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Tough, and tougher?
31.05.2005
New Fafo breakfast, about immigration and integration as a campaign
issue, Thursday 14 June.
We have invited member of the Danish Folketing, Naser Khader, Radical
Left, to speak about how immigration and integration was treated
in the Danish election campaign. Per Egil Hegge (Norwegian Aftenposten)
and Anniken Hagelund, researcher at the Norwegian Institute for
Social Research, comment on the speech. Read more (in Norwegian) |
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 More
people at work and fewer on welfare
31.05.2005
New meeting in Forum on Inclusive Work, Monday 13 June.
The agreement on inclusive work (between Government and the social
partners) contributes to a better economy by keeping more people
at work and fewer on welfare. This time the Forum discusses businesses'
profitability, ethics and responsibility. Read
more (in Norwegian) |
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How are employees affected by outsourcing?
26.05.2005
Outsourcing has become more common over the years, both in the private
and public sectors. But the consequences for employees are not much
studied. In a new Fafo paper, Fafo researchers Hanne Bogen and Torunn
Kvinge outline some of the problems in this area.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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Successful annual meeting in Fafo's Forum on the
EU enlargement
26.05.2005
The meeting was held at Oslo congress centre Thursday 26th of May,
with 270 registered participants. Subject for the day was; One year
after the EU enlargement. Visions, reality and policy for working
life and private business.
Find more information at Fafo's Forum
on the EU enlargement (in Norwegian).
The picture shows the polish wall painter Mariusz Hejbowicz, who
was interviewed by Fafo researcher and journalist Anne-Mette Ødegård.
Photo: Åsmund Lang, Aktuell |
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Fafo survey gives unique information about the living conditions
in Iraq
19.05.2005
Fafo has cooperated with the Central Organisation for Statistics
and Information Technology (COSIT) of Iraq on this living condition
survey. Fieldwork was consulted in April-May, and August 2004. The
survey is the first since the war to cover all parts of Iraq. It
covers areas such as infant and child mortality, malnutrition, housing
and infrastructure, household economy, education and health. The
survey was funded by UNDP. Fafo researchers have authored three
reports. The study is refered to in various media worldwide.
Financial
Times, NRK,
Sveriges
Radio, The
Times, CNN,
Asia
Times, The
Times of India, USA
Today
UNDP's
press release
Fafo's IMIRA survey web pages
Analytical Report,
Tabulation Report and Socio-Economic Atlas (to be downloaded
from this UNDP web page) |
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New occupational pensions for Norway Post
18. 05.2005
In this new paper the Fafo researchers Geir Veland and Tove Midtsundstad
discuss new occupational pensions for Norway Post.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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National health policy documents from a social inequality perspective
18.05.2005
How do Norwegian health policy documents reflect knowledge about
social inequality in health? This question is discussed in a new
paper by the Fafo researchers Hanne Bogen and Christine Friestad.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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 Guest
professors
12.05.2005
Jon Hanssen-Bauer (Managing Director of Fafo Institute for Applied
International Studies) and Jon Pedersen (Deputy Managing Director)
have been appointed as guest professors at Lanzchou University of
Gansu Provinse in China. The university has 45,000 students, and
is an important partner for Fafo in the living conditions survey
of the Western regions of China. The two new professors were appointed
at a ceremony in Lanzchou by the President and vice-president of
the university. The university also appointed Managing Director
Dr Wang Yuan and Head of section for sustainable development Wang
Fenyu at the National Research Center for Science and Technology
for Development (NRCSTD) to professors. NRCSTD is Fafo's main partner
in China.
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The effects of occupational pensions on wages
11.05.2005
In this new report, Fafo researchers Geir Veland and Tove Midtsundstad
assess the value of the most important benefits in addition to ordinary
wages - occupational pensions.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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National statutory minium wage is not an appropriate mechanism
by which to protect Norwegian wages and collective agreements
11.05.2005
This is the conlusion of a report by Håvard Lismoen og Torgeir
Aarvaag Stokke at Fafo. The report was distributed yesterday at
the national convention of the Norwegian confederation of Trade
Unions (LO). The EU enlargement on 1 May 2004 has contributed to
place the issue of introducing a national statutory minimum wage
on the agenda in Norway.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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 Young
people's participation in organised leisure activities
10.05.2005
Fafo researcher Jon Horgen Friberg today presents his survey on
participation in organised leisure activities among young people
in multicultural Oslo. Are patterns of participation different between
the various groups? Do immigrant youth have more obstacles to participation
than ethnic Norwegians?
Read more (in Norwegian)
Jon Horgen Friberg is interviewed by Norwegian Broadcasting |
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 Enabling
Economies of Peace: Public Policy for Conflict-Sentive Business
09.05.2005
The U.N.'s Global Compact has released this new report by Karen
Ballentine, a consultant to Fafo's New Security Programme, co-authored
with Virgina Haufler, University of Maryland. The report argues
that conflict-sensitive business practices requires practical policy
assistance from governments and multilateral organisations if they
to promote conflict prevention and limit the negative impacts of
business operations in societies in conflict.Read
more |
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Norwegian voluntary organisations' help to the poor
 09.05.2005
In a new report Fafo researchers Heidi Gautun, Jon Anders Drøpping
og Tone Fløtten have surveyed the voluntary organisations'
help to the poor. The report wil be presented today, at a conference
on poverty. The report is part of the work of Norwegian
Centre for Research on Poverty and Social Assistance (Fafo og
NOVA).
Read more about the report
(in Norwegian)
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New Fafo paper about working hours in Bærum
09.05.2005
Fafo researchers Heidi Nicolaisen and Dag Olberg have evaluated
experiments with new working hours done by Bærum county in
2004 and 2005.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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 The
trade in Western Sahara is questionable
03.05.2005
Most of the trade in occupied Western Sahara has political implications,
even if the intent is not political, says Fafo's Christian Ruge
on NRK (Norwegian broadcasting).
Also in the press (in Norwegian only):
Fiskeolje fra okkupert vann, nrk.no
Forer okkupasjonmakten med info, rk.no
Ambassadør i Marokko hjemsendes, demokraten.no |
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 New
Fafo report on rehabilitation of trafficking victims
03.05.2005
Fafo researcher Lise Bjerkan is the editor of this report, written
together with Biljana Simeunovic-Patic, Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic
and Linda Dyrlid. The report presents the findings of a study related
to the identification, rehabilitation, and reintegration of victims
of trafficking for sexual exploitation, and it is based on fieldworks
and a series of interviews, primarily in Serbia but also in Moldova
and Italy.Read more
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