Last year, the Minister of Research and Higher Education in Norway, Tora Aasland, launched a new North America Strategy for Higher Education Cooperation 2012-2015. The purpose of the strategy is to further strengthen the cooperation between Norwegian higher education institutions and their partners in the United States and Canada. 

The main priorities of the strategy are:

• Collaboration at government level and network arenas
• Institutional partnerships and stronger correlation between higher education and research collaboration
• Mobility of students and staff 

The main measures under the strategy will be a new call in the Partnership Program with North America, project funding, and the establishment of arenas for increased cooperation with Canada.

For more information, and to read the strategy, please visit: www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kd/documents/reports-and-actionplans/Actionplans/2011/north-america-strategy-for-higher-educat.html?id=661703.