Agenda (think tank)

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]

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Tankesmien Agenda \- official website.