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01/02/2016 11:34

European ACTION RESEARCH coordinator in Iceland

It´s our pleasure to confirm the dates of the country visit approved within 3-year SHE EMPOWERS project on empowering women.   Mrs HAZEL LOW, European Action Research Coordinator, is arriving in Iceland 07.02.2016 and leaving 12.02.2016. The aim of the visit is to support the work of a...

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21/03/2015 20:38

Mapping the services offer in Iceland

In cooperation with VMST (Employment Office), municipalities of Dalvikurbyggd and Fjallabyggd , Multicultural Office of Akureyri and external educators, we´ve been working hard on mapping the existing services and support systems that exist for unemployed women in Iceland, making the...

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10/01/2015 20:31

Kick off meeting in Belgium

We took part in a KICK OFF meeting in Antverp (Belgium) of our 2-year international project 'Self-directed learning for employment' in January 7th - 10th 2015 where we set a good working connection with all the partners and clarified the roles and the project flow with the focus on creating...

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27/11/2014 13:18

Kick off meeting in Sweden

We participated in a KICK OFF meeting in Gothenborg (Sweden) of our 3-year international project 'SHE EMPOWERS' in November 24th - 27th 2014 and had a very productive and efficient planning of the coming project years that are ahead of us, working on the issues of unemployment of women. You can...

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02/10/2014 22:22

Testing, testing, testing

It is a standard in Iceland, I understand, that each 2,5 year old child undergoes a check related to maturity. Since our first child - Sara Hrund turned 2,5 in August 2014, we recently received a letter from a local medical center inviting us for such check too. The letter,...

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15/08/2014 11:58

3-year European project approved

We have great news regarding our future educational projects focused on small villages in Eyjafjordur in the North of Iceland. A 3-year project that Rökstólar applied for, within the frame of ERASMUS+, together with other 5 partners, was approved. This means that we carry on with connecting local...

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29/07/2014 11:48

International Evaluation meeting in Ólafsfjörður

As a closing event of our 2-year GRUNDTVIG PROJECT: 'Choose your learning, choose your life', Rökstólar hosted the Evaluation meeting of the project. It took place in Ólafsfjörður during 24/07 - 27/07 and 4 partners from abroad participated, representing 3 partner organisations. We had very...

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12/06/2014 11:39

HANDBOOK for adult educators

One of the outcomes of our 2-year GRUNDTVIG project is a handbook including the learning stories of the participants, as well as very useful educational tools for both, learners and educators who would like to implement self-directed learning in practice. It is available in 2...

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30/05/2014 11:06

Baby boy was born

It´s our pleasure to share with you that beautiful baby boy RON VALGARÐ BRIEM joined us in the morning of 30.05.2014.  Greetings from happy and healthy family

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16/05/2014 12:54

Second baby on the way

Lenka, the head of Rökstólar, has been expecting a baby due 27.05.2014 and we´d like to announce that May, June and a part of July will be very quiet months, workingwise.... Should you need anything urgent, do contact us over the phones: Fixed line: 00354 - 583 27 39 GSM Lenka: 00354 - 840 13...

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