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adminUncategorised This report offers new insight into the programme of working time reduction that has taken place in Iceland, following successful public sector trials in the country.| Alda
adminNews Alda’s Annual General Meeting was held on 19th of May 2024 at Tryggvagata 17, Reykjavík.| Alda
Alda will be hosting a workshop on practices in the operation of NGOs in terms of transparency ethics and cooperation with business NGOs the Wednesday 29. June, at Veröld – Hús Vigdísar. The workshop is a part of the Lighthouse keepers project. The project is led by the Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business, who is joined by partners from Ukraine: the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv and from Iceland: Alda, and the Icelandic Ombudsman for Children. The projec...| Alda
adminUncategorisedworking hours A recent survey conducted amongst public sector workers in Iceland reveals that a large majority of workers are satisfied with the shorter hours introduced last year. On the whole, 71% are satisfied with the shorter hours. The survey also reveals that over 63% of workers reported that shorter hours impacted their work positively. The results of the survey was made public in May. The survey highlights important factors in introducing shorter working hours, for...| Alda
* Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science| Alda
* Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science| Alda
adminNewsshortening working hours, working less In January 2019, Alda held a conference on the feasibility and benefits of shortening working hours in Iceland. The conference was held at Harpa, Reykjavík’s largest conference centre, and was well attended by members of the public. The aim was to broaden and deepen the discussion on the benefits of working less amid the upcoming pay-and-benefits negotiations that started around that time. The conference was held and organised by Alda, and ...| Alda
In January 2019, Alda held a conference on the feasibility and benefits of shortening working hours in Iceland. The talks were recorded and one of the talks is now available online, with English subtitles. This is the talk by Sonja Ýr, leader of BSRB.| Alda
* Bergljót Gunnlaugsdóttir, degree in European Studies, Information Scientist| Alda
adminUncategorised Annual General Meeting of Alda, Association for Sustainability and Democracy will be held on the 13th of October 2018, at Múlti-Kúltí, Barónsstíg 3, Reykjavík.| Alda
Alda endorses the bill. Our reasoning is that it is an essential right of everyone to be able to participate in how their society is goverened, both in terms of democratic discussions and making final decisions. In Alda’s opinion, restrictions on who is allowed to vote should be absolutely minimal, and without any imposed complexity. Further, we believe that people are usually capable of participating in democratic discussions and decisions from the age of 16. We do not believe that putting...| Alda
adminUncategorised The following article was written by Kristinn Már Ársælsson, a member of our board. openDemocracy published the article on their website on the 12th of November 2012 (see here).| Alda
adminUncategorisedconstitution What follows are questions and answers regarding The Constitutional Council’s proposals, which were submitted to Althing on the 29th of July, 2012.| Alda
adminUncategorisedworking hours Alda has recently started a program with the aim of shortening working hours in Iceland. The short-term aim is to bring the average number of working hours per week down to 30-32 hours, in a period of two years. The long-term aim is to make sure that increases in productivity directly contribute to shorter working hours, the first effects are supposed to be seen around 2015. Along with this, purchasing power is not to be reduced.| Alda
adminUncategorisedconstitution Alda – Association for Sustainability and Democracy handed the following proposals over The Constitutional Council in May 2011. Each proposal is followed by a summary and precedent if available and applicable. There are twelve proposals, and they regard the presidency, election-system, judges, citizen assemblies, corporations, constitutional changes, referendums, direct democracy and more.| Alda
adminNews For the last two years Alda has been involved in an interesting multinational collaborative project called Lighthouse Keepers, Business and Human Rights In CCE and Central Asia. The project concluded this summer. Alda’s involvement in the project was diverse. Alda organized the workshop ‘Transparency, ethics and the relationship of NGO’s and Business, in Iceland June 2022, and a follow-up online workshop, ‘Codes of Conduct: A Guiding light or disciplinary tool?’ Alda pro...| Alda
adminUncategorised Recently major collective contracts on pay and benefits were signed in Iceland. These agreements impact most workers in Iceland in one way or another, with almost every working person in the country benefiting at least from increase in pay. Significantly to Alda’s mission, these contracts have provisions in them about working-hours.| Alda
adminUncategorisedworking hours In the beginning of February, a bill was put forward in Alþingi, the Icelandic Parliament, aiming to reduce the legal working week in Iceland from 40 hours to 35 hours; a move that would potentially move the country closer to other Scandinavian countries in terms of working culture. In late March, Alda sent in detailed commentary on the bill, endorsing it.| Alda
adminUncategorised Alda recently submitted commentary to Alþingi, Iceland’s parliament, on a bill that would further safeguard free speech of the media which the association currently finds lacking.| Alda
adminUncategorised There is a pretty interesting conference starting tomorrow and Alda encourages all to attend. It´s held at the University of Iceland at Askja and starts around 9 am. Among the lecturers are world renowned scholars for example James S. Fishkin.| Alda
From 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working week of 35-36 hours with no reduction in pay. The results have been analysed for the first time in a joint project by Autonomy and the research organisation Association for Sustainability and Democracy (Alda) in Iceland.| Alda