NOM Reykjavík 2013

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NOM meeting and seminar

Reykjavík

2013

Inspired by Iceland – Welcome Hello dear Nomlings – and other guests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG92NUXKzZ0 To start off, like the Finns did, here is a typical video of Iceland which shows you exactly how your stay in Iceland will be. Well, except maybe for the sun, the clear sky, the glaciers and hot springs. Why? Well because we have got something entirely different planned out for you. We are really looking forward to having you all here to Iceland for our NOM meeting and seminar. SHI is not a national union as you all must know, so it has been quite a challenge for us to plan this meeting as one. We have, however, been working on the establishment of a new national union which will for example coordinate quality enhancement for HE for all HE institutions in Iceland and take over SHI’s role as an international representative of Icelandic Students. Therefore we are inviting students´ representatives from all the other Universities in Iceland to the seminar so they can learn more about international cooperation. Our theme for the meeting is; Advancing Students entrepreneurship and employability. In this rapidly evolving world, students and young people constantly have to be on the lookout for new ideas and new opportunities. The high unemployment rate in Europe is great threat to our generation and therefore we have to be active and contribute as we can. For the role of speakers we have contacted the most forward thinking and eligible people we could think of so we hope that they will enlighten our discussion and give us new and broad views to work with. We look forward seeing you and hope you have a good stay in Iceland Skál! Sara Sigurðardóttir Sólrún Halldóra Þrastardóttir Chairperson of SHI CEO of SHI

Lost in reykjavík?

Find a new perspective!

PRogram

Thursday (21.03.13)

All day Arrival

Pick up at BSÍ (central bus station) throughout the day.

18:00 Registration, dinner and evening activities

In Stúdentakjallarinn “The Student Basement”.

(Háskólatorg, University of Iceland, Sæmundargata 4, 101 Reykjavík)

Friday (22.03.13)

09:00 Welcoming words

Sara Sigurðardóttir, SHI Chairperson

Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland

Kristín Ingólfsdóttir, Rektor of the University of Iceland

(Aðalbygging, University of Iceland)

09:45 Breakfast

10:30 – 12:15 Introduction to entrepreneurship in Icelandic Universities

Hilmar Bragi Janusson

President of the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences.

(Háskólatorg, University of Iceland)

The Sage Project

Elisabeth Gerkhe

European students’ union executive committee member

Taina Moisander

European students‘union vice chair

12:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Workshops

Workshop 1: Encouraging entrepreneurship

Workshop 2: Student employability (Sage)

Workhop 3: Future of NOM

15:30 – 16:45 Visit to Alþingi

Guided tour with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, The minister of education and

culture.

17:00 – 18:00 Country Update

13:30 – 15:00

13:20 – 15:00 Workshops

Workshop 1: Encouraging entrepreneurship

Workshop 2: Student employability (Sage)

Workshop 3: Future of NOM

15:30 – 16:45 Visit to Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament

Guided tour with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Minister of education and

culture.

17:00 – 18:00 Country update

Each union present gives a short presentation of the situation facing

students in their home countries.

19:00 Dinner and evening activities

Saturday (23.03.13)

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 – 11:30 Is a Bachelor degree enough?

Bjarni Már Gylfason

Economist at SI – The Federation of Icelandic Industries

Innovit - centre for innovation and entrepreneurship

Stefán Þór Helgason

11:40 - 12:40 Lunch

12:40 -16:30 Workshops

Workshop 1: Encouraging entrepreneurship

Workshop 2: Student employability (Sage)

Workshop 3: Future of NOM

16:30 -17:00 Workshop conclusions

18:00 – 19:00 The Icelandic Phallological Museum

19:30 Dinner and evening activities

Sunday (24.03.13)

09:00 Breakfast

10:00 -12:00 NOM meeting

12:00 – 12:40 Lunch

Sunday (24.03.13)

08:00 Breakfast

10:00 -12:00 NOM meeting

12:00 – 12:40 Lunch

14:40 – 17:00 NOM meeting

17:15 – 20:00 The Blue Lagoon

20:15 Dinner and evening activities

Monday (25th.03.13)

Departure, hugs and kisses.

Practicalities

Accommodation

SHI covers accommodation and food costs for two

delegates per NOM Union. Delegates will be

staying in the Metropolitan Hotel, located on

Ránargata 4 in downtown Reykjavík. The rooms

have two to three beds and will be shared by

delegates accordingly.

Food

Delegates will get the chance to try some local

delicacies like shark and brennivín. Delegates will

also visit the newly opened Studentbasement

which opened in january. The Basement serves

affordable meals and beer as well as showing

movies and hosting concerts, stand up and other

forms of entertainment directed at students.

If you have any dietary preferances we might be

unaware of, please let us know so we can

accommodate you.

Questions and contact

For any questions conserning the schedule or

practical matters contact:

Anna Marsibil Clausen

SHI International Chair

Tel: +354 8668360

amc4@hi.is

For questions of financial nature contact:

Sólrún Halldóra Þrastardóttir

SHI CEO

Tel: +354 8234267

solrunhalldora@gmail.com

Currency

The Icelandic Króna (ISK) is everyones favorite currency right?

1 Euro is usually around 165 ISK but we incourage delegates to check the value

shortly before they arrive since the króna can be a bit moody...

How to get to Reykjavík

A) Fly to Iceland

B) Once you land in Keflavík airport and exit through security you go to the right

where you will find a ticket booth for the Flybus.

C) Buy a ticket for the Flybus for 1950 ISK.

D) Once you are on the Flybus you can text or call Anna Marsý (Anna Marsibil

Clausen, see p. 7) so an SHI member can pick you up at the central bus station BSÍ.

E) 40 minutes later, you should be at BSÍ where we will pick you up and take you to

your hotel. If you want to find the hotel on your own you can walk (20 min) or take a

cab.

Transtportation

The hotel is located downtown and is in walking distance from the University of

Iceland. Should you need to go anywhere outside of downtown during your stay we

reccommend you take a cab (Tel: 5885522). Starting daytime charge is around 600

kr. and at night around 800. kr

Dont take the bus, the bus sucks. If you abselutly have to. One way costs 350 ISK and

you can only pay with coins or tickets which can be bought in the Uni. cafeteria.

Weather

The saying goes „If you don‘t like the weather, just wait five minutes“. The weather

keeps changing on us so we have no way of knowing what it will be like.

Temperature will probably be around 4 degrees during daytime but you should

really just check the forecast before you get here.

Alcohol

Bring it from your home countries or buy it at the Tax-free in Keflavík. A beer costs

around 800 ISK downtown but there is also a governmental liquor store (Vínbúðin)

five minutes from the Metropolitan Hotel which is a bit cheaper. Vínbúðin is open

from 11:00 to 18:00 on Thursdays and Saturdays, from 11:00 to 19:00 on Fridays

and is closed on Sundays.

The Blue Lagoon

After some hard days of excruciating work we

will head out to the Blue Lagoon and relax. SHI

will be covering costs for transportation but

delegates will have to pay entrance fee if they

wish to join. Delegates will however receive a

discount. The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa

fit with a massaging waterfall, sauna, natural

facial scrubs and a bar in the lagoon itself.

www.bluelagoon.com.

The Icelandic Phallological Museum

We wanted to show you something different.

This is the most „different“ thing we could find.

www.phallus.is

Safety

Reykjavík is very safe, pickpocketing and theft is

very rare. Drunk Icelanders are sometime known

for having a temper and bar fights aren‘t

uncommon but those are usually resolved

quickly by doormen.

The local emergency number is 112 and you can

also always contact any of the organizers should

you have any emergency.

In case of an earthquake:

Just act cool and stay away from things

that could fall on your head.

In case of a volcano eruption

Go check it out, it might look cool.

Manners

Blowing your nose loudly in public is very rude in

Iceland. We either „suck it in“(yumm) or sneak

off to the bathroom. Consider yourself warned

The University of Iceland

The University of Iceland is a public research university and home to SHI. The university

was founded in 1911 and is the largest HE institution in Iceland with almost 15.000

students. In 2008 the university was divided into five different schools, the school of

social science, the school of humanities, the school of health sciences, the school of

education and the school of engineering and natural sciences. The main campus is

located by Sæmundargata in 101 (downtown) Reykjavík

The school of education is mostly located at another campus a bit further from

downtown but the faculty of sports and health sciences is located outside of the city.

For the first 29 years the University of Iceland was located in Alþingishúsið which also

houses Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament.

There are now 14 buildings on the main campus owned by the university and 7 off

campus.

Youth in Action

What is Youth in Action?

Youth in Action is the Programme the European Union has set up for young

people, age 13-30, and youth workers. It aims to inspire a sense of active

European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and

to involve them in shaping the Union's future. It promotes mobility within

and beyond the EU's borders, non-formal learning and intercultural dialogue,

and encourages the inclusion of all young people, regardless of their

educational, social and cultural background: Youth in Action is a Programme

for all.

Every year, thousands of projects are submitted by promoters in order to get

financial support from the Programme; a selection process aims at granting

the best projects.

What is Youthpass?

Youthpass is part of the European Commission’s strategy to foster the

recognition of non-formal learning. As a tool to visualise and to validate

learning outcomes gained in “Youth in Action” projects, it puts policy into

practice and practice into policy:

Creating their Youthpass Certificate together with a support person,

participants of “Youth in Action” projects have the possibility to describe

what they have done in their project and which competences they have

acquired. Thus, Youthpass supports the reflection upon the personal

non-formal learning process.

Documenting the added value of a “Youth in Action” project, Youthpass

visualises and supports active European citizenship of young people and

youth workers.

Being a Europe-wide validation instrument for non-formal learning in

the youth field, Youthpass contributes to strengthening the social

recognition of youth work.

Making visible and validating key competences through a certificate,

Youthpass finally aims at supporting the employability of young people

and youth workers.