| Programme name | Country | Date of information |
| Bokstart | Norway | 20 December 2019 |
| Question | Answer |
| About the Organisation | |
| Organisation name | Foreningen !les |
| Organisation address | Øvre Slottsgate 3 |
| Goal/objective | Our goal is to inspire children, adolescents and adults to read more by: – making contemporary literature available for target groups – providing children and adolescents with an arena for reading, writing and having an opinion about literature – providing teachers with tools for working with contemporary literature in classrooms and in collaboration with students – developing an intermediary role in schools and libraries |
| Contact Person | Silje Tretvoll / Vibeke Røgler |
| Position of Contact Person | Executive Director |
| Contact email | |
| Contact Telephone Number | |
| Organisation website | foreningenles.no |
| Organisation type | National reading promotion organization |
| How many staff does your organisation employ? | 7 |
| About the Programme | |
| Basic details | |
| Programme name | Bokstart |
| Country/Province/City where the programme takes place | Norway |
| Year started | 2018 |
| Programme goal/objective | – To promote reading and making literature available for young children and their parents – To strengthen parents’ meaningful role in their children’s development of language and identity – To provide children with developing a language |
| Funding sources | Egmond Fonden (Denmark), Gjensidigestiftelsen (Norway), Oslo kommune (Norway) |
| Geographic coverage | This is a pilot project in Oslo, the capital of Norway. |
| Are you involved in any other comparable networks? | No |
| Purpose of the programme | |
| Not for profit? | Not for profit |
| Religious or political purpose? | None |
| Local consistency of model | |
| Is your programme model consistent across your geographic area, or are there regional differences? | It is consistent. This is a pilot project in Oslo, the capital of Norway. |
| Book Packs | |
| What are the contents of your gifting pack? | Two books, one for 8 month old babies and one for 2 year olds. In addition, we are handing out a bag and booklet with information regarding the importance of reading for the development of language. |
| Is your programme offered free of charge to all families? | Yes |
| Partnerships and Delivery | |
| What are your primary ‘points of contact’ with the population you serve? | Library, Health clinic |
| Who gifts/hands-out your pack to families? | healthcare workers, librarians |
| Please list your other programme partnerships. | Deichman – the municipal library of Oslo, Oslo kommune. |
| If your programme uses volunteers, please give some more details. | This does not apply to our project. |
| Audience | |
| Is the programme universal or targeted? | Every baby, child, family within our geographic area of coverage will have the opportunity to get a book bag. |
| How many children does your programme serve a year? | 9000 children. |
| At what age/gifting period do children receive your programme. | 6 – 12 months, 2-4 years |
| Diversity provision | |
| Does your program include provisions or resources for children with special needs? | no |
| What language populations does your programme serve? | Norwegian (bokmål and nynorsk), English, Arabic, Somali, Tigrinya |
| Evaluation and research | |
| Have you conducted programme evaluation or research (including longitudinal)? If yes, has this evaluation/research been published? | We are currently in the process of hiring an organization to evaluate the project. |
Videos
March 2023 – New pilot programmes in Norway and Spain
Vibeke Røgler and Sigrun Feiring, Foreningen !les, Norway; and Natalia Kucirkova, Professor of Reading and Early Childhood Development, Stavanger University Norway, and Open University UK
- Vibeke Røgler and Sigrun Feiring, Foreningen !les , Norway: A brief overview of the Bookstart Norway project.
- Natalia Kucirkova, Professor of Reading and Early Childhood Development, Stavanger University Norway, and Open University UK “Norwegian Parents’ Attitudes Towards Shared Reading with Their Children – Findings from Evaluation of Bookstart in Norway”