Agenda (think tank)

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Agenda seminar in Oslo, January 2015. Foreign Minister Borge Brende speaks, while Agenda manager Marte Gerhardsen and former PM Gro Harlem Brundtland listen in. Agenda IMG 8234 marte gro borge.jpg
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]

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  1. Agenda er i gang - Tankesmien Agenda, June 11, 2014.
  2. Marte Gerhardsen blir Agenda-leder Archived July 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Dagsavisen, DATE.
  3. Marte Gerhardsen generalsekretær i CARE - Nettavisen, January 10, 2008.
  4. Styret (Board of Directors) - Tankesmien Agenda
  5. Lippestad skal lede sosialdemokratisk tenketank - Aftenposten, December 4, 2013.
  6. Refser Ap for dårlig samarbeid med sentrum Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine - Aftenposten, June 20, 2014.
  7. De rike får mer av kaka Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine - Kaia Storvik (Agenda), in Dagsavisen, July 4, 2014.
  8. LO-lederen inn i Agenda-styret - Dagsavisen, December 9, 2013.
  9. 12 millioner til ny tenketank Archived October 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Dagsavisen, November 5, 2013.
  10. "Prinsipper for et godt skattesystem - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  11. "En ny formueskatt - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  12. "Verdien av norsk mat - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  13. "Kan skolens kvalitet måles? - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  14. "Hva er produktivitet - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  15. "Fra svart gull til grønn vekst - perspektivnotat fra Agenda". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  16. "Sosial mobilitet - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  17. "Hva vil vi med bistanden? - www.tankesmienagenda.no". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
  18. "Kvinner på topp i norsk næringsliv notat". www.tankesmienagenda.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.