{"id":388119,"date":"2021-06-23T13:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T11:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettsteder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/?page_id=388119"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:38:31","slug":"388119-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/annual-report-2020\/388119-2\/","title":{"rendered":"International cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"module-0\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-banner hogan-module-0 hogan-banner-content-left hogan-module-width-full hogan-banner-theme-light hogan-banner-layout-columns hogan-banner-text-left module-no-gap container-full-width\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner banner-height-40 tagline-fontsize-18 heading-fontsize-48 content-fontsize-22 banner-custom-bg-color\" style=\"background-color: #76bfc2;\"><div class=\"hogan-banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hogan-banner-column hogan-banner-image\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" 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class=\"hogan-tagline\">MAIN TASK 3<\/div><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">International cooperation<\/h2>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 66.6796875%\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-jel0gw2v\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-jel0gw2v_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: Gettyimages<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-jel0gw2v_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-jel0gw2v\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-1\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-1 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #036272\">The third aspect of the NCP\u2019s work is to cooperate and share best practice with the OECD and the 50 other National Contact Points.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #036272\">For the contact point system to gain trust, it is essential that multinational enterprises are subject to the same requirements and expectations regardless of which OECD country they are based in.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #036272\">The NCPs are organised differently, however, and their resources and status also vary, which challenges this principle.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-2\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-text hogan-module-2 text-wrap\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner clearfix\"><h2>All good things come in threes<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_386975\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-medium-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-386975 \" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-800x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-800x578.jpg 800w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-1536x1109.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-2048x1479.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-1130x816.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-1500x1083.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-400x289.jpg 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/FNA_100321_025_B-1320x953.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">REPRESENTING NORWAY IN THE ILO: Nina Mj\u00f8berg is head of LO\u2019s international department. Henrik Munthe is an attorney at law in NHO\u2019s wage and tariff department, with particular responsibility for international matters. Both represent Norway in the ILO: Mj\u00f8berg as member of the Committee on the Application of Standards, which corrects and monitors countries that act in breach of the rules, and Munthe as member of the ILO\u2019s Board of Directors. (Photo: Fredrik Naumann\/Felix Features)<\/figcaption><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 72.2265625%\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-l54vprft\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-l54vprft_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: (Foto: Fredrik Naumann\/Felix Features)<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-l54vprft_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-l54vprft\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure>\n<h3>If the world is going to \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 after the coronavirus pandemic and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, we will need many new jobs. The key is close cooperation between employers, employees and governments. In many countries, however, tripartite cooperation is non-existent and trade unions have been weakened by the pandemic.<\/h3>\n<p><em>Text: Marianne Alfsen, Felix Media.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"PBrdavstandetterliteavstandNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">This is the opinion of Nina Mj\u00f8berg of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), and Henrik Munthe of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). Both represent Norway in the Inter\u00adnational Labour Organisation (ILO). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"PBrdliteavstandetterinnrykkfrstelinjeNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt\">In Norway, tripartite cooperation \u2013 cooperation between the organisations that represent employers, employees and the state \u2013 is a cornerstone of society. When the pandemic caused Norway to shut down, the first thing LO and NHO did was call each other. The parties have since worked closely with the<br \/>\nGovernment to plot a course through the crisis. Many countries, however, lack collaborative structures, and relations between the parties are hostile. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"H3MellomtittelgrnnNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Trade union rights affected<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"PBrdavstandetterliteavstandNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Trade unions are under pressure, according to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Key rights such as the right to strike and collective bargaining are becoming increasingly undermined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"PBrdliteavstandetterinnrykkfrstelinjeNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u2018The situation has deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic. The governments of several countries have exploited the situation to promote measures that affect trade unions. In many countries, the government has not been willing to engage in dialogue with the social partners, which has contributed to less effective handling of the pandemic. Many employees have lost their jobs with no access to welfare schemes or salary compensation,\u2019 is Nina Mj\u00f8berg\u2019s dismal summary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"PBrdliteavstandetterinnrykkfrstelinjeNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">According to ILO, close to eight out of ten workers on a global basis were affected by the pandemic at the start of 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"PBrdliteavstandetterinnrykkfrstelinjeNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Work hours corresponding to 255 million full-time jobs were lost in 2020, which in practice reduced working hours and income or led to unemployment for hundreds of millions of people. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4>The informal sector<\/h4>\n<p>\u2018The pandemic means that it will take longer to achieve the SDGs because it increases inequality. The elephant in the room is the informal sector, which comprises more than 60 per cent of the world\u2019s employees. These workers have no formal rights. The pandemic can push more people into the informal sector,\u2019 according to Mj\u00f8berg.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is therefore essential to facilitate job creation in the formal sector. Decent work, as ILO calls it,\u2019 Henrik Munthe adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018National tripartite cooperation is key to creating something lasting,\u2019 Mj\u00f8berg believes.<\/p>\n<p>LO and NHO have long cooperated with the Government on promoting tripartite solutions in countries such as Vietnam, Ghana, Malawi and Tunisia. Mj\u00f8berg describes how LO, for example, has taken NHO representatives to meetings in Malawi to demonstrate cooperation in practice. This has helped to unlock dialogue between the parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This work is more important than ever.\u2019 Munthe believes.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"H3MellomtittelgrnnNyemaler\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ILO weakened<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>\u2018Cooperation between the social partners at the international level, in ILO, has suffered during the pandemic. The agenda is narrower and possibilities for cooperation are weaker when parties from across the world have to meet on digital platforms. As a consequence, ILO is unable to be as ambitious as it should in a number of areas,\u2019 says Munthe.<\/p>\n<p>The annual ILO conference and general meetings were held digitally, and the important informal conversations \u2018in the corridors\u2019 were lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For this reason, difficult questions like whether health, safety and the environment (HSE) should be part of the core conventions have been postponed,\u2019 says Munthe.<\/p>\n<p>Mj\u00f8berg adds that the wing-clipped ILO con\u00adference makes it easier for countries to violate the ILO conventions in a time where it can be very tempting to circumnavigate the rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is embarrassing to have to answer to breaches of the convention when the countries meet. There\u2019s less pressure when you don\u2019t have to stand face-to-face,\u2019 Mj\u00f8berg believes.<\/p>\n<p>The basic agreement between LO and NHO clearly calls for businesses to base their activities in Norway and abroad on the OECD Guidelines. The ILO core conventions form part of the Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>It is important that businesses follow up on this request, including during the pandemic,\u2019 says Henrik Munthe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #036272\">\u2018A consequence of the pandemic is that it will take longer time to achieve the SDGs, because it increases inequality.\u2018<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #036272\">Nina Mj\u00f8berg<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><div id=\"module-3\" class=\"hogan-module hogan-module-content_grid hogan-module-3 module-no-gap module-bg container-full-width\"><div class=\"hogan-module-inner container columns-4\"><div class=\"hogan-content-grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hogan-grid-inner list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_386983\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/viktig-nettverk-400x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium-square size-medium-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/viktig-nettverk-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/viktig-nettverk-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">An important network<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p><strong>The 50 National Contact Points support each other and collaborate, among other things through at least two annual OECD NCP network meetings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The network meetings are an important arena for the NCPs to exchange experience, particularly concerning ongoing specific instances. It is particularly important to ensure better coordination of specific instances concerning matters that involve several countries and territories, with a view to ensuring equal treatment and thus equal competitive terms for business.<\/p>\n<p>Under normal circumstances, the NCPs meet at the OECD\u2019s headquarter in Paris, but in 2020, the meetings were held digitally.<\/p>\n<p>The OECD has facilitated digital forums for the exchange of this kind of essential information. The OECD has also developed a number of tools and templates that the NCPs can employ to ensure more equitable handling of specific instances.<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s NCP actively contributes input on these tools. The OECD has highlighted Norway NCP\u2019s RBC Compass as a useful tool for businesses that seek to comply with the Guidelines.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_386985\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/bred-deltakelse-400x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium-square size-medium-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/bred-deltakelse-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/bred-deltakelse-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-mv3byw08\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-mv3byw08_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: Fredrik Naumann\/Felix Features<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-mv3byw08_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-mv3byw08\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Broad participation at the OECD Global Forum<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p><strong>The focus on the coronavirus crisis and responsible business conduct, as well as access to remedy and compensation, drew more than 2,000 people from 130 countries to this year\u2019s fully-digital OECD Global Forum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The forum was held on 19 May and 17 June. The focus of the first day was the coronavirus pandemic and responsible business conduct. The forum brought together leading representatives of the authorities, business and industry, trade unions, civil society, academia and international organisations to discuss how governments can use responsible business conduct standards to tackle the coronavirus crisis and build more robust global supply chains. Chair of Norway\u2019s NCP Frode Elgesem participated in a panel debate about non-judicial grievance mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of the twentieth anniversary of the National Contact Point system, the second day was dedicated to the issue of remedy and compensation, and the importance of this in times of crisis. The forum focused on the current landscape of remedy and grievance mechanisms, and how they functionand complement one another.<br \/>\nThe OECD grievance mechanism in particular was highlighted and debated, both with regard to what has been achieved so far and challenges going forward.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_386987\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/Elgesem-foreleste-for-masterstudenter-400x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium-square size-medium-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/Elgesem-foreleste-for-masterstudenter-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/Elgesem-foreleste-for-masterstudenter-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-3dyjoqgt\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-3dyjoqgt_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: Fredrik Naumann\/Felix Features<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-3dyjoqgt_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-3dyjoqgt\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Lectured for master\u2019s students<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p><strong>In autumn 2020, Frode Elgesem gave a lecture about the OECD Guidelines and the National Contact Point as part of the master\u2019s degree course \u2018Business and Human Rights\u2019 at the University of Bergen. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The course is a collaboration between the Department of Comparative Politics, the Rafto Foundation and the Institute for Human Rights and Business.<\/p>\n<p>The course looks at the relationship between business activities and human rights violations, and the significance of international standards to enhance respect for and the protection of human rights. The course has participants from across the world and in 2020, lectures were given on Zoom.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hogan-content-grid-item list-item hogan-grid-item-type-simple_card\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_386989\" class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/samarbeid-med-kontaktpunkt-i-litauen-400x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium-square size-medium-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/samarbeid-med-kontaktpunkt-i-litauen-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/files.teststeder.regjeringen.no\/wpuploads01\/blogs.dir\/263\/files\/2021\/04\/samarbeid-med-kontaktpunkt-i-litauen-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><div class=\"aria-controls-wrapper photo-credits-wrapper\"><div class=\"credits-description\" id=\"credits-description-ze652xsf\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-labelledby=\"credits-description-ze652xsf_label\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"photographer\">Foto: Fredrik Naumann\/Felix Features<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"credits-description-ze652xsf_label\" aria-controls=\"credits-description-ze652xsf\" class=\"credits-toggle\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00c5pen<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"simple-card-content-container\" style=\"text-align:left\"><h2 class=\"hogan-heading\">Cooperation with Lithuania\u2019s NCP<\/h2><div class=\"hogan-caption\"><p><strong>Beate Ekel\u00f8ve-Slydal gave a presentation about Norwegian business leaders\u2019 know\u00adledge of and compliance with the OECD Guidelines during a video conference on business and human rights in Vilnius in September 2020. The presentation was based on Norway NCP survey of businesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ekel\u00f8ve-Slydal was invited by Lithuania\u2019s NCP through a network for the Nordic-Baltic NCPs. The NCPs in these regions established a trust-based forum in 2019 to exchange experience and learning, and thus benefit from each other\u2019s expertise, including during external events. The purpose of the conference was to promote greater understanding of responsible business conduct among businesses in Lithuania<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Cooperation between the National Contact Points is useful for the purpose of exchanging experience and learning from one another, which is important to even out differences between the NCPs and ensure equal requirements and expectations of business and industry internationally.\u2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Beate Ekel\u00f8ve-Slydal, Norway\u2019s NCP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAIN TASK 3International cooperation Foto: Gettyimages\u00c5penThe third aspect of the NCP\u2019s work is to cooperate and share best practice with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2867,"featured_media":386925,"parent":388022,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-388119","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"language":"en-GB","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2867"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388140,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388119\/revisions\/388140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}