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In the decentralized Swedish school system the responsibility for ICT is shared. The role of the Government and its Agencies is to promote the use of ICT in education, mainly by supporting the municipalities and independent schools in their tasks. The website informs about surveys about the use of ICT in Swedish schools and preschools, the promotion of practical ICT and media skills as well as digital learning resources.

The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other countries through strategic communication and exchange in the fields of culture, education, science and business. SI also supports Swedish language instruction at foreign universities. SI works closely with Swedish embassies and consulates around the world.

Länkskafferiet (the Swedish Link Library) is a referatory for educational use and is meant to be a pedagogical aid for Swedish pupils, between 5 and 18 years of age, in their search for useful information on the Internet. Teachers and librarians can use the service to guide the pupils in their search and find good resources for lesson planning. Länkskafferiet consists of subject structured and quality-assessed Internet information resources. All the web sites are classified and arranged in 12 main themes and 20 curriculum subjects. The classification is based upon the traditional Swedish classification system for public and school libraries.

The IIE is one of the few institutes in the Nordic countries specializing in international and comparative education in a multi-cultural and multi- disciplinary research environment. The website offers presentations of research projects and networks as well as the education programmes and courses at the institute.

The Education History Network in Sweden aims to facilitate cooperation between representatives of various academic disciplines. The purpose of the website is to provide an overview of Swedish and Nordic educational history research. Contents include educational history conferences, vacancies, projects and publications. The offer is supplemented by thematic pages, which present associations for educational history, journals and series of publications as well as the Nordic Journal of Educational History.

Study in Sweden is a comprehensive resource for information about higher education in Sweden. The site incorporates a database of English-language degree programs, information about Sweden´s universities as well as practical facts concerning application procedures, scholarships, visas, accommodation and information for learning Swedish as a foreign language.

The operations of Universitetskanslersämbetet (the Swedish Higher Education Authority) comprise three main areas: Quality assurance of higher education and appraisal of the degree-awarding powers of public-sector higher education institutions. Legal supervision of higher education. Monitoring efficiency, follow-up and horizon scanning as well as responsibility for statistics in the higher education sector.

Background report (84 pages) from the Swedisch Ministry of Education and Science for the OECD, in conjunction with their participation in the project ´Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care´ 1998-2000.

The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education is responsible for all matters concerning higher vocational education (HVE) throughout the country. The National Agency analyses the demand for qualified workforce in the labour market, decides which programmes are to be provided as higher vocational education and allocates public funding to education providers. It is also responsible for an extensive quality assurance program that aims to preserve and maintain high educational standards.

Within the Department of Applied Educational Science studies are being conducted on conditions for learning in social, cultural and institutional settings, the contribution to and effects of digital technology on learning as well as measurement, assessment and evaluation. The department has three strong research areas: Interactive Media and Learning, Measurement and Evaluation and Youth education, career development and welfare.