Transcript Norway Nordic Social Model

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- Living, Studying & Working Abroad: Switzerland, Norway &
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• Guest Speaker
– Mrs Anh Tho Andres, MBA, Professor @UBIS, Geneva,
Switzerland.
• Date & Time
– August 27, 2011 from 14.00 to 16:30
• Venue
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• Audience
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• 14:00 - 14:15
– Short introduction
• 14:15 - 14:35
– “Living and Studying Abroad : Experience in Switzerland, Norway &
Singapore”
• 14:35 -14:50
– Q&A Session (short break 10 min)
• 15:00 - 15:45
– Working & Doing Business in an International Environment:
Personal Experiences.
• 15:45 – 16:30
– Q&A Session & Networking
Norway, A Nordic Social Model
By Anh Tho Andres, MBA
Norway - Brief Country Overview
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Total Land area: 385,252 Sq. Km.
Founding Member & biggest financial contributor to
UN, NATO, Council of Europe, and Nordic Council; Not
part of EU;
Member EEA, WTO, OECD and Schengen.
Rich in petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber,
seafood, fresh water & hydropower;
GDP per capita: US$ 52.012 (est. 2010);
Population: 4.978 mio, 2nd lowest in Europe;
English widely spoken.
Norway Economic Indicators
• GDP per capita average
annual growth rate, 19902009: 2.3%
• Average annual rate of
inflation, 1990-2009: 4%
• % of central government
expenditure (1998-2008*)
allocated to:
– Health: 16%
– Education: 6%
– Defence: 5%
• Internet Users: 83%
• Primary school
enrollment ratio: 99%
• Life expectancy: 81
• Urbanised population:
79%
• Nbr of phones per capita:
110%
Elements of a Social Model
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Taxation
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Flat Tax, Regressive Tax or Progressive Tax;
Social insurance
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Benefits for unemployed, pensions, maternity and paternity
leave and disabilities;
Public services
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Healthcare, Insurance, Public transport, Education;
Employment
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Labour law, severance fees.
Models include:
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Anglo-Saxon, Continental European, Mediterranean, Nordic
Nordic Model - Characteristics
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Elaborate social safety net;
Free education & universal healthcare;
Public pension schemes;
High degrees of labor union membership:
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High Public Spending:
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67.5% in Finland, 67.6% in Denmark, and 68.3% in Sweden;
Sweden (56.6%), Denmark (51.7%), and Finland (48.6%) of
GDP;
Strong property rights, contract enforcement, and
overall ease of doing business; Low barriers to free
trade; Low Product market regulation.
Ethnic Distribution in Norway
• Norwegians: 82 %
• Norwegian dialect
groups:
– North Norwegian
(yellow)
– Trøndelag
Norwegian (navy
blue)
– West Norwegian
(orange) and
– East Norwegian
(pale blue).
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Swedes: 1.6 %
Poles: 1.3 %
Danes: 1%
Germans: 0.8%
Britons: 0.7 %
Asians: 4.3%
Welfare State - Nordic Model
• Highest level of social
insurance based on the
principle of ‘citizenship’;
• Rapid reinsertion of
unemployed into labour
market;
• High Share of Public
employment;
• High Tax wedge.
Health Care - Nordic Model
• Government run and
government financed,
universal health care
system;
• Mandatory public
insurance covers not only
health care but also loss
of income during sick
leave, public pension,
unemployment benefits,
benefits for single parents
and a few others.
• Hospitals are paid by the
state and doctor visit fees
at low rate;
• Total health care
expenditure was 9% of
GDP paid by
– 84% government,
– 15% private out-of-pocket
– ~1% other private sources
Higher Education in Norway
• 8 public universities, 9 specialised universities, 24
university colleges & more private university colleges.
• The national higher education system is in accordance
with the Bologna process
– bachelor's degrees (first cycle, three years),
– master's degrees (second cycle, two years)
– doctoral degrees (third cycle, three years).
– Acceptance: upper secondary school with general
university admissions certification.
Public Universities
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Ås)
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology
(Trondheim 1968)
• University of Agder (Kristiansand, Grimstad and Arendal)
• University of Bergen (1948)
• University of Oslo (1811)
• University of Nordland
• University of Stavanger
• University of Tromsø (1972)
Specialised Universities
Public (FREE)
Private
• Oslo School of
Architecture and Design
• Molde University
College
• Norwegian School of
Economics
• Norwegian School of
Sport Sciences
• Norwegian Academy of
Music
• Norwegian School of
Veterinary Science
• BI Norwegian
Business School
• MF Norwegian School
of Theology
• School of Mission and
Theology in
Stavanger
SIU International Cooperation
• Official agency for
international programmes
and measures related to
higher education;
• Commissioned by several
national & international
public organisations to
administer programmes
within all levels of
education;
• Promoting Norway as
an education and
research destination;
• Provides information
and advisory services
within the field of
internationalisation in
education;
• Funded by many
ministries, incl. MFA,
NORAD.
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