31^st Meeting of the EMU General Assembly and Conference 'Music Education in Nordic Countries'
Kuopio, Finland,14 and 15 November 2006

• Minutes General Assembly

• The Founding of an Association
  Lecture by Heidi Wucher, VdM

• Music Political Networking
  Lecture by Wouter Turkenburg, chairman EMC

• Road Map for Arts Education

  One of the main theme's at the meeting was  the Road Map for Arts Education. The “Road Map” - a key outcome of the UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in Lisbon in March 2006.
  The Road Map is designed to promote a common understanding among all stakeholders of the importance of Arts Education in developing in learners the capacities required for the 21st century, and its essential role in improving the quality of education. Serving as an evolving reference document, the Road Map provides a framework for Member States to develop their own guidelines for the integration of Arts Education at a local level.
  
  The Road Map has been discussed during the General Assembly in Open Space Working Groups. Read more in the reports of the working groups.

Conference 'Music Education in Nordic Countries'

Presentations:

• Delegation Nordic Countries

• Harry Rishaug (Norway) 

• Timo Cantell, Sibelius Academy
  'Culture politics: on the values of culture and arts'
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• Matti Ruippo, Pirkanmaa Polytechnic, University of Applied Sciences
  . Net pedagogy as a tool
  . Music Education Technology in Finland

• Geza Szilvay, East Helsinki Music Institute
  . Kodaly's principles adapted for string teaching in Finland 
  . The Colourstrins education approach

• Soili Perkiö, Sibelius Academy
  'Tuition under school age in music schools'
  . Goals and contents of the music playschool
  . History of the Finnish music playschool, structures and general information