ArcticSkills19 Newsletter #2

 

 

 

Information from the board meeting at Thon hotel in Kirkenes, 16th and 17th of October 2018

Participants:
From Finnmark fylkeskommune

  • Svein Tore Jakobsen, special adviser in the Educational Department
  • Trond Hansen, Consultant ArcticSkills
  • Robert H Flatli, Consultant ArcticSkills
  • Øystein Hansen, Headmaster of the college of Kirkenes
  • Joakim Pettersen, leader of the arrangement committee AS19 (Day 2 only)
  • Markus Karlsen, leader of International affairs, the county of Finnmark (Day 2 only)

From Lappia

  • Antti Pävärintä, Head Master, Vocational college of Lappia
  • Sanna Laihinen, Vocational college of Lappia

From Murmansk

  • Zubritskaya Еlena Michailovna, Specialist at the Ministry of Education and Sciences
  • Rudnik Elena, coordinator of ArcticSkills in Murmansk

From Norrbotten

  • Peter Mariin, Headmaster of Tornedalsskolan
  • Krister Borg, Tornedalsskolan

Not present

  • Bjørn Tore Andersen, leader of vocational studies, the college of Kirkenes
  • Tiisu-Maria Näkäläjärvi, Sami Institute of Inari
  1. Changes in the organization

The Board held a supplementary election of a new member to the board, e.g. the head master of Kirkenes Øystein Hansen, Principal of the college of Kirkenes, was elected new member of the board due to his responsibilities in 2019 as Project leader of the ArcticSkills 2019.

  1. ArcticSkills 2019. Status of the preparations, dates, opening and closing ceremonies, important milestones in the planning, accommodation, expenses, logistics, social arrangement.


Øystein and Joakim presented the plans and following alternatives for AS19.

 

Alternative 1, three nights

Monday 8th of April

1200-1900

Arrival of teams from Russia, Finland and Sweden

1900-2000

Supper for all teams and experts

Tuesday 9th of April

0900-1100

Guided tours for competitors and experts

1100-1200

Lunch school

1200-1500

Visit competiton arenas

1600-1800

Opening ceremony with dinner. Thon hotel or Ofelas arena

1830-

Competition start
(if necessary)

Wednesday 10th of April

0800

Arrival competition arena

0830

Competition start

1130-1230

Lunch

1500

Competition end

1800-2000

Prizing and closing ceremony with banquet

Thursday 11th of April

0800-

Departure

 

Alternative 2, two nights

Tuesday 9th of April

1200-1700

Arrival of teams from Russia, Finland and Sweden

1715-1900

Visit competiton arenas

1915-

Check in Thon Hotel

2000

Opening ceremony with dinner

Wednesday 10th of April

0800

Arrival competition arena

0830

Competition start

1130-1230

Lunch

1600

Competition end

1800-2000

Prizing and closing ceremony with banquet

Thursday 11th of April

0800-

Departure

Alternative 3, one night

Tuesday 9th of April

   

1200-1700

Arrival of teams from Russia, Finland and Sweden

1715-1900

Visit competiton arenas

1915-

Check in Thon Hotel

2000

Opening ceremony with dinner

Wednesday 10th of April

0800

Arrival competition arena

0830

Competition start

1130-1230

Lunch

1500

Competition end

1630-1730

Prizing and closing ceremony with banquet

1800-

Departure

The board decided to postpone the decision on the choice of alternatives 1-3 after the expert meeting.
Expert meeting will take place in Kirkenes at Thon hotel November 26th-27th.
Arrival 26th, meeting on the 27th between 0800-1400hrs. Return the same day.

The competition program in Kirkenes 2019

Existing competitions

  1. Building constructions
  2. Car painting
  3. Cooks
  4. Electrician
  5. Hairdresser (including 1. year apprentices from Norway)
  6. Heavy machinery operator
  7. Decorative painting of interiors
  8. IT-service
  9. Motor vehicle mechanic, light-duty vehicles
  10. Plumber
  11. Reindeer operations (new name for reindeer herding)
  12. Welder

Modified competitions

  1. Duodji, hard materials (alternation between soft and hard materials)
  2. Health and social care ( team competition from 2019)

New competitions

  1. Waiter
  2. Tourism (demonstration in 2019)

Competitions with responsibility other than Kirkenes upper secondary school

  • Decorative painting of interiors:

Kirkenes build the scenery, and provide equipment, Tornio make tasks and arrange the competition

  • IT-service:

Alta vgs, Arnulf Nielsen (school in Norway) make tasks and arrange the competition

  • Reindeer Operations:

The Sami school in Kautokeino make tasks and arrange the competition

  • Duodji, hard materials:

The Sami schools in Kautokeino and Inari make tasks and arrange the competition. Kirkenes clarifies the responsibilities, and informs the board about the decisions.

  • Tourism (demonstration in 2019)

MTCS (Murmansk) take responsibility for the tasks and for arranging the competition

Date for registration to the competition is set to week 10/19.  Name of competitors must be send to Joakim.Pettersen@ffk.no   

Please visit our website for more information www.arcticskills.com

  1. Changes in the calendar

Expert meeting will take place in Kirkenes at Thon hotel November 26th-27th.
Arrival 26th, meeting on the 27th between 0800-1400hrs. Return the same day. Next meeting in the board is set to November 6th and 7th of December in Murmansk for the final processing of the Kolarctic application.

  1. Status of applications

During the summer we have made a preliminary budget for ArcticSkills 2019 with total expenses of 1,7 mill NOK. This budget has served as basis for one application to The Norwegian Barents Secretariat for a sum of 850’ NOK, and one to the North Calotte Council for an amount of 10’ Euro (90’ NOK)

The decision of the Board of the Barents Secretariat has been postponed to December 2018. The North Calotte Council made their decision 15th of October, and granted the applied sum of 10 000 Euro.

The board also discussed the Logical framework matrix, which will serve as basis for the Kolarctic application. The window opened on the 21st of September and will close on December 21st. Trond Hansen will handle the application. A group for support and consultations will contribute in the work.

Trond needs inputs from the partners to finalize a draft to be sent to Kolarctic ASAP. Trond’s deadline for the inputs is set to 1st Nov 18.
Kolarctic application will apply for THREE years and must contain an Exit Strategy.

International adviser from The County of Finnmark, Markus Karlsen, informed the board of the process and the program, and offered consultations in the process. He pointed at the:
Application deadline 21st December 2018
Kolarctic board meeting at the end of January 2019
Funding to be paid in February/March 2019

  1. Presentations of ArcticSkills in Brussels and Tromsø, Robert


Robert gave a brief update from the BarSec meetings that were held in Brussels in June and in Tromsø in October.
ArcticSkills was presented as an example on Best Practices Project supported by BarSec.

 

In addition to those presentations, Svein Tore Jakobsen presented ArcticSkills in a meeting in the North Calotte Council, and Elena Rudnik made a presentation of the project on a seminar for cross-border cooperation in Kaliningrad in August

 

Kirkenes 20th of October 2018

 

Trond Hansen