In Norway, tracing the parents or caregivers of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers is politically anchored in chapter 8 of Stortingsmelding no. 17 (2000-2001) from (KRD 2001). The then sharp increase in the numbers of UMAs ...

The Brenna Committee wanted to gain an understanding of the reasons why some families in Norway do not use day-care for their 3-5 year old children, and commissioned NOVA to investigate this. The mission was conducted as ...

As from August 2010, an amendment to the Education Act and Private Schools Act obligates all school owners (municipal and private) to offer free homework assistance to all pupils in years 1 to 4 in primary school. The ...

Små barns hverdager i asylmottak ligger langt unna hverdagen for andre barn i samme aldersgruppe i Norge. Foreldrene er fattige, tilværelsen preget av midlertidighet, usikkerhet og mangel på struktur, og boforholdene er ...

Introduction NOVA has completed an evaluation of the mentor project "Nattergalen", commissioned by the Ministry of Children, Equality and Inclusion (BLD). This was a three-year project initiated in 2008, involving eight ...

The topic of this study is the increased labour immigration into Norway in recent years and, more specifically, the impact and dynamics of this immigration on the Norwegian housing market. As labour immigrants in Norway ...

Denne kunnskapsoppsummeringen presenterer eksisterende forskning om tiltak for å bedre skoleresultater og utdanningssituasjonen for barn i barnevernet. Prosjektet er finansiert av Barne-, likestillings- og inkluderingsde ...