| RKK’s International Activities |
RKK’s International Activities
03. September 2010
RKK is based in the county of Rogaland, Norway’s most international region. It was here that the Norwegian oil business set down roots in the late 1960s, bringing in its wake the most comprehensive change process ever seen in Norwegian industry.
”INTVET", short for "International vocational education and training" is the name of the section responsible for RKK’s international activities and an integral part of the organisation. The other people on the RKK chart represent personnel and professional resources also open to INTVET.
”INTVET” is nevertheless more than just an entity and set of tasks in the RKK organisation: it is the concrete expression of an ambition and undertaking aimed at realising RKK’s vision of being a global actor in the field of vocational training and education, with all that this implies in terms of quality, logistics, content and international standards.
Ministry of Mines and Energy of Côte d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and RKK sign MoC 26.8.2010. |
27. August 2010 |
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Côte d' Ivoire and RKK signed a letter of intent 26.8.2010. The signatories were H.E.M. LY Djêrou Robert, Côte d' Ivoire's ambassador to Scandinavia, and Managing Director Ole Imsland of RKK. During the oil fair ONS in Stavanger, RKK had a meeting with the Minister for Mines and E... | Read more... |
Train of Trainers graduation in Kampala, Uganda |
16. August 2010 |
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On the 9th of August 2010, graduation was held in Kampala, Uganda. Before the graduation, 12 instructors and scientists from UPIK, UIRI and Nakawa Technical Institute underwent intensive training during 4 weeks on topic such as Health Safety Environment, Drilling, Well services and Completion. Professor Charles Kwesiga, the Executive director of UIRI, was the chief guest who handed over t... | Read more... |
RKK establishes branch office in Kazakhstan |
06. August 2010 |
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RKK has established a Branch Office i Kazakhstan effective from 2 August 2010 Svetlana N. Borodulina has been appointed Director of RKK-Kazakhstan. She will be based in our office in Ust Kamenogorsk. (photo) RKK-Kazakhstan will have offices in Ust Kamenogorsk and Astana. The work of RKK-Kazakhstan will be to coor... | Read more... |
UNITAR Instrumentation Course |
29. June 2010 |
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The second group of students from UNITAR, Nigeria, have arrived in Namibia for the instrumentation course on 27.06.2010. The course started on 28.06.2010 at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology and has duration of 8 weeks. The course specifications is the same as the one conducted for the first group at Stord in Norway. Below is a picture of the students in front of the RKK Nami... | Read more... |
Successful Strategy Seminar in Cape Town, South-Africa |
28. June 2010 |
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Last week, RKK together with RKK Namibia, organised a strategy seminar in Cape Town in South-Africa. The intention of the seminar was to discuss RKK´s experience, strategy and development in Africa. The 25 participants were representatives from the governmental sector of education and oil & gas from Angola, Nigeria, Mosambique, Uganda and Namibia. In addition the RKK´s board, RKK´s main a... | Read more... |
"From Farm to Table" project in cooperation with the Akmolinsk region of Kazakhstan |
08. June 2010 |
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A project group from RKK comprising Magnus Mathiesen, Roar Haaland and Kjell Håvard Sævareid conducted a planning and research visit last week to the Akmolinsk region of Kazakhstan, in connection with the project entitled "From Farm to Table". This pre-study was set up on the initiative of the RoK Ministry of Education and Science in close cooperation with the Akmolinsk regional aut... | Read more... |
Graduation ceremony in Namibia - Safety Instructor Course |
04. June 2010 |
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The group of Angolan instructors which graduated from the 6 week long Safety Instructor Course attended the graduation ceremony on the 3rd of June 2010. The students graduated in the areas of General Safety, Fire Fighting and First Aid. The courses were done in accordance with IMO, STCW table VI. During the last week RKK Namibia had a group of three auditors from Norway (Statoil, SOTS)... | Read more... |
Graduation at Mapess' train-the-trainer program at Cinfotec, Luanda |
02. June 2010 |
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The train the trainers program for the MAPESS project started on 19 April 2010 and had a duration of six (6) weeks. The course had a positive outcome and the instructors gained competence in the fields of Industrial Electricity, Hydraulics and Welding. The closing ceremony was held in the CINFOTEC auditorium. The pictu... | Read more... |
Chargé d'Affaires Mr. Nurlan Mussin from the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Oslo visits RKK. |
31. May 2010 |
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Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Nurlan Mussin, Kazakhstan's new Chargé d'Affaires in Norway, to RKK. The purpose of the visit was to meet the Kazakhstani regional development delegation which was on a visit to RKK that week and also to follow up and be briefed on RKK's projects in Kazakhstan. RKK looks forward to close cooperation with the Embassy in connection with our involve... | Read more... |
The RKK model established in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan |
31. May 2010 |
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A Kazakhstani variant of the RKK model has been established in Ust-Kamenogorsk. In cooperation with the College of Transport and Safety, the Technological College of Service and Kumash Nurgaliev's College, RKK has set up the institution "Technical and Vocational Education"- Kazakhstan - Norwegian Corporate Fu... | Read more... |
Large delegation from Kazakhstan visiting RKK this week. |
25. May 2010 |
This week we are hosting a visit by a delegation comprising representatives from education and industry in a number of regions in Kazakhstan. Heading the delegation is Menzhamal Alseitova from the Ministry of Education & Science in Astana. The other delegates are: Marat Ibrayev,Sergey Saveliyev,Vladimir Myagkov,Gal... | Read more...
Visit from MAPESS and INEFOP, Angola |
18. May 2010 |
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This week we are hosting a visit from Director Leonel Bernado from MAPESS and Training Director Adao Tavira from INEFOP, Angola. The purpose of their visit is to review the status of the education project we are running on behalf of INEFOP and the Norwegian Embassy in Luanda. Also attending the meetings in Stavanger are Torstein Wangen from the Norwegian Embassy and Anita Rapp, head of the RK... | Read more... |
MoU for Capasity Building in Kazakhstan signed between Statoil North Caspian AS and RKK |
11. May 2010 |
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RKK has on the 11th of May 2010 signed a MoU - Memory of Understanding, with Statoil Caspian AS (SNC). The purpose of the agreement is to assist SNC with development and establishment of an educational program within the energy sector of Kazakhstan. Special focus will be on establishing a "Bachelor of Science for... | Read more... |
Namibia's new Minister of Fisheries visited RKK Namibia this week |
06. May 2010 |
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Our Walvis Bay office had a visit this week from Namibia's newly-appointed Honorary Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resourses, Bernard M.Esau. Our administration colleague Helena-Ella Ngifindaka gave the visitors a briefing on our activities in the RKK Namibia Office. Photo from left: Cornelius Bundje (Deputy Direc... | Read more... |
MAPESS train-the-trainer program at CINFOTEC, Luanda, Angola |
03. May 2010 |
The train the trainers program for the MAPESS project started on 19 April 2010 and will have a duration of six (6) weeks. The instructors are being trained are from Cabinda, Soyo and Luanda and the trades are Welding, Industrial Electricity and Hydraulics. The training is being conducted at CINFOTEC, Luanda, due to their modern facilities.
RKK has secured the services of three Brazilian i... | Read more...
Discussions on Health Care Worker and ICT |
26. April 2010 |
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Rogaland County Council issued an invitation to a dialogue conference 14-16 April 2010 on health care education on behalf of the Council for Health and Social Care Education in Albir, Spain, at which a number of directors, public enterprises and educational representatives were present. Leif Kjetil Knudsen, RKK's IKT and Product Development Manager, gave an opening presentation on ICT and... | Read more... |
RKK Namibia starts instructor training for safety courses |
22. April 2010 |
On 11 April 2010 RKK Namibia was host to a group of six Angolan instructors who are to be trained as safety instructors for the new safety centre to be established at INP (the national petroluem institute in Angola). The project is entirely funded by Statoil Angola.The instructors will receive training in three areas: fire-fighting, first aid and general safety. This "train-the-trainer&q... | Read more...
Hectic activity in Kazakhstan |
22. April 2010 |
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The last fortnight has seen hectic activity in our Kazakhstan project. As well as strategy meetings with the Ministry of Education in Astana and the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Kostanay region in northern Kazakhstan, there has been a seminar on regional development in Pavlodar in addition to discussions... | Read more... |
Petroleum education in Uganda |
09. April 2010 |
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From 5.-10. April 2010, Carl Anriamparany and Carl Williams from RKK Namibia and Øystein Førsvoll from RKK/SOTS were in Kampala on behalf of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. This is the first step in a longterm collaboration project aimed at developing the necessary infrastructure for petroleum education in Uganda. Read more here. | Read more... |
Graduation ceremony in Walvis Bay, Namibia. |
22. March 2010 |
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On Wednesday 10 March a formal graduation ceremony was held for 10 Nigerian students who had completed a 4-month training programme in Welding under the auspices of RKK Namibia and Namfi. The students have achieved excellent results and are now certified at international standard in various welding methods. They wer... | Read more... |
Course in Machining - add-on/advanced for students from Nigeria completed at Stord |
05. March 2010 |
In February 2010, ten students from Nigeria completed a 240-hour course in Machining - add-on/advanced. The course took place at Stord Training Centre in the period 18 January to 25 February 2010. A closing ceremony was held at Stord at which course certificates were presented to all the course participants.
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Strategy meeting in Windhoek about tertiary vocational education at INP, Angola . |
01. March 2010 |
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On Friday and Saturday of last week, RKK's Namibia office set up a working seminar at Windhoek at which the main topic concerned the establilshment of tertiary vocational education ("Teknisk Fagskole") at INP in Sumbe, Angola. The seminar was led by Carl Williams and Carl Andriamparany from RKK. Namibia had participants from the management of INP Sumbe and and the Ministry of Educat... | Read more... |
Cooperation discussions with Senai in SaoPaulo, Brazil. |
01. March 2010 |
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Last week RKK had meetings with Senai in SaoPaulo, Brazil, at which the main topic of discussion was collaboration in the delivery of vocational training to an international market. RKK was represented by MD Ole Imsland and Director Carl Williams from RKK's Namibia office, and the Senai representatives were Roberto Monteiro Spada (Country Technical Director), Domingos Goncalves Da Costa Neto... | Read more... |
Guests from Turkmenistan |
12. February 2010 |
Next week we shall have the pleasure of hosting a delegation of educationists from Ashkabad, Turkmenistan. This is a return visit following on from RKK's previous two visits to Ashkabad together with the Norwegian ambassador for Turkmenistan, on an initiative from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the forthcoming visit is to present Norwegian vocational education with... | Read more...
RKK presentation at industry seminar in Astana , Kazakhstan in connection with opening of Norwegian embassy |
01. February 2010 |
In connection with the opening of the Norwegian Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 5 February, RKK will give a talk at an industry seminar the same day. This presentation will be a summary of the project "Kazakhstan - Norwegian Cooperation 2004 - 2010", under the title of " Vocational Education - a tool for local content development" during the session on "Capacity bui... | Read more...
New group from Nigeria arrives in Norway for training. |
18. January 2010 |
On Sunday a new group of 10 people from Nigeria arrived in Norway. The delegates will follow a 6-week training course in Machining at Stord Training Centre as part of RKK's contract with Unitar. We hope the delegates enjoy an interesting and fruitful stay in Norway. The delegates are: Chidi Orukwowu , Ogaranya Amadi , Adoki Ukadike , Ekelechukwu Nwaobite , Wisdom Ahiakwo , Felix Egele , Anddy... | Read more...
Delegation from Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, on visit to Stavanger |
18. January 2010 |
This week a delegation from the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan is visiting us here in Stavanger. The delegation comprises representatives from education and industry. The main topic of interest during their visit will be the interaction between business enterprises and the education sector. During their week here, the delegates will visit a number of schools and companies in the region.
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UNITAR - First training course completed at Stord (Norway) - Ongoing in Namibia |
07. January 2010 |
On Thursday 17.12.09 the first trainees from Nigeria received their course diplomas having completed their 2 instrumentation training courses at Stord Training Centre ( Stord Opplæringssenter ). Thus the first group is trained for the cooperation agreement between UNITAR – UN’s Institute for Training and Research and RKK.
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Statoil supports safety centre in Angola. |
21. December 2009 |
"Statoil has agreed to support a safety centre in Sumbe,Angola.The safety centre will be located on the premises at Instituto National de Petroleos (INP) and will be offered as part of the institution's normal facilities for their students. RKK has been awarded a contract from Statoil in order to assist INP in establising the safety centre."
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Video seminar on vocational training and cooperation school-industry-public authorities |
10. December 2009 |
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Today RKK conducted a series of lectures between RKK in Stavanger and partners in East Kazakhstan, related to regional development and VET models, with particular attention given to the tri-partite cooperation and experiences from Norway. The conference was held at Kumash Nurgalyev College in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Themes... | Read more... |
FMC Technologies training personnel in RKK's Namibia section. |
03. December 2009 |
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FMC Technologies has sent 9 students from Angola to RKK's office in Walvis Bay,Namibia, for training. The course is on Hydraulics and Electronics and is being run in cooperation with NAMFI. | Read more... |
RKK took part in the Education Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan, 20 November. |
23. November 2009 |
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RKK was a participant in The II International Forum "Vocational training and business;Dialogue of partners" in Astana, Kazakhstan on 20 November. Also participating were educational specialists from all over Kazakhstan and representatives from a number of international organizations. A topic of special attention at the conference was interaction between authorities and industry in v... | Read more... |
ICT seminar in Kostanay - Kazakhstan |
18. November 2009 |
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In the period 11 – 13 November 2009, a seminar was held at the Kostanay College of Transport and Communications on the use of ICT in education. The 3-day seminar, led by Kathrine Jølle Wathne from RKK, was attended by 38 people from the region. Read more about this event here. | Read more... |
Visit from Senegal. |
16. October 2009 |
On 16 October RKK received a visit from a delegation from Senegal, who were the guests of Rogaland County Council. RKK gave the visitors a presentation on the RKK organization, with particular emphasis on our activities in Africa. The delegation comprised Mr.Amath Dia,Secretary-General of the Region of Saint-Louis,Mrs.Fatou Fall,Officer of the Region of Saint-Louis and Mr.Bouna Warr,Director... | Read more...
Kazakhstan - Aktau Training Centre (ATC) up and running. |
15. October 2009 |
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Aktau Training Centre (ATC) is now up and running and welding training is taking place in two shifts.The centre has entered into a formal "Road Map" contract for 2009 and 2010. In 2009 about 100 persons will be certificated and in 2010 the number covered by this contract will be over 500. Additional orders have come in for a large number of persons from private companies. | Read more... |
Training Contract with UNITAR in Nigeria |
06. October 2009 |
At the last week's meeting in Geneve RKK signed a training contract with UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research. The contract concerns training and capasity building for the Total E&P Project OML58 Upgrade in Nigeria. The training covers 50 persons and shall be implemented in the period from Oktober 2009 to February 2010. Training within machining and instrumentation... | Read more...
RKK supports Julia Handjene from Namibia |
06. October 2009 |
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Julia Handjene from the Omahenge region in the north of Namibia is a promising medium-distance runner from Namibia. Without having taken organized training she participated in the Namibian School Championship in January this year, and won both 800 m and 1500 m. In April she participated in the Athletic Games in Pretoria in South Afrika and took the second place in the 800 m race. Further she... | Read more... |
Official opening of RKK's Namibian Office in Walvis Bay. |
06. October 2009 |
RKK's office in Walvis Bay in Namibia was officially open on October 2. Participating in the opening ceremony were the RKK board and the employees from the NAMFI whom we are going to cooperate with. The Chairman of the Board, Ms. Kristine Gramstad, performed the official opening while Ole Imsland, Øystein Førsvoll and Carl Williams told about activities in Africa and particularly in Namibia.... | Read more...
Teachers from Vietnam on training session with RKK/SOTS next week. |
16. September 2009 |
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Next week 3 teachers from Dung Quat College, Vietnam, will be visiting RKK for updating in Process and Chemistry. A comprehensive programme has been arranged for them. This visit is part of a project conducted by RKK in collaboration with Danske Selandia and is a Danish international aid project. RKK has previously visited Dung Quat College on the east coast of Vietnam. We wish Truong Quoc Hu... | Read more... |
Contract between RKK and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate signed today. |
26. August 2009 |
RKK has today signed a contract with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for performing a " Pre-study - development of Technical College Petroleum Technology in Angola." This study, scheduled for completion in March 2010, will detail what is required to start up a tertiary vocational level programme of petroleum studies at INP, Sumbe, Angola.
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Large delegation from Kazakhstan visiting RKK this week. |
23. August 2009 |
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An 18-person strong delegation from Kazakhstan is on a visit this week to RKK and Rogaland, as part of a joint project between the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Kazakhstan and RKK. The delegates will visit industrial firms, schools and public institutions. We are also pleased to know that "our" regular inter... | Read more... |
INP Angola and RKK sign MOU in Luanda on 18 August. |
23. August 2009 |
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On Tuesday 18 August, at a meeting in MINPET, the Ministry of Petroleum in Luanda , Angola, the National Institute for Petrolum - INP - in Sumbe, Angola and RKK signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU, to run for 5 years, was signed by Managing Director Domingos Francisco from INP and Managing Director Ole Imsland from RKK. The MoU sets out the general lines for extensive collaborati... | Read more... |
Kickoff meeting with INEFOP in Luanda, Angola. |
23. August 2009 |
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At the Polyvalente Adult Education Centre in Luanda, RKK and INEFOP recently held a two-day "kickoff seminar" for the joint vocational education programme starting now and due to run for the next 4 years. The aim of this joint project, supported by Norwegian and Angolan authorities, is to bring INEFOP's cours... | Read more... |
Turkmenistan Vocational Education and Training Study. |
14. August 2009 |
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted RKK funding to carry out a study in Turkmenistan.The aim of the project is to assess the possibilities for longterm collaboration in the field of vocational education and training. RKK's experience from its work with Kazakhstan may possibly serve as a model for the proposed collaboration. A delegation from RKK visited Ashkabad earlier this year and... | Read more... |
Statoilhydro and RKK visit INP in Sumbe, Angola |
29. June 2009 |
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StatoilHydro visits INP in Sumbe, Angola, together with RKK to assess the possibillities for future collaboration projects. In this picture we see from the left Mr. Carl Williams from RKK's Namibia office, director at INP Mr. Fransisco Domingos, Mr. Øystein Førsvoll from RKK and Mr. Rune Roaldsand from StatoilHydro. | Read more... |
Contract signed between MAPESS/INEFOP, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and RKK |
25. June 2009 |
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Contract with the value of 11 mill USD signed in Angola between MAPESS/ Inefop, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and RKK. Photo: Managing director of RKK Mr. Ole Imsland signs the contract together with direktør of Inefop Mrs. Corina Jourdon. In the background to the left we can see vice minister Sebastiao Luquinda of Ma... | Read more... |
Angola's MINPET on visit to the RKK's office in Namibia |
23. June 2009 |
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Representatives from Angola - Mr. Jesus Cortez from the MINPET and Mr. Franciscos Domingos from the INP visited last week the RKK's office in Walvis Bay in Namibia. The background information was presented to them by the director of the office, Mr. Cark Williams. Representatives from Angola took a tour of and heard a p... | Read more... |
ATC evokes keen interest among regional authorities in Kazakhstan |
19. June 2009 |
On 17 June 2009 the ATC was visited by the Akim (regional governor) of the Mangistau region, Mr. Krymbek Kusherbayev, Deputy Akim, Mr.Askar Nurgaliev, Deputy Akims of the city of Actau - Mr. Marat Moldagulov and Taras Hituov, as well as the Head of the Education Department in the Mangistau region, Mr. Kanybek Zhumashev.
The delegation inspected the facilities and talked to the students who... | Read more...
Certificate from the Achilles Joint Qualification System |
18. June 2009 |
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According to the certificate issued on 12 June 2009, RKK - Rogaland Training and Education Centre (Achilles-id. 26088), has got confirmed its qualifications related to the internal quality assurance system. It is possible to get qualifications for products and services covered by the quality assurance system establi... | Read more... |
Greenhouse Project meeting in Stavanger 3 -7 June 2009 |
16. June 2009 |
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The Greenhouse Project ”INTERREG IIIB Baltic Sea Region – Neighbourhood Programme", met in Stavanger 3-7 June 2009: Steering Committee Meeting and final training session for teachers and key personnel. All the members of the project steering committee, together with teachers from Kaliningrad State Technical University, took part. The programme included visits to both larger and smalle... | Read more... |
Guests from the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade. |
10. June 2009 |
This week a delegation from the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade are guests of PETRAD. The delegates are particularly interested in the Norwegian gas sector and have visited a number of companies and institutions in different parts of Norway. RKK has the pleasure of acting as host to the group on two occasions: today during a visit to Rygjabø vocational school on Finnøy to look at fishe... | Read more...
Award of the Kjell Arholm Memorial Grant for 2009 |
09. June 2009 |
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Anne Gro Torgersen Solli has been awarded the Kjell Arholm Memorial Grant for 2009, to a value of NOK 30 000. Anne Gro Torgersen works at Jåttå Upper Secondary School, where she has responsibility for pupils from a minority background. She is a qualified nurse, health visitor and teacher. She has worked for 28 years... | Read more... |
Visit from Angola. |
09. June 2009 |
This week we in RKK/SOTS have the pleasure of hosting a visit from Director Francisco Domingos from INP and the departmental head of vocational education in MINPET, Jose Jacinto de Jesus Cortez.
Our guests will visit the RKK office and SOTS in addition to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and Aker Solutions Well S... | Read more...
Unique world-class drilling simulator at SOTS |
08. June 2009 |
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SOTS (Stavanger Offshore Technical College), in cooperation with the rig company COSL and National Oilwell Varco, has had installed and has begun to use a unique drilling simulator based on cyberbase technology. There is only one corresponding simulator in the world and that is installed in the University of Oklahoma.... | Read more... |
Visit from BEST, Austria |
25. May 2009 |
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Above: Helmut Fink, Helmut Kronika, Karin Hochmayer, Erik Hirschenbrunner and Silje Bolset (RKK) We have the pleasure this week of welcoming our friends and guests from BEST. BEST is a training organisation with its head office in Vienna and ten regional offices throughout Austria. BEST is mainly concerned with diff... | Read more... |
Poland: EEA-supported collaboration on ICT and e-learning |
18. May 2009 |
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The Bialystok region, through the University of Finance and Management in Bialystok, has been given approval for a 13-week research period in Rogaland, Norway, with support from the Norwegian EEA funds. The project came into being as a result of the information exchange that took place during a CEDEFOP study week last... | Read more... |
Delegation from Namibia and NAMFI visiting RKK |
12. May 2009 |
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RKK has the pleasure this week of welcoming our guests and colleagues from Namibia. In the photo above we see, from the left, RKK's Managing Director Ole Imsland and from NAMFI Director Polli Andima, Mauritius Andjengo, and Ndajoina Shalumbu on their visit to Stavanger, Norway, together with RKK's Silje Bolset, Carl Wi... | Read more... |
Rogaland in the World 2009 |
11. May 2009 |
On Wednesday 3 June, we shall be meeting at "The House of Food" in Stavanger for discussions and presentations. The Minister of Agriculture, Lars Peder Brekk, is coming, together with the Chairman of Rogaland County Council and the Mayor of Stavanger. You are also cordially welcome!
For registration and further details, see: http://www.rogalandiverden.no
the conference is a jo... | Read more...
Kazakhstan's National Welding Competition held at ATC, Aktau |
28. April 2009 |
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On 23 and 24 April 2009 the National Welding Competition was held at ATC – Actau Training Centre – in Kazahkstan. There were 16 competitors from all regions of the country. The Ministry of Education and Science in the Republic of Kazakhstan is the organiser. The winners of the competition will go on to compete in a nat... | Read more... |
NAMFI, Namibia and RKK have signed a cooperation agreement |
28. April 2009 |
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At a meeting in Walvis Bay in Namibia on 23 April 2009, NAMFI – Namibian Maritime and Fisheries Institute – and RKK formally entered into a cooperation agreement on adult education. The agreement was signed by Director Polli Andima from NAMFI and RKK's Managing Director, Ole Imsland. For further details read her... | Read more... |
Visit from Borgarbyggð, Iceland |
27. April 2009 |
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We extend a warm welcome this week to guests from Borgarnes, Iceland: Páll Snævar Brynjarsson, chief administrative officer of Borgarbyggð Municipality, Torfi Jóhannesson, project manager of Vekstkontrakt and Inga Dóra Halldórsdóttir, director of Símenntunarmiðstöðin á Vesturlandi. Items on the their programme, in a... | Read more... |
Health worker training for speakers of minority languages - contract with NAV. |
02. April 2009 |
RKK has signed a contract with NAV for Health Worker training at upper secondary levels Vg1 and Vg2 for speakers of minority languages. The contract is for 15 - 18 participants and the course programme will start April 2009 and finish in Spring 2011.
The training programme is a joint project between Rygjabø Studiesenter and Møllehagen Skolesenter. The contract is worth just over 2 million... | Read more...
National centre of technology in Almaty and Taraz, Kazakhstan |
26. March 2009 |
This week and next, RKK's ICT & Product Development Manager, Leif Knudsen, is visiting the national centre of technology in Almaty (http://www.nci.kz/) and attending workshops and seminars at the State University College in Taraz. The purpose of his trip is to learn about Kazakhstan's work in learning and the application of technology.
The local officials responsible for the visit arra... | Read more...
Pavlodar and Ust-Kamenogorsk. |
13. March 2009 |
Next week RKK will enter into a formal cooperation agreement with Akimat and the Education Section in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan. In Ust Kamenogorsk the aim is to establish a joint forum for Industry-Education and Public Administration. In Astana RKK will have meetings with the Ministry of Education and StatoilHydro.
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RKK presents its concept for International Vocational Education in Turkmenistan. |
19. February 2009 |
In the period 23 - 27 February representatives from RKK will be part of a delegation to Ashkabad, Turkmenistan, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Mette Kongshem will head the delegation. Meetings will be held with Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Hydyr Saparliev, the Minister of Education and the Minister for Economic Development. A meeting with the Minister of Foreig... | Read more...
netbased course in Agrotourism |
29. January 2009 |
It is now possible to take a netbased course in Agrotourism, through the website
http://www.agro.euproject.org/
The course programme is part of an EU project under the Leonardo da Vinci programme, which concerns "lifelong learning". We refer to information previously sent to some of you and to already concluded group sessions and study trips. In Rogaland the project is the r... | Read more...
Vocational education contract in Vietnam in collaboration with Danish partners ! |
22. January 2009 |
This week we have been informed that our Danish partners in Selandia have been awarded a contract for the development of training programmes for Dung Quat College of Technology, Vietnam. The contract comes from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and will be financed from Danish foreign aid funds. The title of the project is "Supply of... | Read more...
Possible cooperation between RKK and Simenntun in Borgarnes, Iceland? |
22. January 2009 |
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For a number of years, the adult education institution Simenntun in Borgarnes, Iceland, has had good relations with RKK, and the parties have discussed experience and strategies. This week RKK visited Borgarnes and had meetings with various institutions in the region to assess the basis for formal collaboration on cour... | Read more... |
RKK welcomes delegation from Kazakhstan 11 - 17 January. |
09. January 2009 |
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In the week 11 - 17 January we shall have the pleasure of receiving a delegation from the Ministry of Education in Kazakhstan. The delegates are here to study Health Care education in Rogaland and the possibilities for implementing this in Kazakhstan as part of the national education reform programme. The delegates are Ernat Gapuovich Zhunov from the Ministry of Education, NikolayJurievich... | Read more... |
Meeting with INP, Mozambique. |
08. January 2009 |
Today RKK/SOTS had a meeting at the NPD office with a delegation from INP - Instituto Nacional de Petroleo - from Mozambique, led by chairman Arsenio Mabote. The topic dicussed at the meeting was the qualification of the local workforce, organisation, level and capacity development.
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Rygjabø Study Centre course -"First aid for suicide risk - Questions can save lives" |
14. November 2008 |
Rygjabø study Centre in Haugesund is offering the two-day course entitled "First aid for suicide risk". The University Hospital of North Norway is technically responsible for the programme, which is a follow-up initiative after the Action Plan against Suicide, financed by the Norwegian Directorate of Health. The scheme is based on the concept "vivat", as developed by Livin... | Read more...
Conference in Astana,Kazakhstan - "Vocational Education and Business Dialogue between Partners" |
14. November 2008 |
On Wednesday 19 November, the Ministry of Education and Science in the Republic of Kazakhstan is holding a major conference in Astana where the main topic is vocational education in connection with upgrading of the national system. The keynote speaker at the conference is Minister of Education Zh. Tuimebaev. There will also be talks by the Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Affairs, the... | Read more...
Phase 2 of "Train the Trainers" has started in Angola. |
14. November 2008 |
RKK/SOTS and Intsok have had a meeting this week with INP (Instituto de Petroleos) in Sumbe, Angola, and have launched phase 2 of the "Train the Trainers" project. It was decided to set up phase 2 following a recommendation after evaluation of phase 1. In phase 1 of the programme, INP has trained approx. 100 people in petroleum with the emphasis on subsea operations. Most of the stu... | Read more...
RKK hosting a visit today from Rwanda's ambassador. |
11. November 2008 |
Today we have the pleasure of receiving the Rwandian Ambassador, Ms Jacqueline Mukangira. The Ambassador is interested in discussing a proposition RKK has presented for vocational training in oil-related topics.
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Eclick project kicks off today in Stavanger Innovation Park |
11. November 2008 |
The University of Stavanger, Stavanger Innovation Park and RKK are Norwegian partners in the Interreg project Eclick. The partners will officially open the project office today at 14.00 in the Innovation Park at Ullandhaug, Stavanger. The aim of the project, which has a 3-year perspective, is to develop electronic courses, information and competence enhancement programmes which will be availa... | Read more...
High level of activity in Kazakhstan next week. |
31. October 2008 |
The Kazakhstan project is in a busy phase. Next week, as well as the completion of the Actau Training Centre, there will be a series of meetings and seminars. In Uralsk we are setting up a 2-day ICT seminar for teachers and will continue our collaboration with local vocational schools. In Actau in the Mangistau region we shall sign an extended agreement with Akim (county governor) and set up... | Read more...
Stord Training Centre and RKK sign cooperation agreement. |
27. October 2008 |
With a view to boosting our capacity, RKK has signed a cooperation agreement with Stord Training Centre. Stord Training Centre has extensive experience in adult education, with particular emphasis on plateworking, welding and industrial plumbing but also many other vocational subjects relating to the offshore petroleum industry. We look forward to a positive and fruitful partnership from whic... | Read more...
RKK seeks new co-worker |
24. October 2008 |
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Because of our increased number of engagements, particularly in relation to international projects, we are looking for a creative person with industrial experience to join the RKK staff . For further details of the position, see below. Interested in working with vocational education in Kazakhstan Norway or Angola? RKK seeks new co-worker for projects in the field of vocational train... | Read more... |
E-CLIC Rogaland opens 11 November. |
23. October 2008 |
The University of Stavanger, Stavanger Innovation Park and RKK are participants in the Interreg IVB North Sea Region project "E-CLIC - European Collaborative Innovation Centres - for broadband media services". This is a 3-year project, due to be completed in August 2011.
There are 8 participating regions: two from Sweden, two from Germany and one each from Belgium, UK and Norway... | Read more...
Seminar for school heads in Shushinsk, Kazakhstan. |
23. October 2008 |
As part of our cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education & Science in Kazakhstan, we are holding a five-day seminar this week on school management for head teachers and educational administrators in Shushinsk. The seminar, with 26 participants, is being led by school heads Bjørn Andersen from Karmsund Upper Secondary and Berte Grane from Godalen.
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RKK/SOTS - Development agreement with rig company SEADRILL. |
23. October 2008 |
RKK/SOTS has signed a development agreement with the rig company SEADRILL. The intention is to develop an international netbased concept for Petroleum Technology at tertiary vocational level, aimed at international employees selected for promotion to Driller and Toolpusher and for whom this will give formal competence in petroleum subjects. The course is designed to allow participants to foll... | Read more...
Contract with StatoilHydro ASA in Algeria. |
16. October 2008 |
RKK/SOTS (Stavanger Offshore Technical College) have entered into a contract with StatoilHydro ASA for DRILLING SUPERVISOR training in Algeria. The training programme will comprise 11 one-week modules.
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RKK/SOTS sign contract with INTSOK for Angola. |
16. October 2008 |
RKK/SOTS (Stavanger Offshore Technical College) have entered into a contract with INTSOK (Norwegian Oil & Gas Partners) for a "Train the Trainers" project (phase 2) for INP in Sumbe, Angola. This is a continuation of already completed training programmes for Sumbe teachers. The course is due to start in October.
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General Meeting in "Actau" training centre. |
10. October 2008 |
In Almaty, a General Meeting took place on Friday 3 October in the Actau Training Centre, where a motion to increase share capital was approved. A formal inauguration was also approved.
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The RKK Board visits the Emilia Romagna region in Italy. |
10. October 2008 |
RKK collaborates through a number of EU projects with the organisation "IAL CISL Emilia Romagna" in Bologna, Italy. IAL is Italy's most successful further and continuing education institution, with over 200 branches.The organisation is run in cooperation with the CISL Workers Union. it has been in operation for 30 years and has its head office in Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region... | Read more...
"Best" Vienna and RKK investigate possible cooperation |
10. October 2008 |
"Best" is a private continuing education institution in Vienna, Austria, which cooperates with RKK on 3 European projects under the Leonardo da Vinci programmes. The two parties RKK/Best are very satisfied with this collaboration and at a meeting in Vienna on 26 September entered into discussions on a possible formal partnership.
If this comes about, the intention is to explore t... | Read more...
" CMS -Crisis Management System" - New Eu project goes to SOTS/RKK. |
28. August 2008 |
Under EU's Leonardo da Vinci programme for 2008, SOTS/ RKK have had approval for the project "CMS - Crisis Management System". The project, which has a 14-month schedule, is led by Offshore Center in Esbjerg Denmark. Other partners, besides SOTS/RKK, are: Søværnets Operative Kommando (Admiral Danish Fleet) Denmark - Antilope IT,Denmark - Estonia Maritime Academy Research and Develop... | Read more...
A delegation from Kazakhstan visiting RKK this week. |
11. August 2008 |
We are having a week-long visit from a delegation from Kazakhstan this week. The delegates will study Norwegian vocational education, collaboration between educational institutions and industry, and regional development. The programme includes visits to companies, in this instance Aker Solutions/Aker Egersund, Aker Solutions Stavanger, Kaefer IKM and Statoil Hydro. Besides visits to the Natio... | Read more...
StatoilHydro and RKK sign contract for consultancy in international vocational education. |
07. July 2008 |
Under the terms of the contract, RKK will assist/advise StatoilHydro on the development of vocational education in the international market in which StatoilHydro plans to establish, or has established, activities in connection with the production of Oil & Gas.
RKK will give advice on models for qualifying local personnel in vocational subjects and adult education. The establishment of... | Read more...
NAMFI (Namibia) and RKK sign MoU. |
17. April 2008 |
The Namibian Maritime and Fisheries Institute (NAMFI) and RKK have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement has come about as a result of RKK's visit to Namibia in 2007 and the return visit of NAMFI to Stavanger in 2008. The parties have set themselves the clear objective of establishing a joint venture agreement before the end of 2008. This will be based on a business... | Read more...
Support to Vocational Training in Angola - Baseline survey. |
16. April 2008 |
RKK has signed an agreement with NORAD,"Oil for Development" concerning a survey aimed at mapping the status of organisation, methods and content in INEFOP's Centre of Adult Education under Vocational Education in Angola. The pre-project will last until September 2008, and will help to form the basis for a larger development project with MAPESS/INEFOP with a timeframe of 4 years. We... | Read more...
StatoilHydro Workshop - Education and competence development in an international context |
15. April 2008 |
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On Monday 14 April, StatoilHydro hosted a Workshop - Education and Competence Development in an International Context. In addition to personnel from StatoilHydro, there were participants from OfU (Oil for Development), NPD, Intsok,SIU (Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education) and Petrad, together with representatives from universities and colleges. RKK and SOTS pres... | Read more... |
Workshop in Stavanger - "Empower - Deprived learners", an LdV project |
09. April 2008 |
On April 11 - 12 the project partners of the Leonardo da Vinci project "Empower - Deprived learners" convene for a two days event and worskhop in Stavanger. The partnership consists of members from Austria, Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.
RKK will be represented by project manager Helen Roth and Silje Bolset, and from Møllehagen upper secondary will Solveig Eidsaunet and Jon... | Read more...
International seminar in Astana, Kazakhstan, 28-29 March |
04. April 2008 |
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The Ministry of Education and Science in the Republic of Kazakhstan arranged an International meeting and seminar entitled: "Promotion to developing of technical and professional education in the Republic of Kazakhstan within the International projects" (sic). The conference was attended by 40 participants from international organisations which have, or have had, projects in... | Read more... |
Round Table conference and seminar in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan |
04. April 2008 |
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The Round Table conference and seminar had the same title: "Development of the cooperation between educational institutions of technical and vocational education and industrial enterprises". At the Round Table conference, there were 20 participants from the Education Department of the East Kazakhstan regi... | Read more... |
Memorandum of Cooperation signed with the East Kazakhstan region. |
04. April 2008 |
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On the basis of the cooperation agreement between RKK and the Ministry of Education and Science in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Tazhenov Amankeldy Jedrisovich, Deputy Akim, East Kazakhstan and Ole Imsland, MD of RKK, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) at a meeting in Ust-Kamenogorsk on 2 April 2008. The agreem... | Read more... |
RKK sponsors Moldir Sagieva’s education and sports development |
04. April 2008 |
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Moldir Sagieva is 17 years old and a student at Ust-Kamenogorsk College, named after K. Nurgaliev. She is also a promising wrestle who manages to combine studying and sports in an exemplary manner. Moldir is a fine representative of today’s youth in Kazakhstan, working hard to achieve her goals with limited resourc... | Read more... |
RKK/SOTS ; Drilling courses on Madagascar. |
20. March 2008 |
RKK and Stavanger Offshore Technical College (SOTS) have signed a contract with "Office des Mines Nationales pour les Industries Strategiques" -" OMNIS" - on Madagascar for training in Drilling and HES. This is part of the project "Management of Oil and Gas in Madagascar" , and the programme will be funded through a cooperation agreement at national level between... | Read more...
Conference and seminar on development of local competence in Ust - Kamenogorsk 31 March and 1 April. |
12. March 2008 |
As part of our cooperation agreement with the education authorities in Kazakhstan, we are arranging a number of local conferences and seminars addressing the subject of how authorities, industry and educational institutions can establish cooperative relations and a local infrastructure for competence development.
On 31 March there will be a round table conference and on 1 April a seminar i... | Read more...
International seminar on development in vocational education in Kazakhstan, in Astana and Shuchinsk 28 and 29 March 2008. |
10. March 2008 |
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The Ministry of Education in Kazakhstan is arranging the seminar "Assistance in the development of vocational education in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a part of International Projects". Speakers and guests have been invited from Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, EU, Korea, the World Bank, the British Council and a number of Asiatic countries. The first part of the seminar will... | Read more... |
Visit from NAMFI , Namibia. |
05. March 2008 |
This week, Carl Williams from NAMFI - Namibian Maritime and Fisheries Institute - is a guest at RKK and SOTS.
A comprehensive programme has been drawn up for Mr. Williams' visit, involving meetings with public institutions and authorities as well as companies in the oil and gas sector. The purpose of his visit is to discuss a cooperation agreement between NAMFI and RKK.
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Visit from OMNIS , Madagascar. |
05. March 2008 |
Yesterday ( 4 March) RKK and SOTS - Stavanger Offshore Technical College - had the pleasure of hosting a visit from Mr. Andriamihaja Spariharijaona and Mr. Bonaventure Rasoanaivo from "Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Strategiqes" (OMNIS), Madagascar.
Advisor Turid Øygard from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy also took part in the meeting, at which the theme was... | Read more...
Internationalisation
Internationalisation is now an increasingly important aspect of RKK’s work, embracing a range of activities such as EU-funded projects, EU-nett and related operations, projects for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NORAD projects.
We have established contacts and completed specific projects with partners from most European countries, and are now working closely with the public authorities in Kazakhstan on the implementation of various educational projects.
RKK is also involved in many other countries.