is an educational programme organised by the Nordic Council of Ministers. This is a programme of thematic networks including teacher and student exchanges, cooperative projects and most recently, joint study programmes.
The participating countries in the Nordplus programme are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
The IAA participates in the following Nordplus networks:
Cirrus is a Nordic-Baltic network of Art and Design education. The central activities of the partner institutions are art and design, including innovative activities, technical development and artistic practices.
KUNO is a lively and ambitious Nordplus network comprising 17 Nordic-Baltic fine art academies, aiming to become an art university without walls. By cooperating on a wide range of project activities, the member institutions commit themselves to the continued development of higher fine art education in the region.
Norteas is a Nordplus network for Nordic and Baltic Theatre and Dance Institutions of Higher Education. It's member institutions focus on sharing about everyday life, learning from each other and aim to network and develop international cooperation and teaching of Theatre and Dance in the Nordic-Baltic area.
The Nordic Academy of Architecture is constituted by the 12 Nordic schools of architecture, and deals with matters of common interest, most notably political issues, policies and general cooperation, as well as exchange programmes for students and teachers conferences, workshops and seminars.
NordplusMusic is a cooperation between the networks and institutions of higher music education in the Nordic and Baltic countries, including 40 music academies, universities, colleges and universities of applied sciences.
The NORDPLUS Explorations and Collaborations in the Arts / The ECA Network is dedicated to developing innovative cross / interdisciplinary course curricula between various university level art education programs. This network, originally focused upon the specific relationship between dance and music, was created by the founding partners in 2004. The history of “classical” as well as modern / contemporary dance has been shown to embrace other art forms.
Dama is a Nordic / Baltic network of higher level Dance education institutions and New Media education institutions. It organizes annual courses, exchanges and workshops which take place in Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Latvia, Estonia and/or Lithuania. Dama is mainly supported by Nordplus funding.