The Swedish Research Council has a leading role in developing Swedish research of the highest scientific quality, thereby contributing to the development of society. Besides research funding, the agency advises the government on research-related issues and participates actively in the discussions to create understanding of the long-term benefits of research.
The Swedish National Council of Adult Education is a non-profit association with certain authoritative tasks delegated by the government and the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament). The Council distributes government grants to study associations and folk high schools, submits budgetary documentation and annual reports to the government and follows up and evaluates folkbildning activities. The website gives an overview over the activities of Folkbildningsrådet, explains what Folkbildning means and contains a linklist to all institutions for Folkbildning.
The Foundation supports research that is conducted at Sweden´s new universities, provided that industry provides a matching amount and actively participates in order to achieve development there as well. The Knowledge Foundation was established in 1994 and since then it has invested some SEK 8.2 billion in more than 2,300 projects.
The National Board for Youth Affairs is a government authority working to ensure that the national objectives of the youth policy are met. Focus is laid on monitoring young people´s living conditions and the coordination of the follow-up of the youth policy at government and municipal level. It is also responsible for the ‚Youth Programme‘ and EU exchange programmes.
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit is a Canadian early childhood education and child care (ECEC) policy research institute. In its ISSUE File collection of online resources it highlights useful online resources detailing and discussing Sweden´s highly developed ECEC system. Material is divided into four sections: Documents from the Swedish government, reports from the OECD Thematic Review of ECEC, other selected research, overviews and media, useful websites.
In January 2013 The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, TPB, changed its name to Swedish Agency for Accessible Media, MTM. MTM is a government body that, in collaboration with local libraries, provides access to printed materials for people with print disability.
Every year, Skolverket, the Swedish National Agency for Education, publishes an overall assessment of the situation and developments in the school system in the so-called situation assessment on behalf of the government. There is an English summary of the 2013 and 2015 reports, which can be found in the English-language publications. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
During the period 1996-2001 a pilot project in the field of advanced vocational education was carried out in Sweden and was integrated into the regular education system in 2002. Kvalificerad Yrkesutbildning (KY) is a new form of post-secondary education that focuses on the application of theoretical knowledge at the workplace. It is a post-secondary educational programme at higher education institutions in close cooperation with the industry. The website offers a database of courses.
The Centre for Principal Development at Umeå University is responsible for The National Head Teacher Training Programme in the four northern counties and in Skåne in Sweden. CDP works actively to ensure that research and other activities should have an international character. Information on board, staff and co-operations. Download of papers on school leader ships. Links to related centres in Sweden and the international conference of ‚School Leadership for Democratic Schools‘.
The ABF´s (the Workers´ Educational Association) operations are based on ideas of democracy, diversity, justice and equality. Their goal is for people to study together and form an opinion on key social issues in order to influence their own situations, and to be able to influence local and global developments. To meet this objective the ABF supports the implementation of study circles throughout the country to make knowledge available to disadvantaged people.
