The Fafo Research Foundation , also known as the Fafo Foundation or just Fafo ( Norwegian : Forskningsstiftelsen Fafo ), is a Norwegian research foundation and owner of the research institute: The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research. The institute conducts social research both in Norway and internationally. Fafo has its main office in Oslo and an office in Beijing .
13-540: Fafo was founded by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) in 1982 and was reorganized as an independent research foundation in 1993 with contributions from the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees and six major Norwegian companies ( Orkla Group , Umoe , Elkem , Coop Norge , Sparebank1 Gruppen and Telenor ). The first director of Fafo
26-550: A few of the political branches of the labour movement. The current director of Arbark is the historian Frank Meyer , who succeeded Knut Einar Eriksen in 2011. Arbark is a member of national and international networks of individuals and institutions working with the history of the labour movement's cultural heritage. Internationally, Arbark collaborates with other member institutions of the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI). Arbark publishes
39-606: Is Managing Director. Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( Norwegian : Landsorganisasjonen i Norge , LO) is a national trade union center , decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway . The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almost 1,000,000 members of a Norwegian population of 5 million. The majority of affiliated unions organizes traditional blue collar workers, but
52-477: Is also the owner of the independent analytical group Economics Norway ( Norwegian : Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse ), consisting of 15 employees as of 2020. In 2015 Fafo merged its international research division into the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research ( Norwegian : Fafo Institutt for arbeidslivs- og velferdsforskning ). Its scope is industrial relations and labour market policy, social policy and
65-514: Is an archival and historical institution in Oslo, Norway, opened in 1909. It was established and is still owned by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and the Labour Party . The initiative to establish Arbark was taken in 1905 following a Swedish model. It was established and is still owned by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and the Labour Party . In 1908, Arbark started to work in
78-677: The Labour Party. The organization owns the Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library . This article about an organisation based in Norway is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a European trade union is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library The Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library ( Norwegian : Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek , Arbark)
91-799: The Nordic countries, commissioned by SAMAK in 2012 and the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2017. Internationally, Fafo was also commissioned by the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party to participate in an educational program on the foundations of the Norwegian society model. A representative of the school cited a wish to learn more about the Norwegian approaches to the welfare state and environmental protection. Sissel Trygstad and Hanne C. Kavli are Heads of Research, and Tone Fløtten
104-789: The People's House in Oslo, Norway . Since 1972 it has received government funding. Arbark is the Norwegian Labour movement's eldest cultural organization and the largest, privately owned record repository in Norway. It is Norway's largest library dedicated to the labour movement and other social movements. Its collections consist of, among other things, about 7,000 shelf meters of records, 1.5 million photographs, 135,000 books, about 465 banners, 70 films and numerous audio records. Important parts of Arbark's collections are continuously being digitized and are available on its homepage. During World War II , many of
117-574: The documents were taken by Nazi Germany and subsequently lost. Arbark's purpose is to preserve and communicate the Norwegian labour movement's as well as other social movements' cultural heritage. The main purpose is to document the history of all movements connected to the Norwegian political left in a broad sense, such as the feminist, peace, and solidarity movements, in addition to the social-democratic trade unions and labour parties. This feature distinguishes Arbark from similar institutions in other countries, which more often are connected to only one or
130-637: The largest affiliate is the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees which makes up more than a third of all members. LO is affiliated to the ITUC and the ETUC . It was named the Workers' National Trade Union ( Norwegian : Arbeidernes Faglige Landsorganisasjon , AFL) from 1899 to 1957. Affiliated with the Labour Party throughout its history, several of LO's member unions have concurrently been member bodies in
143-483: The negotiations that led to the accords were hosted by Fafo in Oslo. Terje Rød Larsen would subsequently become a UN Under-Secretary-General responsible for coordinating the Middle East peace process. Jon Hippe was director of Fafo from 2005 to 2015, when he was succeeded by Tone Fløtten, who is managing director of both the foundation and the research institute. As of 2020, Fafo employed 71 researchers. The foundation
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#1733085259986156-483: The welfare state, and studies of work and enterprise development. Its international approach is mostly based on living condition surveys in areas previously excluded from social science research, such as Haiti , China and Iraq . Fields included are labour relations, welfare policy, and living conditions. Fafo has conducted extensive research on the Nordic model , most notably through heading two major research projects in
169-630: Was Terje Rød Larsen (1982–1993). Under his leadership, Fafo became increasingly involved in international peace research and politics, particularly in the Middle East , from the late 1980s; the institute played a central role in the negotiations that culminated in the Oslo Accords . The origin of the Oslo Accords can be traced back to a research project initiated by Fafo in the Palestinian territories, and
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