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Organisation

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has six departments. The Press and Communications Division is part of the Secretary General’s staff. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. The other political staff consists of

Contact the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

Visiting Address: Akersgata 64 - Show in map Postal Address: P.O. Box 8019 Dep, 0030 Oslo Org.number (for digital mail): 983887457 Phone: Switchboard +4722249090 Goods Delivery/Courier Delivery: Goods Reception Akersgata 59, entrance Munchs gt. 0180

Contact the Ministry of Defence

Visiting adress Glacisgata 1 og Myntgata 1, Oslo Postal adress Ministry of Defence Pb. 8126 Dep., 0032 Oslo E-mail: postmottak@fd.dep.no Telephone: + 47 23 09 80 00 Press phone + 47 994 06 011 The Norwegian Ministry of Defence on Social Media

About the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (KDD)

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (KDD) is responsible for matters relating to housing and building policy, local government finances, ICT Policy and Public Sector Reform, rural and regional policy, local administration, the

EU and energy

The EEA Agreement makes Norway an integral part of the EU's internal energy market. In addition, we cooperate with the EU on a wide range of topics.

International operations

Participation in international operations is an important and integral part of Norway’s security and defence policy, and a steadily increasing number of armed forces personnel will in future have served overseas. Since 1947 around 100,000 Norwegian

The Government Pension Fund

The purpose of the Government Pension Fund is to facilitate government savings to finance rising public pension expenditures, and support long-term considerations in the spending of government petroleum revenues. A sound long-term management of the

Political Parties

Registered political parties at national, county and municipal level, including the affiliated youth organisations at national and county level, may apply to the Ministry or to the County Governor for state grants. Grants are divided into vote

The Maritime Industry

Forestry

Forest industry is important to Norway. Active and profitable forestry and a competitive forest industry is of importance to settlement, employment and business development in large parts of the country. The potential for increased value creation is

Circulars

Circulars are information from the ministry to affected parties about interpretations of laws and regulations. This is an overview of circulars from the Ministries.

Lotteries and gaming

The Ministry of Culture and Equality has the overarching responsibility for the administration of gaming and lotteries in Norway, with the exception of horse racing and horse trotting. The Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority is the specialist

Welfare schemes to prevent poverty in Norway

The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion has the overall responsibility for coordinating the government’s efforts against poverty and for improving the living conditions of those who are struggling financially or with other social conditions.

Department of Adminstrative Affairs

The overall objective of the Department of Adminstrative Affairs is to ensure the efficient operation and administration of the Ministry and the coordination of cross-sectoral research and development.

Social dumping

Increased labour immigration has led to problems with social dumping in some industries. Social dumping is deemed to be present both if foreign employees are subject to breaches of health, safety and working environment regulations and if they are

The decision of the Tariff Board of 12 October 2015 amending the Regulations of 11 May 2015 No. 554 on general application of collective agreements concerning freight transport by road

On 11 May 2015, the Tariff Board issued a decision concerning the issue of Regulations on general application of collective agreements concerning freight transport by road. The Regulations entered into force on 1 July 2015 (Regulations of 11 May

Recommendation of April 11, 2005 on exclusion from the Government Petroleum Fund’s Investment Universe of the Company Kerr-McGee Corporation

Recommendation of April 11, 2005 on exclusion from the Government Petroleum Fund’s Investment Universe of the Company Kerr-McGee Corporation Recommendation of April 11, 2005 on exclusion from the Government Petroleum Fund’s Investment Universe of

Recommendation of 14 November, 2005, concerning whether investments in Total, due to the company’s operations in Burma, are contrary to the Petroleum Fund’s ethical guidelines

Recommendation concerning whether investments in Total, due to the company’s operations in Burma, are contrary to the Petroleum Fund’s ethical guidelines. Made public: 5 January 2006 Open as pdf

Women, Peace and Security - Norway's strategic plan 2011-13

This new strategic plan on women, peace and security is intended to put us in a better position to enhance women’s influence and participation and strengthen the protection of women during armed conflicts. It provides a framework for ensuring that

International migration 2009-2010

Annually Norway sends a report to the OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - as a contribution to the common reporting system on migration for the OECD countries, called SOPEMI.