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NNIT signs contract for the Future State Educational Grant and Loan Payment System in Denmark
On December 16, the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science re-awarded NNIT a contract with a value exceeding DKK 300 million for the development and implementation, and subsequently operation and maintenance, of the future state educational grant and loan payment system in Denmark. (cf. company announcement no 13, 2022). The contract was signed earlier today.
The contract runs for a period of eight years with the possibility of extending for another two years. The work will commence in January 2023 with a project definition phase.
Approximately 60 NNIT employees will be dedicated to the project. The Agency for Higher Education and Science will involve a team equal in size.
CEO Pär Fors comments
“The development and operation of complex IT platforms to support highly regulated processes and high quality in data processing is precisely where NNIT excels. We are extremely pleased to win this substantial and important public contract and very proud to support the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science on their journey to launching the next generation system for the payment of state educational grant and loans. It is a great responsibility and privilege to be a trusted supplier of complex IT solutions for welfare payouts to government agencies in Denmark”.
NNIT and the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (left to right) signing the contract earlier today
Coherent user journeys and guidance processes
The contract centers on the development of a core system for the stable, correct and timely payment of student grants and loans and transportation allowance amounting to more than DKK 25 billion annually.
In NNIT’s solution, task management and automated processing support easy administration of the grants, which contributes to coherent user journeys and guidance processes for the students and caseworkers. The focus of the design was precisely to ensure easy access for and interaction between all users, including the Agency’s own development team, which as part of the joint SCRUM organization will build the self-service solution for the students.
Key Account Manager, Hans Christian Sick elaborates:
“The team has put in a tremendous effort in an incredibly competitive environment, and we have succeeded in designing a solution that optimizes the administration of student grants. We are very proud to play a part in the Agency becoming a data-driven organization, and we’re looking forward to getting started”.
”Together with NNIT, the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science will be developing a new IT system for the administration the Danish State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme. The IT system will be supporting the administration of grants and loans at the educational institutions at the Agency for many years to come, and the system will contribute to realizing the Agency’s vision of a more effective and coherent administration system centered on students. I very much look forward to a good and trust-based collaboration,” says Agency Vice President Sine Søgaard Jeppesen (head of the steering committee).
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About the Danish State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme (SU and SU-lån)
Tuition at Danish public and most private educational institutions is free for Danish students and for EU/EEA students as well as for students participating in an exchange program. All other students have to pay a tuition fee. Society lends students a helping hand in covering living costs for a great variety of courses and studies. Over 474.000 (2020) Students benefit from these two types of educational support every year. The annual budget amounts to 28,7 billion Danish Kroner, around 1,2 percent of Gross National Product. Read more at su.dk
About The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science was established October 1, 2020. The Agency holds the main responsibility for institutions within the remit of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. This responsibility is grounded in an ongoing dialogue and covers the administration and implementation of grants and subsidies to the institutions, as well as other matters. The Agency is responsible for the State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme, including the general educational grant ('SU') and the state adult educational grant ('SVU'), plus a number of other special support schemes for applicants for places in higher education. The Agency is also responsible for operation and development of 'SU' systems, study administrative IT systems, etc. Read more at ufm.dk
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