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this year visited members at various workplaces around the country. To see and talk about the members' everyday life is only good, because we want in this way to reduce the distance between the members and the union, said Selma. | BLARK_translated | árið vitjað limir á ymsum arbeiðsplássum kring landið. At síggja og tosa um gerandisdagin hjá limunum er bert gott, tí vit vilja soleiðis minka um fjarstøðuna millum limir og felagið, segði Selma. |
This year 34-year-old Bjørghild Hákunardóttir was chosen as the trust representative of the year. The justification states: Bjørghild has in her role as trust representative conscientiously and responsibly performed the duties and spoken for the concerns of the employees. Throughout her work she has fought for the righ... | BLARK_translated | Í ár varð 34 ára gamla Bjørghild Hákunardóttir kosin ársins álitisfólk. Í grundgevingini stendur: Bjørghild hevur í virki sínum sum álitisfólk, samvitskufult og ábyrgdarfult røkt starvið og talað søk starvsfólkanna. Hon hevur gjøgnum yrki sítt stríðst fyri rættindum hjá starvsfeløgum sínum, samstundis sum hon hevur vak... |
Bjørghild has served as a representative on the Psychiatric Department at the National Hospital since 2013. | BLARK_translated | Bjørghild hevur virkað sum álitisfólk á Psykiatriska Deplinum á Landssjúkrahúsinum síðani 2013. |
Members who either become unemployed, are on unpaid leave, or begin education can become inactive members of the Employees’ Association. Inactive membership means that you retain your collective insurance/collective agreement coverage. | BLARK_translated | Limir, ið annaðhvørt gerast arbeiðsleysir, eru í farloyvi uttan løn, ella fara undir útbúgving, kunnu gerast hvílandi limir í Starvsmanna- felagnum. Hvílandi limaskapurin hevur við sær at tit varðveita samlagstryggingina |
and other benefits, such as discounts from companies we have made agreements with, and discounts on rent for our houses. | BLARK_translated | og onnur rættindi, so sum avsláttur frá fyritøkum, ið vit hava gjørt avtalu við, og avsláttur av leigu av húsum okkara. |
The Trade Union Cooperation has appointed 26-year-old Regin Berg to a temporary position as advisor for the five trade unions that make up the cooperation. The project position is an important part of strengthening, developing and uniting Faroese employees. | BLARK_translated | Fakfelagssamstarvið hevur sett 26 ára gamla Regin Berg í tíðaravmarkað starv sum ráðgeva fyri tey fimm fakfeløgini, ið mynda samstarvið. Verkætlanarstarvið er ein týdningarmikil liður í at styrkja, menna og sameina føroysku løntakararnar. |
The Trade Union Cooperation, which includes the Association of Faroese Nurses, the Faroese Teachers' Association, the Faroese Pedagogical Association, the Tórshavn Working Women's Association and the Civil Servants' Association, is now taking legal action. | BLARK_translated | Fakfelagssamstarvið, sum umfatar Felagið Føroyskir Sjúkrarøktarfrøðingar, Føroya Lærarafelag, Føroya Pedagogfelag, Havnar Arbeiðskvinnufelag og Starvsmannafelagið, tekur nú lógvatak. |
Regin Berg is a trained political scientist from the University of Aberdeen and is currently putting the finishing touches on a degree as a master's in law at the University of the Faroe Islands. He has experience as a journalist, including as editor of the newspaper Fjølnir. He has also been active in student politics... | BLARK_translated | Regin Berg er útbúgvin stjórnmálafrøðingur frá lærda háskúlanum í Aberdeen og leggur í løtuni seinastu hond á útbúgving sum master í lóg á Føroya Fróðskaparsetri. Hann hevur royndir sum blaðmaður, m.a. sum blaðstjóri á blaðnum Fjølnir. Eisini hevur hann verið virkin í studentapolitikki og hevur verið formaður í Meginfe... |
The position that Regin Berg is now taking on is new and exciting. | BLARK_translated | Starvið, sum Regin Berg nú tekur við er nýtt og spennandi. |
The overarching purpose is to work to promote selected, common interests of the members in the five trade unions that form the Trade Union Cooperation. | BLARK_translated | Yvirskipaða endamálið er at arbeiða fyri at fremja útvald, felags áhugamál hjá limunum í teimum fimm fakfeløgunum, ið mynda Fakfelagssamstarvið. |
The adviser shall, among other things, analyze social issues that are important for the trade union movement and employees. He shall be a sparring partner for the unions in developing strategies for the trade unions and in developing and carrying out information plans. | BLARK_translated | Ráðgevin skal m.a. greina samfelagsmál, sum hava týdning fyri fakfelagsrørsluna og løntakaran. Hann skal vera sparringspartnari hjá feløgunum at menna strategiir fyri fakfeløgini og at menna og útinna kunningarætlanir. |
Everything is still in a beginning. The idea is that the consultant, in collaboration with the management of the companies, shall select and clarify which issues the five companies can agree on and how this can be done. | BLARK_translated | Enn er alt í eini byrjan. Hugsanin er, at ráðgevin, í samstarvi við leiðsluna í feløgunum, skal velja og nágreina hvørji mál, tey fimm feløgini kunnu vera saman um og hvussu hetta kann vera gjørt. |
Then the Civil Servants’ Association and the Payroll Department at the Ministry of Finance met in the glass building at Argir, where the parties handed each other their contract demands. | BLARK_translated | Tá møttust Starvsmannafelagið og Lønardeildin hjá Fíggjarmálaráðnum í glasbygninginum á Argjum, har partarnir handaðu hvør øðrum sáttmálakrøv. |
This concerns both wage demands and other provisions in the contract that are now on the table. Among other things, the psychological work environment is part of the contract demands of the Trade Union. | BLARK_translated | Talan er bæði um lønarkrøv og onnur viðurskiftini í sáttmálanum, sum nú eru á breddanum. Millum annað er sálarliga arbeiðsumhvørvið partur av sáttmálakrøvunum hjá Starvsmannafelagnum. |
It was a good and constructive meeting, says Selma Ellingsaard, chairwoman of the Civil Servants' Association. | BLARK_translated | Talan var um góðan og konstruktivan fund, sigur Selma Ellingsaard, forkvinna í Starvsmannafelagnum. |
The agreement with the Municipal Employers' Association, KAF, will also expire on October 1. Negotiations will take place in the near future. | BLARK_translated | Sáttmálin við Kommunala Arbeiðsgevarafelagið, KAF, fer eisini úr gildi 1. oktober. Tær samráðingarnar verða í næstu framtíð. |
At the same time it is clear that there will be no joint consultations with the Ministry of Finance and KAF. | BLARK_translated | Samstundis er greitt, at tað verða ikki felags samráðingar við Fíggjarmálaráðið og KAF. |
At the meeting in the Ministry of Finance yesterday the parties agreed to meet again on August 26. | BLARK_translated | Á fundinum í Fíggjarmálaráðnum í gjár avtalaðu partarnir at hittast aftur 26. august. |
On April 24–26 the office staff and the board of the Civil Servants' Association had a long working session in Runavík, where several of the major issues in the association were discussed. | BLARK_translated | Dagarnar 24.-26. apríl høvdu skrivstovufólkini og nevndin í Starvsmannafelagnum eitt langt arbeiðsviðurskifti í Runavík, har fleiri av teimum stóru málunum í felagnum vórðu vend |
The annual work weekend for the board and management of the Civil Servants' Association was this time held at Hotel Runavík. | BLARK_translated | Árliga arbeiðsvikuskifti hjá nevndini og umsitingini í Starvsmannafelagnum varð hesaferð hildið á Hotel Runavík. |
On work trips many of the major issues that the association has been working on, or intends to put on the agenda in the coming period, are discussed. | BLARK_translated | Á arbeiðsferðunum verða nógv av teimum stóru málunum, sum felagið hevur arbeitt við, ella ætlar at seta á skránna í komandi tíðum, viðgjørd. |
Another issue that received a lot of discussion was the core issues of the Civil Servants' Union. The union has chosen 12 core issues, which it plans to highlight in the election year 2015 in order to generate interest in labor market matters. | BLARK_translated | Eitt annað mál, sum fekk nógva umrøðu, vóru kjarnumálini hjá Starvsmannafelagnum. Felagið hevur kosið sær 12 kjarnumál, sum ætlanin er at varpa ljós á í valárinum 2015 fyri at skapa áhuga fyri arbeiðsmarknaðarmálum. |
The major renovation of the new clubhouse of the Workers' Union on J.H. Schrøter Street was also on the agenda. | BLARK_translated | Stóra umbyggingin av nýggju felagshúsunum hjá Starvsmannafelagnum í J.H.Schrøtersgøtu var eisini á arbeiðsskránni. |
Work is being done, among other things, on a leaflet that will describe the new buildings and the opportunities that will be there. The buildings will, among other things, house around 20 offices, meeting rooms and an auditorium, and the association hopes that both trade unions and others will show interest in moving i... | BLARK_translated | Arbeitt verður m.a. við einum faldara, sum fer at lýsa nýggju húsini og møguleikarnar sum verða har. Húsini fara m.a. at rúma eini 20 skrivstovum, fundarhølum og einum auditorium og vónar felagið, at bæði fakfeløg og onnur fara at sýna áhuga at flyta inn. |
On the business trip we discussed the organization of work and the division of tasks within the company. We talked about which tasks the board should take responsibility for and which belong to the administration. About how this should be organized in the most sensible way. | BLARK_translated | Á arbeiðsferðini umrøddu vit arbeiðsskipanina og arbeiðsbýtið innanfelags. Tosað var um hvørjar uppgávur nevndin skal taka sær av og hvørjar, ið áliggja umsitingini. Um hvussu hetta verður skipað á skynsamasta hátt. |
It was agreed to create a job structure so that tasks and the division of work would be more clearly defined. | BLARK_translated | Semja varð um at gera eina starvsskipan, so at uppgávur og arbeiðsbýtið verða nærri útgreinað. |
The Staff Association handles both daily tasks and tasks that span a longer period of time. In recent years the Staff Association has worked on several strategic goals, which are ongoing tasks within the association. | BLARK_translated | Starvsmannafelagið bæði dagligar uppgávur og uppgávur, sum røkka yvir longri tíð. Starvsmannafelagið hevur tey seinnu árini arbeitt við nøkrum strategiskum málum, sum eru áhaldandi uppgávur í felagnum. |
At the work meeting in Runavík we also discussed the possibility of cooperation with the Danish sister union HK. | BLARK_translated | Á arbeiðsfundinum í Runavík umrøddu vit eisini møguleikan fyri samstarvi við danska systirfelagið HK. |
The Danish union has several members in the Faroe Islands who work for the governments. Because they do not benefit from the events and offers that HK organizes in Denmark, the union has sought a collaboration with the Civil Servants’ Union. | BLARK_translated | Danska felagið hevur fleiri limir í Føroyum, sum starvast hjá ríkisstovnunum. Av tí at tey ikki fáa ágóðan av tiltøkum og tilboðum sum HK skipar fyri í Danmark, hevur felagið ynskt eitt samstarv við Starvsmannafelagið. |
The possibilities were discussed, where we help our sister organization and at the same time receive something in return that benefits the Employees' Association and its members. | BLARK_translated | Tosað varð um møguleikarnar, har vit hjálpa okkara systirfelagi og samstundis fáa nakað afturfyri, sum gagnar Starvsmannafelagnum og limum tess. |
The management and board of the Employees’ Association have visited workplaces in the capital this spring. The visit provided insight into the members’ working day and into some of the challenges that the staff face in everyday life. | BLARK_translated | Umsitingin og nevndin í Starvsmannafelagnum hava verið og vitjað arbeiðspláss í høvuðsstaðnum í vár. Vitjanin gav innlit í arbeiðsdagin hjá limunum og í nakrar av avbjóðingunum, sum starvsfólkini hava í gerandisdegnum. |
The first workplace visit of the year was on the schedule on April 14, when the association visited 12 workplaces in the capital. | BLARK_translated | Fyrsta arbeiðsvitjanin í ár stóð á skránni 14. apríl, tá felagið vitjaði 12 arbeiðspláss í høvuðsstaðnum. |
The work visits around the country are a regular feature on the association’s agenda, and with the visits in Tórshavn this time, the association has now made two rounds of visits around the country. | BLARK_translated | Arbeiðsvitjaninar kring landið eru fastur táttur á skránni hjá felagnum, og við vitjanunum í Havn hesa ferð, hevur felagið nú verið tvær ferðir runt landið á vitjan. |
The institutions that were visited this time were: Bústaðir, Vørn, Tórshavn Harbour, Dugni, Landsverk, the Social Services (Almannaverkið), the Technical School, the Parliamentary Office, the City Library, Taks at Skálatrøð, the supervisory agencies at Skálatrøð, and the University. | BLARK_translated | Stovnarnir sum fingu vitjan hesa ferð vóru: Bústaðir, Vørn, Tórshavnar Havn, Dugni, Landsverk, Almannaverkið, Tekniski Skúli, Løgtingsskrivstovan, Býarbókasavnið, Taks á Skálatrøð, eftirlitsstovnarnir á Skálatrøð og Fróðskaparsetrið. |
We meet very satisfied employees, and employees who have many years of experience in the job. And employees who are good at their workplace. | BLARK_translated | Vit møta væl nøgdum starvsfólkum, og starvsfólkum sum hava nógv ár á baki í starvinum. Og starvsfólkum, sum eru góð við sítt arbeiðspláss. |
Somewhere it is said that there is a heavy workload and resources that do not keep up with increased work tasks. | BLARK_translated | Onkrastaðni verður sagt frá stórum arbeiðstrýsti, og resursum sum ikki fylgja við øktum arbeiðsuppgávum. |
Visits are of great importance for the Staff Association. The association gains insight into work tasks and questions that concern the members. This gives the association something to consider — and concrete issues to continue working on. | BLARK_translated | Fyri Starvsmannafelagið hava vitjanirnar stóran týdning. Felagið fær innlit í arbeiðskor og spurningar, sum upptaka limirnar. Hetta gevur felagnum nakað at hugsa um – og ítøkilig mál at arbeiða víðari við. |
where Elsa Jóhanna Høgenni and Marjun Eystberg from the company Input explained how conflicts in the workplace are resolved. | BLARK_translated | har Elsa Jóhanna Høgenni og Marjun Eystberg frá fyritøkuni Input greiddu frá, hvussu ósemjur á arbeiðsplássinum verða loystar. |
A lot of people attended. In addition to an instructive lecture, the visitors were also able to solve practical tasks that involved resolving conflicts in the workplace. | BLARK_translated | Fitt av fólki vóru møtt. Umframt ein læruríkan fyrilestur sluppu tey vitjandi eisini at loysa ítøkiligar uppgávur, har tað snúði seg um at loysa ósemjur á arbeiðsplássinum. |
It seems that the Civil Servants' Association, with its survey and conference on the psychological work environment, has fairly well prompted the authorities to take this part of the work environment more seriously than before. | BLARK_translated | Tað tykist sum Starvsmannafelagið, við síni kanning og ráðstevnu um sálarligt arbeiðsumhvørvi, rættiliga hevur sett gongd á myndugleikarnar, so at hesir taka hendan partin av arbeiðsumhvørvinum í størri álvara enn higartil. |
Last autumn the Trade Union for Employees organized a conference where the union presented the results of a survey regarding the psychosocial work environment that the union had commissioned. The results confirm that this is a significantly larger problem than anyone had previously realized. The survey results showed, ... | BLARK_translated | Í fjør heyst skipaði Starvsmannafelagið fyri eini ráðstevnu, har felagið legði fram úrslitið av eini kanning í sambandi við sálarligt arbeiðsumhvørvi, sum felagið hevði latið gjørt. Úrslitið staðfestir, at talan er um eitt munandi størri vandamál, enn nakar áður hevur givið sær gætur um. Úrslitið av kanningini vísti m.... |
This initiative by the Trade Union also led to several politicians raising the issue in the Løgting and asking the Minister of Trade questions about it. As a result, the Minister of Trade requested that the Labour Inspection draw up a plan outlining how this area could be developed in the future. The Labour Inspection ... | BLARK_translated | Hetta tiltakið hjá Starvsmannafelagnum hevði eisini við sær, at fleiri politikarar tóku spurningin fram í løgtinginum, og settu vinnumálaráðharranum spurningar hesum viðvíkjandi. Av hesum heitti vinnumálaráðharrin á Arbeiðseftirlitið um at gera eitt upprit hvussu hetta økið kundi mennast framyvir. Hetta gjørdu Arbeiðse... |
says that it was an informal draft, and that they are now preparing a more detailed one. | BLARK_translated | sigur, at talan var um eitt leysligt upprit, og at tey nú fyrireika eitt meira ítøkiligt. |
Leivur Persson explains that the area of psychological work environment is significantly different from what the Labour Inspectorate has so far emphasized, and considerably less concrete. | BLARK_translated | Leivur Persson greiðir frá, at økið sálarligt arbeiðsumhvørvið er munandi øðrvísi enn tað Arbeiðseftirlitið higartil hevur lagt dent á, og munandi minni ítøkiligt. |
The director of the Labour Inspection says that they have now also begun this work, so that they can present the Ministry of Trade and Industry with a concrete proposal in October. Part of this work is also to examine how they proceed in the other Nordic countries. | BLARK_translated | Leiðarin á Arbeiðseftirlitinum sigur, at hetta arbeiði eru tey nú eisini farin undir, soleiðis at tey kunnu handa Vinnumálaráðnum eitt ítøkiligt uppskot í oktober. Ein partur av hesum arbeiði er eisini at kanna hvussu tey í hinum norðanlondunum bera seg at. |
Asked whether he has the impression that political authorities and employers are giving psychological working environments more attention now than before, Leivur Persson says that, in his opinion, it is moving in the right direction. | BLARK_translated | Spurdur um hann hevur varhugan av, at politiski myndugleikin og arbeiðsgevarar geva sálarligum arbeiðsumhvørvi størri ans nú enn fyrr, sigur Leivur Persson, at tað, eftir hansara tykki, gongur rætta vegin. |
I think I see a very clear change in attitude, such that the psychological aspect of the working environment is becoming increasingly recognized. Likewise, that it is being acknowledged that the psychological consequences of poor working environments also have an impact on the economy of society, says Leivur Persson. | BLARK_translated | Eg haldi meg síggja eina heilt greiða hugburðsbroyting, soleiðis at sálarligi parturin í arbeiðsumhvørvinum verður alt meira viðurkendur. Sama, at tað verður ásannað, at sálarligar avleiðingar av ringum arbeiðsumhvørvi, eisini hava ávirkan samfelagsbúskaparliga, sigur Leivur Persson. |
The union house of the Employees' Association is still under renovation. The work took longer than expected. Therefore we have had to cancel several bookings in the Employees' Association house. We have now been informed that the work on the ground floor will be finished at the beginning of June. | BLARK_translated | Felagshúsið hjá Starvsmannafelagnum er enn undir umbygging. Arbeiðið gjørdist drúgvari enn væntað. Tì hava vit verið noydd at avlýsa fleiri bíleggingar í Starvsmannafelagshúsinum. Nú hava vit fingið at vita, at arbeiðið í stovuhæddini verður liðugt fyrst í juni. |
EftirStarv is the pension association of the Starvsmannafelagið, which is an interest association for employees who, due to age or other reasons, have left or are about to leave public service. | BLARK_translated | EftirStarv, er eldrafelagið hjá Starvsmannafelagnum, sum er áhugafelag fyri starvsfólk, sum fyri aldur ella av øðrum orsøkum eru farin frá ella eru um at fara úr almennum starvi. |
The association was founded in the autumn of 2010 and has organized various events. The association has not been very active recently. | BLARK_translated | Felagið varð sett á stovn á heysti 2010 og hevur skipað fyri ymiskum tiltøkum. Felagið hevur hesa seinastu tíðina ikki verið so virkið. |
Now the older members of the association have come together to get things going again. Johan Christiansen, who is one of them, says that a working group is now preparing to announce a general meeting where, among other things, a board will be elected that will then draw up a plan for what should happen in the associati... | BLARK_translated | Nú hava so eldri limir í felagnum tikið seg saman at fáa gongd á aftur. Johan Christiansen, sum er ein teirra, sigur, at ein arbeiðsbólkur fyrireikar nú at lýsa aðalfund har m.a. skal veljast nevnd, sum síðani skal stinga út í kortið, hvat henda skal í felagnum. |
Johan says that the association must not fall apart, because the older members of the association have so much to give to others from their work experiences and other things they have experienced through the many active years. And that can be done at various meetings and gatherings, which they will have good opportunit... | BLARK_translated | Johan sigur, at felagið má ikki detta niðurfyri, tí eldru limir felagsins hava so nógv at lata øðrum av teirra arbeiðsroyndum og øðrum, tey hava upplivað gjøgnum tey mongu virknu árini. Og tað kann gerast á ymiskum fundum og samkomum, sum tey hava góðar møguleikar at skipa fyri tá út- og umbyggingin av felagshúsunum er... |
I want to take this opportunity to thank the political parties for participating in our project “Core Issues of the Civil Servants’ Association in the election year 2015.” | BLARK_translated | Eg vil nýta høvið her at takka politisku flokkunum fyri, at teir vildu taka lut í verkætlan okkara ’Kjarnumál hjá Starvsmannafelagnum í valárinum 2015. |
The Trade Union wishes its members and all Faroese people a lively, factual and rewarding election year, in which issues of common importance to employees will hopefully be a visible part of the election campaign. | BLARK_translated | Starvsmannafelagið ynskir limum sínum og øllum føroyingum eitt livandi, sakligt og gevandi valár, har mál av felags týdningifyri løntakararnar vónandi fara at vera ein sjónligur partur av valstríðnum. |
These are issues that the association’s base — the trusted representatives — and the board of the Staff Association consider to be of great importance both for the association’s members and for society as a whole. And which the association wishes to highlight in the election year 2015. | BLARK_translated | Hetta eru mál, sum baklandið í felagnum – álitisfólkini – og nevndin í Starvsmannafelagnum meta hava stóran týdning bæði fyri limir felagsins og samfelagið sum heild. Og sum felagið ynskir at varpa ljós á í valárinum 2015. |
In addition, the parties have provided the reasoning for their positions in more detail. You can read these explanations in full on the association’s website, where the entire project is also announced. | BLARK_translated | Harafturat hava flokkarnir grundgivið nærri fyri síni støðu. Hesar grundgevingar kanst tú lesa í fullum líki á heimasíðu felagsins, har øll verkætlanin eisini er kunngjørd. |
At the same time, it is our hope that an initiative like this will encourage the association’s members and people in general to go to the polls and use their democratic right to vote. | BLARK_translated | Samstundis er tað okkara vón, at eitt tiltak sum hetta fer at eggja limum felagsins og fólki annars at fara á val og nýta sín demokratiska atkvøðurætt. |
Let me emphasize that this is a non-partisan / politically independent initiative. | BLARK_translated | Lat meg leggja dent á, at hetta er eitt partapolitisk óheft átak. |
Knowledge sharing. Inspiration. Experience. Ideas. The connection with other trade unions in the Nordic countries is vital for a small union like the Civil Servants’ Association. As trade unionists we come from the same Nordic root. Yet we are different – and that gives brand-new perspectives. New viewpoints in the pro... | BLARK_translated | Vitanarbýti. Íblástur. Royndir. Hugskot. Sambandið við onnur fakfeløg í norðurlondum er lívsneyðugt fyri eitt lítið fakfelag sum Starvsmannafelagið. Sum fakfelagsfólk eru vit eru av somu norrønu rót. Kortini eru vit ólík – og tað gevur spildurnýggjar vinklar. Nýggj sjónarhorn í fakliga stríðnum. |
Finland, where the topic was ‘Efficiency, quality and digitalization’. Representatives of unions, which represent public employees in six Nordic countries, had once again met each other. And this time the focus was on the quality in | BLARK_translated | Finnlandi, har evnið var ‘Effektivitetur, kvalitetur og digitalisering’. Umboð fyri fakfeløg, ið umboða alment sett í seks norðurlondum, høvdu enn einaferð sett hvør øðrum stevnu. Og hesaferð var kikarin settur á dygdina í |
At the conference it was stated, among other things, that the digitalization of the public sector has not just been a fairy-tale of sunshine. | BLARK_translated | Á ráðstevnuni kom m.a. fram, at talgildingin av almenna geiranum hevur ikki bara verið nøkur sólskynssøga. |
“Learn from us and don't make the same mistakes we did!” sounded the crystal-clear message from the experts in the field. | BLARK_translated | Lærið av okkum og gerið ikki somu feilir sum vit!“ ljóðaði krystallklári boðskapurin frá serfrøðini á økinum. |
We are members of NSO, which stands for the Nordic Organization of State Employees, which represents trade unions that have members working for the state/country in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. We are also members of NTR, the Nordic Council of Municipal Employees, which represents st... | BLARK_translated | Vit eru limir í NSO, sum stendur fyri Nordiske Statstjenestemænds Organisation, sum umboðar fakfeløg, ið hava limir, sum arbeiða hjá statinum/landinum í Finnlandi, Svøríki, Norra, Danmark, Íslandi og Føroyum. Eisini eru vit limir í NTR, Nordisk Tjenemands Råd, sum umboðar starvsfólk, sum arbeiða hjá kommununum í fimm n... |
And with a welfare system that is largely the same, the trade unions in the Nordic countries have a lot to talk about. Much to learn from each other. | BLARK_translated | Og við eini vælferðarskipan, sum í stóran mun er eins, hava fakfeløgini í Norðurlondum nógv at tosa saman um. Nógv at læra, hvør av øðrum. |
Last year the theme was good governance, “Good Governance.” That happened in the same year the government announced its plan to reorganize the central administration. We heard about countries’ experiences in privatizing and outsourcing public services. | BLARK_translated | Í fjør var evnið góð fyrisiting, „Good Governance“. Tað hendi í sama ári, sum landsstýrið kunngjørdi sína ætlan um at endurskipa miðfyrisitingina. Vit hoyrdu um royndirnar hjá londunum at privatisera og útveita almennar tænastur. |
Very relevant, because many of the countries have years of experience in the area. Also because the experiences are so different. While some countries have pursued privatization, others, such as Finland and Sweden, have largely chosen outsourcing. | BLARK_translated | Ógvuliga viðkomandi, tí fleiri av londunum hava áralangar royndir á økinum. Eisini tí, at royndirnar eru so ymiskar. Tí meðan summi lond hava lagt seg eftir privatisering, hava onnur, sum t.d. Finnland og Svøríki, í stóran mun valt útveiting. |
Another major issue of collective interest is the problem of cheap foreign labor. A threat that truly | BLARK_translated | Eitt annað stórmál av felag áhuga er vandamálið við bíligari útlendskari arbeiðsmegi. Ein hóttan, sum av álvara |
The experiences are varied, and for us this is valuable learning to have in our repertoire, now that the Faroese labor market is also being threatened by social dumping. | BLARK_translated | Royndirnar eru ymiskar, og fyri okkum er hetta virðismikil lærdómur at hava í viðførinum, nú eisini føroyski arbeiðsmarknaðurin verður hóttur av sosialari dumping. |
When the Trade Union Confederation these days proclaims its core issues in the election year 2015, it is also with Nordic inspiration. The Norwegian LO carried out a similar initiative ahead of the Storting election in 2013. And in Denmark the trade union movement also highlighted the labor market issue ahead of the pa... | BLARK_translated | Tá Starvsmannafelagið í hesum døgum kunngerð síni kjarnumál í valárinum 2015 er tað eisini við norðurlendskum íblástri. Norska LO framdi eitt líknandi tiltak uppundir Stórtingsvalið í 2013. Og í Danmark setti fakfelagsrørslan eisini ljóskastaran á arbeiðsmarknaðarmálinum uppundir fólkatingvalið 18. juni. |
The solutions that we will work for in these matters are also based on the experiences of the trade unions in the other Nordic countries. | BLARK_translated | Loysnirnar, sum vit fara at virka fyri í hesum málum, byggja eisini á royndirnar hjá fakfeløgunum í hinum norðanlondunum. |
No person is an island, people say, and the same can be said about a trade union in a small country like the Faroe Islands. | BLARK_translated | Einki menniska er ein oyggj, verður sagt, og tað sama kann sigast um eitt fakfelag í einum lítlum landi sum Føroyum. |
Although similar, the Nordic countries are also different. That is good for us Faroese, who to a large extent look to Denmark – also on trade union policy issues. | BLARK_translated | Hóast lík, so eru norðurlond eisini ymisk. Tað er gott fyri okkum føroyingar, sum í stóran mun hyggja at Danmark – eisini í fakfelagspolitiskum málum. |
This was the conclusion in a lecture given by Olli Kangas, a professor at the University of Uppsala, at the NSO conference. | BLARK_translated | Hetta var niðurstøðan í fyrilestri, sum Olli Kangas, professari við lærda háskúlan í Uppsala helt á NSO-ráðstevuni. |
But according to the professor, this is an investment that pays off — for both society and individuals. | BLARK_translated | Men sambært professaranum er hetta ein íløga sum loysir seg – bæði samfelagið og einstaklingar. |
And he pointed to a series of key numbers that prove this: | BLARK_translated | Og vísti hann á eina røð av lyklatølum, sum prógva hettar: |
The public sector is efficient. Corruption is the least in the whole world. | BLARK_translated | Almenni sektorurin er effektivur. Korruptiónin er minst í allari verðini. |
The Nordic countries have many people employed in the public sector, between 20 and 30% of the workforce. And that is good, among other things for equality in society, said Kangas. | BLARK_translated | Norðurlond hava nógv fólk í almennum starvi, millum 20 og 30% av arbeiðsmegini. Og tað er gott, m.a. fyri javnstøðuna í samfelagnum, segði Kangas. |
The public sector has given many women work, while the public authorities ensure kindergartens and good public services, so that both genders have the opportunity to enter the labor market. | BLARK_translated | Tað almenna hevur givið nógvum kvinnum arbeiði, samstundis sum tað almenna tryggjar barnagarðar og góðar almennar tænastur, so at bæði kynini hava møguleika at sleppa út á arbeiðsmarknaðin. |
The professor also showed that economic growth is strong in the Nordic countries, and stated that although public expenditures are high in the Nordic countries, the countries’ competitiveness is still good. | BLARK_translated | Búskaparvøksturin er eisini stórur í norðurlondum, vísti professarin á, og staðfesti, at hóast almennu útreiðslurnar eru høgar í norðurlondum, so er eru kappingarevnini hjá londunum kortini góð. |
Olli Kangas also emphasized that people in the Nordic countries generally have great trust in the public sector. And he believed that had great importance. | BLARK_translated | Olli Kangas legði eisini dent á, at norðurbúgvar hava generelt stórt álit á almenna sektorinum. Og tað metti hann hava stóran týdning. |
He also pointed out that whether it is about poverty risk among children or people being asked about personal life satisfaction, the Nordic countries end up at the better end. | BLARK_translated | Hann vísti eisini á, at bæði tá talan er fátækraváða millum børn og tá fólk verða spurd um persónliga eydnusemið enda norðurlond í betra endanum. |
The public sector in the Nordic countries is large, efficient and it creates opportunities both for the economy and for the citizens, Kangas summed up. | BLARK_translated | Almenni sekturin í norðurlondm er stórur, effektivur og hann skapar møguleikar bæði fyri búskapin og fyri borgararnar, tók Kangas samanum. |
He concluded the lecture by quoting the words that Olof Palme said at the funeral of Tage Erlander, his predecessor in the office of Prime Minister in Sweden: | BLARK_translated | Hann endaði fyrilesturin við at endurgeva orðini, sum Oluf Palme segði við jarðarferðina hjá Tage Erlander, undanmanni sínum í forsætisráðharrasessinum í Svøríki: |
You have said that society must be strong so that people do not have to be weak. | BLARK_translated | Du har sagt at samhallet skall vara starkt så att menniskjor slipper att vara svaga“. |
If we are to believe Olli Kangas, the Nordic countries have largely succeeded in creating the strong society that Erlander and Palme valued so highly. | BLARK_translated | Skulu vit trúgva Olli Kangas, so hevur tað í stóran mun eydnast norðurlondum at skapa tað sterka samfelagið, sum Erlander og Palme settu so høgt. |
With digitization, services are automated and moved further away from citizens. That creates doubt about the legitimacy of the authorities and the legal protection of citizens, says an expert. | BLARK_translated | Við talgildingini eru tænaturnar automatiseraðar og fluttar longri burtur frá borgarunum. Tað skapar iva um rættargildið hjá myndugleikunum og rættartrygdina hjá borgarunum, heldur serfrøðingur |
Søren Skaarup is a PhD student at the University of Southern Denmark and a senior consultant at Rambøll Management Consulting. | BLARK_translated | Søren Skaarup er phd. lesandi við Syddansk Universitet og seniorráðgevi hjá Rambøll Managagement Consultant. |
At the NSO conference he gave a lecture on digitization, or digitalization, under the title "Digitalisering i et medborgerperspektiv" (Digitization from a citizen perspective), where he highlighted the progress in digitizing the public sector in Denmark. | BLARK_translated | Á ráðstevnuni hjá NSO hevði hann fyrilestur um digitalisering, ella talgilding, undir heitinum „Digitalisering i et medborgerperspektiv“, har hann varpaði ljós á gongdina við at talgilda almenna sektorin í Danmark. |
created a gulf between the citizens and those who work for the public sector. | BLARK_translated | skapt eina gjógv millum borgararnar og tey, sum starvast hjá tí almenna. |
Firstly, there are many who have difficulty using the new technology. Secondly, digitalization has meant that citizens no longer have direct contact with the public sector employees. And citizen services have suffered as a result. | BLARK_translated | Fyri tað fyrsta eru tað nógv, sum hava trupult við at nýta nýggju tøkina. Í øðrum lagi hevur talgildingin gjørt, at borgararnir ikki longur hava beinleiðis samband við starvsfólkini hjá tí almenna. Og tað er gingið út yvir borgaratænastuna. |
The purpose of digitization is to increase efficiency, and thereby often also to save money. But at the same time the services have been moved further away from the citizens. | BLARK_translated | Endamálið við talgildingini er at effektivisera, og harvið eisini ofta at spara. Men samstundis eru tænasturnar fluttar longur burtur frá borgarunum. |
The problem is also that the system of digitization has largely been made according to the staff’s preferences rather than based on the circumstances of the citizens. | BLARK_translated | Trupulleikin er eisini, at skipanin við talgilding í stóran mun er gjørd eftir høvdinum hjá starvsfólkunum. Heldur enn at taka støði í umstøðunum hjá borgaranunum. |
This creates a gulf between the authorities and the citizens, which is a problem for the legitimacy of the administration. Therefore the authorities must act according to the law. For the citizens — and not for themselves. | BLARK_translated | Hetta skapar eina gjógv millum myndugleika og borgara, sum er ein trupulleiki fyri legitimitetin (rættargildið) hjá umsitingini. Tí myndugleikarnir skulu virka eftir lógini. Fyri borgararnar – og ikki fyri seg sjálvan. |
Skaarup pointed out that the authorities have not documented how the digitization has worked. Whether it has actually produced efficiency, in the sense that citizens feel they have received a better service. | BLARK_translated | Skaarup vísti á, at myndugleikarnir hava ikki skjalfest hvussu talgildingin hevur virkað. Um hon veruliga hevur givið effektivitet, soleiðis at skilja, at borgarin hevur kensluna av at hava fingið eina betri tænastu. |
And the task itself will require staff. | BLARK_translated | Og tann uppgávan fer í sjálvum sær at krevja starvsfólk. |
Don’t do like Denmark, but learn from us, he said. | BLARK_translated | Gerið ikki sum Danmark, men lærið av okkum, segði hann. |
Digitalization in Denmark is not documented. In Denmark we talk a lot about digitalization. Efficiency is about “effect for the money.” But we never measure the effect – in the form of quality. We only measure in “units produced” and “resources saved,” he summarized. | BLARK_translated | Talgildingin í Danmark er ikki skjalfest. Í Danmark tosa vit nógv um talgilding. Effektivitetur handlar um „effekt fyri pengarnar“. Men vit máta ongantíð effektin – í form av kvaliteti. Vit máta bert í „framleiddum eindum“ og „spardum ressursum“, tók hann samanum: |
So often we have no idea whether digitalization is actually "effective". You can do better. | BLARK_translated | So ofta hava vit ikki ánilsi av um talgildingin í roynd og veru er „effektiv“. Tað kunnu tit gera betri. |
have been governed by the ideology “New Public Management”. But it has created a surveillance society, where trust in ordinary employees is at risk. A lecturer in political science calls for a new path “The Third Logic.” | BLARK_translated | verið stýrt eftir frymlinum „New Public Management“. Men tað hevur skapt eitt eftirlitssamfelag, har álitið á vanligu starvsfólkini er í vanda. Lektari í statsvísund eftirlýstir eina nýggja leið „Tann triðja logikkin“. |
Who is it that must decide when a job has been well done? | BLARK_translated | Hvør er tað, sum skal avgerða, nær eitt arbeiða er væl úr hondum greitt. |
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