This voluntary ex-ante transparency notice for a more inclusive working life 2019 - 2022 (the IA agreement) was signed between the government and the main labour market organisations on 18 December 2018 and later extended until 2024. The purpose of the contract is to create a labour market with room for everyone by preventing leave of absence due to illness and dropout, thereby contributing to increasing employment. Training in working environment work is an instrument in the IA agreement, wherein the social partners have a special responsibility for follow-up. The contract states that the organisations will contribute to better and knowledge-based training in working environment work. Training in the working environment and targeted working environment work will be based on knowledge and expertise from the working environment initiative and will be included in the training of managers, employee representatives and safety delegates.

It is of great importance that information about and training in working environment work reaches the parties in the organisations, as a basis for preventive work at the company level. In line with the follow-up of the other instruments in the IA agreement, the department would like to conduct an external assessment of the instrument Training in working environment work.

The time frame of the contract is from when the contract is signed to the presentation of the final report on 1 February 2024. The combined financial framework is up to NOK 2.0 million, excluding VAT.

See annex 1 of the contract for further details.