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Norwegian women have lost the most power tema

Norwegian women have lost the most power

Norway has been the hottest country in the gender equality debate since quotas were made law there in 2008. Publicly listed firms, often major listed companies, must have at least 40 percent of each sex in their boardrooms. Yet at the same time women have lost more positions of power in Norway than in any other Nordic country.
Norwegian workers lukewarm to further education nyhet

Norwegian workers lukewarm to further education

The annual workforce barometer shows fewer and fewer workers in Norway want to take further education and training.
Norwegian youths set up company to help other youths tema

Norwegian youths set up company to help other youths

Ungt entreprenørskap – a Norwegian entrepreneurship education programme – helps youths access the labour market. At the youth company RaskJobb, five 17-year-olds want to show that young people can and want to work.
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Norwegians hard to convince they need to work after 62

To avoid a future total collapse in the Norwegian retirement system, more people have to work for longer. That is the main message from the Norwegian Pension Commission. But how realistic is it to expect those between 62 and 66 to continue working? And do employers really want them?
Norwegians still largely negative to EU membership tema

Norwegians still largely negative to EU membership

It is nearly 30 years since Norwegians voted no to EU membership for the last time – so far. The chances for another referendum are slim.
Not easy for Norwegians to do the Swedes’ dirty laundry tema

Not easy for Norwegians to do the Swedes’ dirty laundry

It is not always easy to do business across Nordic borders when you are self-employed. It costs both time and money, as the owners of laundry service Trysil Vask og Rens experienced when daring to cross the border into Sweden.
Not only green, but good tema

Not only green, but good

The Nordic countries and their companies will try to present themselves as environmentally friendly as possible during the Copenhagen Climate Summit. But what does it mean to be green? As huge investments are made in renewable energy, it’s important that other values are not sacrificed.
Numeracy, not literacy, most important in working life tema

Numeracy, not literacy, most important in working life

Numeracy is more important for participating in working life than previously thought. An OECD assessment of adult competencies shows that being bad at maths increases the risk of unemployment and influences wage levels.
OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mari Kiviniemi: Sticks to facts and fears protectionism interview

OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mari Kiviniemi: Sticks to facts and fears protectionism

Former Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi has spent nearly a lifetime in Finnish politics. As OECD Deputy Secretary-General she has spent most of her time advising the world’s governments on development and growth. At year’s end it is over. Now she wants to help Finland prosper as leader for the Finnish Commerce Federation.
OECD: Big increase in number of foreign born doctors and nurses nyhet

OECD: Big increase in number of foreign born doctors and nurses

Over the past ten years the number of nurses and doctors who have moved to one of the 38 OECD countries has risen by 60 percent. The number of foreign born doctors now makes up nearly one third of all doctors in Sweden and one in four doctors in Norway.
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