Country information

	Canada	Denmark	Finland	The Netherlands

Capital	Ottawa	Copenhagen	Helsinki	Amsterdam
Population	38 million	5,8 million	5,5 million	17,5 milion
Area km²	9 985 000 km²	43 000 km²+ Faroe Island and Greenland	338 000 km²	41 500 km²
Neighbor countries	USA, France (St. Pierre et Miquelon), Russia	Germany, Norway and Sweden	Sweden, Norway, Russia	Germany, Belgium
Languages	English and French	Danish	Finnish, Swedish, Sami	Dutch
Currency	Canadian Dollar CAD	Danish kroner DKK	Euro EUR	Euro EUR
Form of government	Democratic	Constitutional monarchy	Republic	Monarchy
Main industries	Forestry, fishery, oil and gaz, agriculture, maple syrup, technology	Wind turbines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, food processing and construction	Metal, electronics, forestry	Agricultural and horticultural sector, the service sector and international trade.
Popular sports	Hockey	Football, handball, cycling and badminton	Ice hockey, cross country skiing	Football, Ice skating
Famous people	Sidney Crosby (NHL), Celine Dion (Singer)	H. C. Andersen, Jørn Utzon, Karen Blixen. Micheal Laudrup	Kimi Räikkönen Formula 1 driver, Jean Sibelius composer	Max Verstappen (formula 1), Johan Cruijff (football hero), Vincent van Gogh (painter)
World famous characters	Paw Patrol, Anne of Green Gables	Little Mermaid	Santa Claus, Moomins	Mify
Cultural specialities	Maple Syrup, Poutine,	"Hygge",	Sauna culture, tango and heavy metal music	Cycling and ice-skating, Bitterballen

Bridge the Ocean project

Bridge the Ocean is a partnership project of the Erasmus+ program, which creates a model of global mobility and cooperation between European and Canadian Colleges.

The partners are four vocational education and training (VET) colleges from Finland, two from Canada and one from the Netherlands and Denmark. In the project, two European and one Canadian study units are planned, which will be piloted with a multinational group during the project.

The project is the first European Erasmus+ VET project that involves partners from outside Europe. The main goals of the Bridge the Ocean partnership project are to increase the number of global mobility of students and experts, teachers, and at the same time promote the development of both professional and international competence and key skills.

The project seeks visibility and interest in the internationalization of VET.

BIDS

BIDS

Bridging Inclusion Digitalization & Sustainability
The BIDS project has three main objectives.

Building and strengthening partnerships to support the implementation and development of internationalization strategies.
Supporting the quality of staff and student mobility between two continents
Combining the previous two goals in such a way that we create a model of how the priorities of the Erasmus+ program, inclusion, digitalization, and sustainability, can be realized in the strategies of the VET providers.

The partners are four vocational education and training colleges from Finland, two from Canada, and one from Portugal, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The project will consist of three different modules: a Sustainability module in Nova Scotia Canada, a Digitalization module in the Netherlands, and an Inclusion module in Finland. These modules will be attended by students and staff from participating partner schools, representing a mix of different educational sectors. We believe that this diverse group will not only enhance students’ soft skills but also foster their international competences.

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