The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy,public health,health care services,and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Minister of Health and Care Services.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) that provides independent scientific advice and communicates on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain. EFSA was established in February 2002,is based in Parma,Italy,and for 2021 it has a budget of €118.6 million,and a total staff of 542.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transport,also referred as Ministry of Transport and Communications is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946,and is responsible for transportation in Norway. The ministry was responsible for communication infrastructure until may 2019,when the responsibility for the Norwegian Communications Authority was transferred to Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Since October 2021,the ministry has been headed by Jon-Ivar Nygård of the Labour Party. The department must report to the parliament (Stortinget).
The Norwegian Police Service is the Norwegian national civilian police agency. The service dates to the 13th century when the first sheriffs were appointed,and the current structure established in 2003. It comprises a central National Police Directorate,seven specialty agencies and twelve police districts. The government agency is subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and has 16,000 employees,of which 8,000 are police officers. In addition to police powers,the service is responsible for border control,certain civil duties,coordinating search and rescue operations,counterterrorism,highway patrolling,writ of execution,criminal investigation and prosecution. The directorate is led by National Police Commissioner Odd Reidar Humlegård.
Paul David Corrigan was Director of Strategy and Commissioning of the NHS London strategic health authority and formerly Labour Party adviser,health adviser to Tony Blair and academic. He is married to former government chief Chief Whip Baroness Hilary Armstrong.
The Government agencies of Norway are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Norway. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations,allowed to control agencies by policy decisions but not by direct orders. A Minister is explicitly prohibited from interfering with the day-to-day operation in an agency or the outcome in individual cases. While no minister is allowed to give orders to agencies personally,they are subject to decisions made by the Government. Also,the Minister is normally the instance of appeals of agencies decisions.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion is a Norwegian ministry established in 1846. It is responsible for the labour market,the working environment,pensions,welfare,social security,integration,immigration and asylum. Since 2023 the ministry has been led by Tonje Brenna of the Labour Party.
Sigrun Elisabeth Vågeng is a Norwegian public sector official. From 2015 to 2020 she was director of the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.
Israel–Norway relations are the bilateral relations between Israel and Norway. Norway was one of the first countries to recognize Israel,doing so on 4 February 1949.
The Minister of Health and Care Services is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Health and Care Services. Since 14 October 2021 the position has been held by Ingvild Kjerkol of the Labour Party. The ministry is responsible for healthcare and care services,with the state's healthcare activities being carried out by four regional health authorities. Major institutions subordinate to the ministry include the Directorate for Health,the Board of Health Supervision,the Institute of Public Health,the Medicines Agency,the Radiation Protection Authority,the Labour and Welfare Service and the Food Safety Authority.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing,managing and regulating the farming,fishing,food,animal welfare,biosecurity,and forestry sectors of New Zealand's primary industries.
The Labour and Welfare Director is an office (embete) in Norway,created in 2006. The Labour and Welfare Director is the head of the Labour and Welfare Service as well as the Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV),which comprises both the state Labour and Welfare Service and the municipal labour and welfare offices. The Labour and Welfare Director is appointed by the King-in-Council,effectively by the government. The Director is responsible for one third of the state budget of Norway and 19,000 employees. It is the only office in Norway to be responsible for both state and municipal services. The incumbent Labour and Welfare Director is Joakim Lystad.
The Labour and Welfare Service is a government agency of Norway. Together with municipal welfare agencies,it makes up the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV). The Labour and Welfare Service is led by Labour and Welfare Directorate,a government directorate located in Oslo. Its head is the Labour and Welfare Director,currently Joakim Lystad. The Labour and Welfare Service has 14,000 employees,whereas the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration as a whole has 19,000 employees. The service is subordinate to the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.
Brian Abel-Smith was a British economist and expert adviser and one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century in shaping health and social welfare. In Britain,his research for the Guillebaud committee in 1956 proved that the NHS provided extremely good value for money and deserved more investment. From the 1960s he was one of a new breed of special advisers to Labour government ministers –helping Richard Crossman,Barbara Castle and David Ennals to reconfigure the NHS,set up Resource Allocation Working Party,and the Black Inquiry into Health Inequalities. Internationally,he steered the development of health services in over 50 countries. He was a key WHO and EEC adviser,intimately involved in setting the agenda for global campaigns such as Health for All by the year 2000.
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM),,conducts open,independent,scientific risk assessments regarding safe food,food production and the environment upon request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the Norwegian Environment Agency. VKM also carries out risk assessments on animal health,plant health,animal welfare and cosmetics for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority,and on microbiological products and alien organisms and trade in endangered species (CITES) upon request from the Norwegian Environment Agency. In addition,the Committee makes environmental risk assessments of genetically modified organisms for the Norwegian Environment Agency. The assessments are used as a basis for knowledge of the various ministries in Norway. The assessments also provide a basis for knowledge which the Norwegian Food Safety Authority uses to provide advice and determine regulations. The committee may raise matters on its own initiative. Risk assessments are made on an independent basis in accordance with internationally established methods. The scientific committee itself is to carry out risk assessments on their own initiative. The risk assessments are used by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the Norwegian Environment Agency when giving advice to Norwegian ministries,and when the Norwegian Food Safety Authority is developing new laws and regulations.
Harald Johannes Gjein is a Norwegian veterinarian and civil servant,and the current director-general of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. He was appointed by the King-in-Council on 15 April 2011 and took office on 1 June 2011,succeeding Joakim Lystad.
A special adviser or special advisor is a high-ranking civil servant in the Norwegian civil service with rank code (stillingskode) 1220 in the Norwegian state. The Ministry of Finance has stated that special advisers belong to the "highest career level" in government departments. Special advisers may be highly qualified experts or people with high-level experience from the government service,including former top executives of government agencies. The title is used in government departments,where special advisers are the single most highly paid category. The rank is also used in other parts of the civil service,including directorates and health trusts. In the Basic Collective Agreement (hovedtariffavtalen) for the Norwegian state special advisers have the second highest minimum pay grade,above all the director ranks and second only to a rarely used rank for the most senior attorneys with the Office of the Attorney General of Norway.
Pran Nath Luthra (1917–2000) was an Indian civil service officer and writer,best known for his services for the rehabilitation of the refugees in the Northeast India and his writings on his days of service. He was an adviser to the Governor of Assam and an additional secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation of the Government of West Bengal. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan,the third highest civilian award,in 1972.
