comprehensive College is a comprehensive college offering academic and vocational studies.
  Read more about the college here.

• Vinnuháskúlin Centre of Maritime Studies and Engineering is a vocational maritime school located in Tórshavn. It offers three year shipmaster and marine engineer courses as well as other maritime related courses. It was established in 2005 after the merger of the Faroese Nautical School, the Engineers School and the Faroese Firefighting School.
  Read more about the school here.

• Greenland School of Minerals and Petroleum, department of Tech College Greenland.
  Read more about the school here.

Cooperation in Training and Education within Oil and Gas Safety and Environment (PDF, 797 kB)