Jørn Skovsgaard
Danish Ministry of Education – International Relations Division

Functions/ employment:
2001 - Senior Adviser, International Relations Division, Ministry of Education, Copenhagen

1997 – 2001 External Examiner, Teacher Education in Denmark

1996 - 2002 Lecturer, Training Programme for School-principals, Training Centre for Municipal Administration and Local Government, Grenå:

1996 - 2001   Head of Division, Ministry of Education, Copenhagen

1991 – 1996 Director General, Dept. of Education & Culture, Municipality of Fredensborg- Humlebæk

1986 – 1991  School-principal, Rundhøjskolen, Municipality of Århus

1983 – 1991  Lecturer, Royal Institute of Education, Copenhagen, Odense, Århus

1978 – 1986  Teacher, Kroggårdsskolen, Municipality of Odense

Memberships and representations:
OECD/ Education Policy Committee

OECD/ Centre for Educational Research and Innovation; governing board member for Denmark

The Hungarian Association for Lifelong Learning; member of Governing Board.

Asia Europe Meeting V; Member of the Advisory Committee – ASEM Education and Research Hub for Studies in Lifelong Learning.

Publications in English:
“Ensuring Basic Skills for All”, thematic report for the ASEM LLL Initiative 2002. Co-authors: Lars Alrø Olesen and Arne Carlsen.

“The Folkeskole Year 2000 – a National Strategy for Enhanced Learning”, submitted to “American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education”, Washington D.C. 2002

“School-management and Parent’s Commitment in Denmark” – annotated synopsis of speech at the summer conference at the University of Porto – July 1998. Also printed in Portuguese in “Autonimia – gestao e avaliacao das escolas”, ASA Lisboa 1998.
www.cursoverao.pt/c_1998/jorns.htm
“Four Dimensions in Intercultural Analysis and the Roots of School Organisation in Denmark”; contribution to bilateral Anglo-Danish project – “Leadership for Change”, Fredensborg- Humlebæk 1995.