 NITO
(union for engineers and technologists) and local wage negotiations
30.05.2006
In this report on local and individual wage formation, Fafo researcher
Åsmund Arup Seip explores various problems related to the
issue and compares experiences from Norway and Sweden. 
Read more and download the report
(in Norwegian) |
 Evaluation
of competence development in the food sector
30.05.2006
In a new paper the Fafo researchers Anna Hagen and Odd Bjørn
Ure evaluate the programme Competence development in the food sector,
established as a three year national programme in 2002.
Find more information here
(in Norwegian) |
 Fafo
breakfast: Workplace environment and residents' rights in child
protection institutions
30.05.2006
This Fafo breakfast meeting, co-hosted by NOVA, will present the
findings of two surveys from Norwegian child protection institutions.
The seminar is free and open to all, but please register your participation
to pub@fafo.no. The seminar takes
place on Tuesday, 6 June from 08.30-09.45 at Fafo, Borggata 2B.
The seminar will be in Norwegian.
Find more information here (in Norwegian) |
 Pocket
interpreter
23.05.2006
In this new web report from Fafo the researchers Hilde Haualand,
Jon Emil Natvig and Atle Ørsnes have studied the project
"Testing of sign laguage interpreter services via 3G cellphones".
They found that such interpreting gives undreamt of possibilities
for the deafs to participate in spontaneous and unplanned communication,
both with collegues and on other arenas.
Read more and download the report
here (in Norwegian) |
 Competence
development strategy
22.05.2006
In this first of four reports from the evaluation of The competence
development strategy, the Fafo researchers Anna Hagen, Torgeir Nyen
and Dagfinn Hertzberg describe and analyze the competence development
plans in Norwegian local authorities.
Read more here (in Norwegian) |
 Longing
for a better life
19.05.2006
The longing for a better life rather than extreme poverty is what
brings women from Eastern Europe to the Norwegian sex market. This
is the findings in a new report Fafo researcher May-Len Skilbrei
(pictured) has written together with Irina Polyakova (project assistant).
They have interviewed 15 prostitutes from Eastern Europe, who tell
about their way to and life as prostitutes in Norway. The report
"My life is too short; I want to live now" is published
by The Department of Criminology and the Sociology of Law at Oslo
University.
Download
the report here (in Norwegian)
Read more about Fafo's projects
on the subject here
In the press |
 Living
conditions in Oslo 2006
19.05.2006
This year Fafo will conduct its second living conditions survey
for the city of Oslo. The survey will focus both on present living
conditions and changes in conditions from Fafo's prior survey in
1994. Fafo director Jon Hippe heads up the project, with support
from Fafo researchers Anne Britt Djuve, Magne Bråthen and
Gudmund Hernes. The project is done in co-operation with Tor Dølvik
at Agenda and Kåre Hagen at BI Norwegian School of Management. |
 Fafo
contribution to new UN book on Disarmament and Humanitarian Action
15.05.2006
Fafo Senior Adviser Christian H Ruge (pictured) has contributed
with a chapter to a new book from United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research UNIDIR. The book “Disarmament
as Humanitarian Action – from Perspective to Practice”
is published by a UNIDIR research project aimed at solving the present
deadlock in multilateral disarmament negotiations. Christian H.
Ruge’s chapter “Mitigating the effects of armed violence
through disarmament – counting the human costs” explores
how empirical research can assist multilateral disarmament and arms
control negotiations. The book will be launched in Geneva on 12
June. |
 New
Fafo report on union density and collective agreement
11.05.2006
In this new report the Fafo researchers Kristine Nergaard and Torgeir
Aarvaag Stokke looks upon union density and collective agreement
coverage in Norwegian working life 2004/2005.
Read more about the report
(in Norwegian) |
 New
Fafo report on care needs for people suffering with mental health
problems
10.05.2006
Fafo researcher Inger Lise Skog Hansen examines the living conditions
of persons with mental health problems, with a special focus on
addiction. She finds that stable living conditions, close support,
and extensive follow-up are key components of quality care.
Read more about the report
(in Norwegian) |
Conference on EU enlargement, in Oslo 1 June
 09.05.2006
The conference is organised by Fafo's Forum on EU enlargment, and
take as its point of departure developments in the European and
Norwegian labour markets following EU enlargement two years ago.
New research by Fafo on the use of labour from Eastern Europe will
be presented, there will be speeches by, among others, Jan Cremers
(coordinator at the European Institute for Construction Labour Research),
Maciej Duszczyk, Deputy Director, Office of the Committee for European
Integration, Poland and the Latvian author Laima Muktupavela (pictured),
followed by a panel debate on the regulations of wage and working
conditions and possible actions against social dumping. The meeting
will be held in Oslo Congress Centre Thursday 1st of June. Simultaneous
translation available to/from Norwegian and English. Find
programme
|
 Fafo
assistance to the newspaper VG
09.05.2006
Fafo is engaged by VG newspaper to assist in their reorganisation.
Fafo has carried out surveys of this kind in several Norwegian companies.
Fafo researcher Rolf Andersen (pictured) is head of the project
at Fafo. |
 Fafo
Breakfast 12 May on Challenges Facing Palestine Refugees in Changing
Circumstances
04.05.2006
Ms. Karen Koning AbuZayd (pictured), Commissioner-General of UNRWA,
will speak at a Fafo breakfast Friday 12 May 2006 about what challenges
the Palestinian refugees are facing today, both in the West Bank
and Gaza and the region. The seminar will take place at 8.30-9.45
a.m. at Fafo, Borggata 2B, Grønland. The seminar is free,
and open to the media. Read more and register
here |
