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Mission
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The mission of LINS can be summed up as:
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To be a focal point for expertise in Norway in dealing with
the linked challenges and problems of development, education
and human rights in the developing world.
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LINS offers consultancy, research and advisory services within
the field of international education and development. These services
include the planning and implementation of educational projects,
training of staff, appraisals, reviews and evaluations. LINS has
created an extensive network of professionals in the field and has
launched a programme of collating and dissemination of information
Specific objectives:
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To develop competence in dealing with the challenges
of international education and its role in development, particularly
for marginalised groups |
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To strengthen the education sector in selected
countries through institutional linkages, technical support
and consultancy services |
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To contribute to competence building
among key actors in international education |
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To support the work of international agencies,
in the education sector |
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To publicise important debates in the field of
educational development, to raise the quality of dialogue and
to inform a variety of constituencies engaged in the process
of development |
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Consultancy Services
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LINS staff provides consultancy services, both within Norway and
overseas. An important balance is maintained between theoretical
and academic understanding of development issues and problem solving
in the field. LINS develops and maintains competence through a team
approach. Criteria for selection for international work include
a sound background in the discipline, competence in development
assistance, knowledge of the country concerned and the capacity
to relate well to international partners.
Consultancy services may also focus on documentary analysis of proposed
programmes or projects, evaluations and assessments. This type of
work requires familiarity with the country concerned and a clear
understanding of the development priorities of the sponsoring agency.
LINS has successfully completed assignments for Norad, DfiD, Ireland
Aid, the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, SIDA, national and international
NGOs and governments in the South.
The bulk of LINS work has been related to Norad requests,but also
the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education
and Research cooperate with LINS in a number of ways. Norway's support
to the Norwegian Educational Trust Funds NETF and NPEF included LINS
in the dialogue regarding the use of these funds. LINS also cooperates
with Norway's National Commission for UNESCO, UNICEF and the UN Association.
LINS staff attend and contribute to conferences, seminars and symposia
on international educational issues through membership of international
organisations. Over the last years, LINS has hosted annual NETF seminars
for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the World
Bank. The focus of recent seminars has been on partnership in Education,
from Literacy to Adult Basic Education, Education and Health with
a specific focus on HIV/AIDS, vocational skills, HIPC strategies,
PRSPs, teacher training and post primary educationl.
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Research
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LINS consultants are required to engage
in research and lecturing as part of their normal conditions of employment.
In addition LINS has commissioned research, occasional publications
and special studies.
Current research and study topics include:
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Education and its impact on Poverty: Exploration
of the evidence |
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Aspects of teacher training and conditions of
service in Africa |
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NGOs involvement in Sector Wide Approaches (SWAPs) |
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The link between education, health and social
issues in secondary education: Life -skills, health and civic
education |
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HIV/AIDS and impact on Education |
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Mapping of Educational Research Capability in
selected NORAD partner countries |
Partner country research collaboration includes:
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Research collaboration with David Livingstone
Teacher's College in Zambia on hiv/aids, and institutional collaboration
on ICT |
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Research collaboration with the Zambian Ministry
of Education and the University of Zambia |
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Research collaboration with IER, Dhaka University,
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Institutional cooperation
LINS consultants are engaged in lecturing and research through
institutional cooperation at the master's level with Universities
in Africa through NUFU; NOMA and NUCOOP programs.
NUFU; Gender Equality, Education and Poverty, (GEEP) Joint Research
Program with Ahfad University for Women in Khartoum, Sudan and the
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
NOMA; International Education and Development, Joint Research Program
with Ahfad University for Women in Khartoum, Sudan and University
of Zambia, Zambia
NUCOOP; Norwegian University Cooperation Programme for Capacity
Development:
a) Developing and running a master in International Education and
Development in
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cooperation with Upper Nile University, Malakal, Sudan
Joint Programme between LINS and the Norwegian University of
Life Sciences (UMB) emphasizing improved methodology and teaching
quality, Katmandu University, Nepal
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Research is also being carried out by the master students from
the various MA-programmes supervised and guided by staff at LUI
and some of the studies are included in books edited by LINS consultants
Other relevant on-going research activities
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Language policy, education and development; |
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Education, gender and human rights |
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Education in the multicultural society |
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Publications
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All LINS reports produced for Norad are public documents. Some
of these will be accessible through this webpage. In addition, the
research activities noted above will be available as publications
and occasional papers.
For a ten years' period (1997-2007) LINS published Educaid, a periodical
on Norwegian cooperation in basic education. All the issues are
available on the internet and were distributed to a wide range of
recipients
The library resources of LINS are building up through the acquisition
of relevant reports from international agencies such as UNESCO and
the World Bank, international journals and LINS' own publications.
The LINS resource centre is backed by the Oslo University College
library and access to the internet and other electronic networks.
LINS library collection is registered in BIBSYS and is also searchable
through this webpage.
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Training and competence building
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LINS places great emphasis on training
and competence building both in their own work and towards partners.
New staff are inducted into consultancy work in partnership with more
experienced colleagues. Among training assignments can be mentioned:
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Qualitative research training in Bangladesh and
Zambia |
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Supporting MOEZ in Zambia by Developing and Implementing
a participatory process leading to an Interactive School and
Community-based HIV/AIDS intervention in 11 districts |
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M.Phil quota places for Bangladeshis, Zambians,
Sudanese, South Africans, Ghanaians etc. |
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Information and networking
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LINS has developed a wide network of
individuals and organisations. Our data base of consultants now lists
some 200 competent professionals, both within Norway and further afield.
LINS has established good relations with NorwegianNGOs, institutions
such as NORAGRIC, DIS and other development related groups. LINS staff
are members of the Nordic Association for the Study of Education in
Developing countries (NASEDEC), the Northern Policy Research Review
and Advisory Network on Education and Training (NORRAG), the Nordic
Network for International and Comparative Education (NICE) the Nordic
Educational Research Association(NERA) and the Norwegian Association
for Development Research (NFU).
LINS has initiated NGO Forum , an education forum for representatives
of various NGOs, academics and other institutions working in the field
of education and development. The purpose of this forum was threefold;
sharing experiences, building competence and finally to voice concerns
regarding Norwegian development co-operation. A working committee
is established among active partners to facilitate the work. See more
info on NGO Forum |
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Core staff of LINS
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LINS work is lead by the Head of International Studies, Faculty
of Education and International Studies at Oslo University College.
A small core group of professionals is connected to the Head of
International Studies to regularly follow up on the LINS activities.
To carry out the various consultancies and other LINS activities
the staff
at International Studies, the Faculty of Education and other
faculties at Oslo University College can be called upon. In addition,
two experienced external consultants are directly attached to the
organisation and a wide network of approximately 200 associated
consultants are included in the LINS register.
Information about the core staff and the
staff at International Studies can be found under the relevant
units' web pages
Leader of LINS
JOHNNY
AASEN, Head of International Studies is the leader of LINS
activities.
He has been working with education at all levels for 30 years. He
has a master in Multicultural and International education about
education in Tanzania. He has been Vice Principal at Oslo Education
Adult Centre for many years and has been working with language,
adult literacy and multilingual education in the multicultural societies,
teaching Vietnamese boat refugees in the Philippines, building a
teacher training centre in Tanzania, and establishing adult education
centre for Romany people in Norway.
The core group
ANDERS
BREIDLID was Chairman of the LINS Board from 1997 to mid
2007 and Professor of International Education. During his time as
Dean of the Faculty of Education he was instrumental in promoting
the international activities of Oslo University College. These initiatives
included the establishment of the Development Studies programme,
the setting up of a hovedfag (Master of Philosophy) in Multi-Cultural
and International Education and the founding of LINS. Dr. Breidlid
has a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
University of London. Actively involved in a number of human rights
issues, he has lived in both Sudan and South Africa and has carried
out consultancies in Africa and Asia. His research interests include
ideology, cultural values and education, sustainable development,
indigenous knowledge systems and education, the World Bank and education,
HIV/AIDS and education, religion in an educational context.
ELLEN
CARM has been a headteacher and teacher educator in Norway
for a number of years. She has carried out consultancies in Malawi,
Pakistan, Nepal, Zambia and the Far East. She is registered for a
Ph.D. at the University of Stockholm. She is reponsible for LINS'
collaborative work in Zambia and has a special concern for HIV/AIDS
education. She is preparing a thesis on innovation in basic education.
Literacy and teacher education are her other major research interests.
Former member of LINS Board.
KAREN
B. FELDBERG has worked as assistant professor in Development
Studies at Oslo University College, responsible for developing new
courses and for teaching with a main focus on what education means
to the development processes and poverty reduction. Her academic
background is Cand. Real from the University of Oslo, specialised
in Development Geography with thesis based on fieldwork in Sri Lanka
1982.
During the years she has worked for LINS with consultancy work on
basic education, literacy, girls' education, development of the
education sector and decentralisation, teacher education. She has
worked for the Ministry of Education and Research in Norway as advisor
on education in international co-operation, responsible for a cooperation
agreement between the Ministries of Education in Zambia and Norway.
For UNESCO she has done consultancy work.
LIV
NORHOFF HARALDSEN, Senior Adviser, former deputy member
of LINS Board, has worked with LINS since the Centre was established
in 1997. She has also worked with European linkages for the Faculty
of Education and International Studies at Oslo University College
and with preparation of the Interpretation Study which was opened
in 2007. In addition to Norwegian she speaks English, German - holding
a German Language Diploma, level C2 (European Framework), Swiss
German dialect as well as some French.
Two international experts are directly connected to LINS
ROBERT
SMITH, Associate Professor, Former Centre Leader of LINS
from 1997 - July 2005. June 2004. Worked ten years at the University
of Bristol's Centre for International Studies and as a teacher educator
in Africa for fifteen years. He has carried out numerous consultancies
in Asia and Africa for Norad, DfID, the British Council and the
World Bank. His doctoral thesis focused on the World Bank as a learing
organisation.
KEES VAN DEN BOSCH has 35 years
of experience with international - both higher and basic - education
and development. From 1997-2007 he worked as (regional) education
adviser in Southern Africa and South Asia for the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, where he gained experience in sector wide approaches
and donor co-ordination. He started as a science teacher and headmaster
in rural Zambia and has done advisory work for both governments
and donors in many countries since then, mainly in Africa.
As an education planner and policy analyst his specialisations include
education reform, teacher development, gender, HIV/AIDS & education
and early childhood development.
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Management of LINS
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Financial management of LINS affairs will be handled
by the Faculty's Service Unit for externally financed activities,
LEO
ROALD
SKØELV, Head Adviser in LEO will be the main responsibile
for LINS affairs. |
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Selected recent assignments
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Mid-Term Review of the SANTED Programme, South
Africa-Norway Tertiary Education Development Programme - 2009 |
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Organisational Performance Review of Norwegian
Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund (SAIH)
- 2009 |
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Review of Koran School Component of Basic Education
Improvement Programme (BEIP), Pakistan - 2008 |
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End review of Quality Improvement of Education
for Children with Visual Impairment, - 2007 |
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Analysis of Annual Global Monitoring Report 2008
from a gender perspective |
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Institutional cooperation between teacher training
institutions in Pakistan and Oslo University College - 2006 |
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Technical assistance for Annual Review of PEDP
in Bangladesh - 2002 |
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Assistance in planning of BRAC University, Institute
of Education and Development (BUIED) - 2005 |
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Country team on Education Development Assistance,
Bangladesh - 2005 |
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Courses in Science Education at NAPE, Bangladesh
- 2002 |
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Country Team on Education Development Assistance,
Tanzania - 2005 |
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Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) of
the Education Sector, Vietnam - 2007 |
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Country Review of Norwegian Co-operation in Madagascar
- 2002 |
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UNICEF's Education Programme in Madagascar (2005
- 2007) - 2007 |
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Joint Review Mission EFA Plan and Review of Pro
Vert Project Madagascar - 2007 |
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Post-primary Education in Southern Saharan Africa
A Study on selected Development Partners' Strategies - 2007 |
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Mid-term review of Unicef "Keeping Kids in School
Phase II" Programme for Malawi |
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Consultancies in connection with Pakistan's Education
Sector Reform Programme |
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Consultancies related to Zambia's Basic Education
Sub-sector Improvement Programme (BESSIP) |
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Consultancy on Basic Education provision in Lai
Chau province in Vietnam |
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Assessment of Business, Technical and Vocational
Education and Training (BTVET) in Uganda |
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Evaluation of UNESCO's "Mobile team of experts" |
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Development of Education
Sector Plan , Zanzibar, based on SWAp - 2008 |
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Assessment of Norwegian Church Aid, Norwegian People's Aid
and Strømme Foundation support to education in Sudan - 2003
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