Agenda seminar in Oslo, January 2015. Foreign Minister Børge Brende speaks, while Agenda manager Marte Gerhardsen and former PM Gro Harlem Brundtland listen in.
Agenda is a think tank focused on both politics in Norway and international affairs , located in Oslo , Norway. Agenda started activities in August 2014.[ 1] The think tank is headed by Marte Gerhardsen ,[ 2] a former diplomat and director of DNB ASA and secretary general of Care Norway .[ 3] Chairman of the Board is the lawyer Geir Lippestad .[ 4] [ 5]
Agenda's research focuses particularly on five topics: Labour economics , welfare , integration , climate change and energy , as well as foreign policy . Occasionally, it has also commented on party tactics aiming to establish a broader alliance at the left spectrum of Norwegian politics.[ 6] The think tank has a stated ideological orientation towards the center-left. It partly seeks a position in opposition to the liberal think tank Civita , which is funded by the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise .[ 7] Agenda is a non-partisan and non-profit entity funded jointly by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO),[ 8] and by the Norwegian CEO and philanthropist Trond Mohn .[ 9]
In public discourse, the think tank has argued in favor of shifting towards taxing property objects with higher rates,[ 10] in conjunction with reforming the Norwegian "Wealth Tax ",[ 11] as well as lowering income tax rates and the corporate tax . Agenda has also published reports on economic inequality , agriculture reform,[ 12] test standards in the school system,[ 13] labor productivity,[ 14] green technology,[ 15] social mobility,[ 16] international development aid,[ 17] and gender inequality in the work place.[ 18]
^ Agenda er i gang - Tankesmien Agenda , June 11, 2014.
^ Marte Gerhardsen blir Agenda-leder Archived July 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Dagsavisen , DATE.
^ Marte Gerhardsen generalsekretær i CARE - Nettavisen , January 10, 2008.
^ Styret (Board of Directors) - Tankesmien Agenda
^ Lippestad skal lede sosialdemokratisk tenketank - Aftenposten , December 4, 2013.
^ Refser Ap for dårlig samarbeid med sentrum Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine - Aftenposten , June 20, 2014.
^ De rike får mer av kaka Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine - Kaia Storvik (Agenda), in Dagsavisen , July 4, 2014.
^ LO-lederen inn i Agenda-styret - Dagsavisen , December 9, 2013.
^ 12 millioner til ny tenketank Archived October 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Dagsavisen , November 5, 2013.
^ "Prinsipper for et godt skattesystem - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "En ny formueskatt - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Verdien av norsk mat - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Kan skolens kvalitet måles? - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Hva er produktivitet - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Fra svart gull til grønn vekst - perspektivnotat fra Agenda" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Sosial mobilitet - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Hva vil vi med bistanden? - www.tankesmienagenda.no" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
^ "Kvinner på topp i norsk næringsliv notat" . www.tankesmienagenda.no . Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.