2026-03-20   Deadline 2026-05-05   Labour immigration and connection to the Norwegian labour market (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the project is to strengthen the knowledge basis on labour immigration to Norway and migrant workers ́ connection to the labour market over time. The project shall describe and analyse: - The extent of labour immigration and derived family immigration and their influence on demographics. - Migrant workers' work connections The assignment will be valid from when the contract is signed until the final report is submitted in February 2027. The estimated value of the procurement is up to NOK … Vis anskaffelsen »
2026-03-12   Racism and discrimination in the workplace – what do employers do when safety is lost? (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the assignment is to obtain knowledge on areas that may need to be strengthened so that employers are better able to protect employees who experience harassment, bullying and unpleasant experiences connected to racism and discrimination in working life. There shall be a particular focus on safety in the first line for employees in organisations with user groups in vulnerable or demanding life situations. The obtained knowledge shall form the basis for further policy development in both the … Vis anskaffelsen »
2026-02-19   Mapping the labour immigration policy in other countries. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the procurement is to get an overview of labour immigration policies, strategies, initiatives, projects and experiences connected to EEA and third country labour immigration in other countries. The project shall describe the countries': - The role of strategies and labour immigration. -Regulations Bilateral agreements or special arrangements. - The authorities ́ role in promoting the country and recruiting labour from other countries. - The extent and structure of labour immigration. - The … Vis anskaffelsen »
2026-01-09   National correspondent for Norway (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion intends to enter into a contract for assignments as a national correspondent and rapporteur for Norway working life relationship with The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Dublin. Eurofound is an EU foundation that shall provide information, research and analysis to use for participants in the work for the development of European Social and Working Life Policy. Eurofound's board of directors has a three-party structure, with … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og...
2026-01-06   Evaluation of the youth guarantee in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion (AID) would like to strengthen the knowledge basis for the youth guarantee in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. The evaluation shall be research based and it shall provide insight on how the guarantee is implemented and implemented, what results are achieved and improvement needs. The knowledge shall be a part of the basis for further development of the guarantee. The assignment will be valid from when the contract is signed until the final report is … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-12-03   R&D assignment on international comparison of sick leave (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The contracting authority needs a solid and research-based knowledge basis that can highlight the level, development and reasons for differences in sick leave between Norway and comparable countries. The procurement shall therefore contribute with a general analysis of sick leave in Norway compared to at least Sweden and Denmark, based primarily on harmonised registry data. The knowledge shall support the parties ́works under the IA-agreement 2025-2028 and it shall provide an objective basis for … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-11-25   Working life privacy (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
In working conditions, employers will need to process personal information about their employees in a number of connections, including, among other things, in connection with normal personnel administration, such as payroll payments and follow-up of sick reports. If the employer implements control measures against their employees, it will also often involve the processing of personal data. Employers often put digital tools such as PCs and mobile telephones at their disposal, which are used both at work … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og...
2025-11-14   Integration through working life - possibilities and barriers (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the assignment is to obtain more knowledge about the roads into and up in working life for immigrants, as well as to get a more comprehensive understanding of what it takes for working life to function as a good arena for the integration of immigrants in Norwegian society. What factors promote, and what factors inhibit working life as a good integration arena for immigrants. The obtained knowledge shall form the basis for policy development in the integration field in general and the … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-10-29   External review of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration's systematic work on internal control. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion would like an external review of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Directorate's systematic work on internal control for the development, operation and management of the agency's ICT systems. The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Directorate has over time carried out a major alteration of the development, operation and management of ICT systems and the work is now organised in multi-disciplinary product teams. The Directorate was reorganised 1 May 2025 to substantiate this … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-09-15   Inclusion of persons with disabilities in working life (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the procurement is to strengthen the knowledge basis for inclusion of persons with disabilities in working life. The project shall describe and analyse what influences employers ́ decisions about hiring persons with disabilities who have a facilitation need, as well as highlight what conditions inhibit and promote inclusion in ordinary working life. The project shall be relevant for further development of initiatives and schemes managed by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (Nav), … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-06-05   Evaluation of the labour market initiative training (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The objective of the procurement is to strengthen the knowledge basis for the labour market initiative training, as a part of the basis for assessing the use, organisation and organisation of the initiative. The project shall map, describe and analyse the following: - The use of the different types of training measures for different user groups - Results and effects on transition to work, connection to the labour market and further education. - An assessment of the cost/benefit - Reasons for the results … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-05-22   Review of possible stand-by systems for qualification of refugees in connection with future high arrivals. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the assignment is to review alternative stand-by systems for labour market integration, including the facility of an introduction programme and Norwegian training, in future situations with very high arrivals. The stand-by solutions must respond to challenges identified with the labour market integration of refugees after 2015/2016 and driven from 2022. In particular, it is a challenge for the municipalities to build new qualification offers. At least one of the proposals for alternative … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-04-04   Evaluation of follow-up measures (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The objective of the procurement is to strengthen the knowledge basis for follow-up (procured/tender based follow-up measures) and the follow-up initiative work with support in self-management (previously expanded follow-up), to assess the use, organisation and organisation of such initiatives. The project shall describe and analyse the following, in which the follow-up and initiative work with support is compared: - Which user groups are recruited to the measures - What content is offered in the … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-04-04   Mapping the clarification measure. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of the procurement is to strengthen the knowledge basis on the clarification measure in order to assess the use, device and organisation of the initiative. The project shall describe and analyse the following: - The organisation and use of the measure over time - to what degree the clarification measure is a suitable means - the clarification measure compared with other relevant labour market measures and the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration ́s ordinary clarification offer, the final … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-03-14   Mapping how the information and liability and joint and several liability in the general application scheme function. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
There is limited and little updated knowledge on how the regulations connected to the contracting authorities ́ role in the general application regulations together function today. The Ministry is therefore announcing a research project with the aim of getting a better overview of how the provisions on joint and several liability, the contracting authorities' information and duties, the tenderer's documentation obligation and the elected representatives' access rights work today. The assignment will be … Vis anskaffelsen »
2025-01-06   The collective working life (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion shall enter into a new four year review contract for collective working life. The agreement shall particularly focus on the working life parties, the collective actors, the tariff agreements, tariff audits and work conflicts, and shall contribute to further developing and communicating the knowledge built up in this area. This shall be done by mapping central activities and developments in collective working life, the development of individual projects on relevant … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-10-03   Mapping and evaluating cross sectoral cooperation between the labour market, education and health sector for young... (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
Young people who are out of work and education are a heterogeneous group with different needs and prerequisites. Persons in this group who are registered in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, with a need for work orientated assistance, often need services from different sectors. Research shows that coordination across sectors is necessary to get young people with a compound need for assistance in ordinary, paid work. This often involves support and follow-up from different parts of the … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-09-17   Employees in the grey areas between social dumping and human trafficking for forced labour (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Services, announces a R&D assignment on workers in the grey areas between social dumping and human trafficking for forced labour. The assignment shall map the extent and identify characteristics of the group of employees, who are victims of gross utilisation, without serious enough to be categorised as human trafficking. Furthermore, the project shall examine various forms of gross utilisation of employees and … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-07-04   Mapping manpower solutions and task organisation at events. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion announces an R&D assignment for mapping staffing solutions and task organisation when carrying out events. The aim of the assignment is to gain a unified presentation that provides insight into how the entities in what can be termed the "event and event industry" organise their task solving and use of their own employees, hire from staffing companies, agreements with independent contractors and any other forms of connection. The assignment will be valid from when the … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-06-26   Development of different forms of association in working life. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion announces an R&D assignment for the Development of different forms of association in working life. This is a new multi-year research contract for the period 2024-2028 in order to map, analyse and find effects of different types of connection forms in working life. The assignment shall map the extent of different forms of association, whether alternative forms of association lead to fixed work, examine working conditions for those with atypical form of association, as … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-06-06   Research and review assignments on competence in NAV offices (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The aim of this assignment is to gain knowledge on status and development in total competence in the NAV office. The employees ́ competence and the need for increased competence in the NAV office are topics that have been highlighted and highlighted in several reviews, evaluations, research and inspections, cf. references. Amongst these is a 2019 report that describes employees ́ competence in the NAV offices, changes in the educational background, workplace learning and competence. The report builds on … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-05-27   Socio-economic assessments related to women's work health. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The government appointed a public committee on 8 March 2024 that shall prepare a comprehensive knowledge basis on women's work health. Based on the knowledge basis, the committee shall further propose measures that can contribute to better work health and reduced absences and drop-out of working life for women. The selection is made up of representatives of the parties in working life and professional experts with relevant and multi-disciplinary competence. As a basis for the selection ́s assessment, … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-05-23   Mapping resident immigrants with D-numbers. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
It is stated in the Tender Notice. St. 17 (2023-2024) About integration policy: Set requirements and set out that a mapping of the extent and consequences of a larger proportion of immigrants living in Norway for a long time and paying tax shall be carried out without being registered as a resident. We would like, among other things, the following assessed: - What is the extent of resident immigrants (residence longer than six months) with D-numbers? - What residence basis do they have - are they EEA … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-04-12   Evaluation of the compliance regulations. (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion is hereby lighting up an assignment for evaluation of the sub-delivery regulations. There is a need for more knowledge about the extent and use of different types of sub-deliveries/rotas in different types of institutions, including the effects of employee health, welfare etc., the importance for service quality and effects/advantages and disadvantages for users, patients and relatives and their satisfaction in the scheme/rota, as well as market and competition … Vis anskaffelsen »
2024-01-03   Employees' right to disconnect (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion is hereby highlighting an assignment to examine different problems connected to workers' right to disconnect. The right to disconnect refers to a worker's right to be able to free himself from the work and refrain from participating in work-related electronic communication, such as e-mails or other messages, outside working hours. The project shall map the extent of employees' contact with and connection to work outside ordinary working hours. This shall be examined … Vis anskaffelsen »
2023-10-17   Updated status of the use and scope of work through digital platforms (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion hereby announces an assignment on Updated status of the use and scope of work through digital platforms. The assignment will map and analyse the stakeholders in the platform economy, including changes from 2017 to the present, and look at the use of automated monitoring tools and algorithms. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og...
2023-10-09   Research and review assignment on availability of NAV offices (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
Different evaluations and surveys have asked questions about the NAV offices' availability, particularly for users that are not seen to adequately on the telephone or by digital services. With this background we would like to get more and collected knowledge on the availability of services in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation. The aim of the procurement is that the ministry gets an updated knowledge basis on the availability of NAV offices. See annex 1 of the contract for further details. Vis anskaffelsen »
2023-08-31   Trailing research of trial projects for reduced use of part time and increased use of full time (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion hereby announces an assignment for trailing research of trial projects that receive resources from the government's full time pot for reduced use of part time and increased use of full time. In addition the project will prepare a knowledge summary of previous projects on reduced use of part time and increased use of full time. The trailing research will include both continual reports on the implementation and results of the trials, and a final evaluation of the … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og...
2023-06-19   Evaluation of Training in working environment work (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
This voluntary ex-ante transparency notice for a more inclusive working life 2019 - 2022 (the IA agreement) was signed between the government and the main labour market organisations on 18 December 2018 and later extended until 2024. The purpose of the contract is to create a labour market with room for everyone by preventing leave of absence due to illness and dropout, thereby contributing to increasing employment. Training in working environment work is an instrument in the IA agreement, wherein the … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Deloitte AS (HB)
2023-03-31   Amount of work done outside ordinary working hours (evening, weekends, and night shift) (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The project will examine the amount of work done outside ordinary working hours (evening, weekend, and night) in Norwegian working life, with particular focus on trade and service. An interim report with a focus on trade is to be submitted on 10 October 2023, whilst the final report must be submitted on 1 July 2024. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og...
2023-03-08   Evaluatin of the current right to leave for education (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion would like to enter into a review contract in order to evaluate the effects of the legal regulation of the right to leave for education in the Working Environment Act § 12-11. The assignment will be valid from when the contract is signed until the final report is submitted on 15 November 2023. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Proba AS
2023-02-08   Follow-up evaluation of temporary rules in the law due to the arrival of persons fleeing Ukraine (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The temporary changes to the law were made due to an extraordinary situation. The aim of the procurement is to get an evaluation of whether the temporary changes to the law are accurate, appropriate, and usable, with a focus on how and to what degree the temporary rules are important for and influence the municipalities and counties' handling of large arrivals of persons fleeing Ukraine in a short period of time. The procurement will give the ministry continual knowledge of the temporary rules and … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Proba AS
2022-10-20   Investigation of how to strengthen follow-up of those exposed to involuntary stays abroad (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The purpose of the assignment is to investigate how the follow-up of people who are exposed to involuntary stays abroad can be strengthened. The investigation must also include an assessment of the need to strengthen or adjust the scheme with integration advisers. This will result in one written report that will describe the results and methods of the investigation. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Institutt For Samfunnsforskning
2022-10-20   Investigation of the causes and consequences of women and children being detained or left behind in other countries (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The purpose of the assignment is to investigate the reasons for, and consequences of, women and children being detained and left behind in other countries, and to propose preventive measures. This will result in one written report that will describe the results and methods of the investigation. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Institutt For Samfunnsforskning
2022-10-13   Mapping project on part-time employment - Employers' justifications for using part-time positions and labour reserve... (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion is hereby publishing an assignment for the mapping of: a) The employers' justifications for using part-time employment. b) The labour reserve among part-time employees. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Oslo Economics
2022-10-13   Follow-up evaluation of new provisions on hiring from staffing companies (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The government has put forth proposals for legislative amendments that involve new provisions in the regulations for the recruitment and hiring of labour from staffing companies. The purpose of the assignment is to map the effects of new regulations on hiring from staffing companies and to assess the effects the changes have on employees, businesses, the labour market and society at large. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo, Institutt for arbeidslivs- og...
2022-09-27   Editorial services for a scientific periodical (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
"Søkelys på arbeidslivet" is funded by the Ministry of Employment and Inclusion and, up to now, the Institute for Social Research (ISF) has been the editor of the journal since its inception in 1987. Since 2007, «Søkelys på arbeidslivet» been a scientific consultant-based journal (level 1). In the call for tenders in 2018, ISF was awarded a contract to publish a journal corresponding to "Søkelys på arbeidslivet" for a period lasting up to 2022. The Ministry of Labor and Inclusion wishes to advertise for … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Institutt For Samfunnsforskning
2022-09-27   Evaluation of a pilot with municipal responsibility to arrange facilitated work for persons with a permanent reduced... (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Directorate for Labour and Welfare has carried out a four-year pilot where 6 pilot municipalities were responsible for the labour market measure 'permanent facilitated work' (hereafter VTA). The aim of the pilot has been to get a basis for assessing the advantages and disadvantages of a possible transfer of responsibility for VTA from the government to the municipalities. The pilot was ended at the end of 2021. The contracting authority would now like to evaluated the pilot. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Telemarksforsking
2022-06-18   Follow-up evaluation of measures for a more targeted and efficient company health service (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
A number of measures will be implemented in order to clarify the company health service's role and work as a preventive working environment measure. The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion would like to carry out a follow-up evaluation in order to document whether this 'measure package' contributes to the wanted adjustment and goal of the company health service's activities. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Oslo Economics
2022-04-29   Pension system and a long work life (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The tenderer will contribute with a review and analysis of problems within the general theme of pension system and a long work life. Central themes will be, for example, the pension system's economic and social sustainability, including how sustainability can be strengthened, as well as occupational activity amongst older persons, including how system changes and work related measures on the employer and employee side can contribute to increased employment through extended occupational careers for more … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for...
2022-04-22   An overall evaluation of the effects of labour market measures: Which measures are suitable for different groups? (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The objective of the project is to strengthen the knowledge base on the effects of labour market measures, across different measures and target groups, as part of the basis for being able to assess improvements in the measures' level, composition and structure. The project shall describe and analyse the following: 1. The extent to which labour market measures are used for different groups of relevant participants 2. Connection to working life after participation in labour market measures 3. Estimating … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Oslo Economics
2022-03-15   Evaluation of the rules on restrictive trade agreements in working conditions (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion wants to enter into a research agreement for evaluating the effects of the introduction of the statutory regulation for restrictive trade agreements in the Working Environment Act, Chapter 14 A, five years after the regulation came into force for agreements already entered into. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Menon Economics AS
2022-01-05   National correspondent and reporter for Norway (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion wants to enter into a contract for the assignment as a national correspondent and reporter for Norway regarding the working life to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Dublin. Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: Fafo Institutt For Arbeidslivs- Og...
2021-12-22   Survey on discrimination against muslims in working life (Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet)
Surveys indicate that muslims are exposed to more discrimination in working life than other groups, but we currently know too little about this. There is a need for more knowledge on the occurrence and scope, development, content and consequences of the discrimination. We would also like to highlight measures that have been implemented to prevent and counter discrimination, and study the affect of these measures more closely. The ministry would like to use this survey to get more knowledge on … Vis anskaffelsen »
Nevnte leverandører: NOVA, OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet