Agencies
Administration of Occupational Safety and Health
The Administration of Occupational Safety and Health (AOSH) is an independent institution under the Ministry of Social Affairs. It´s role is to prevent accidents and health damage in the workplace.
- URL: vinnueftirlit.is/vinnueftirlit/is/english
Centre for Gender Equality
In May 2000, a new Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights of Women and Men was passed by the Icelandic Parliament, Alþingi. This resulted in various structural changes. The official equality system is divided into three: The Equal Status Council, The Complaints Committee and the new Centre for Gender Equality which is now situated in the town Akureyri, in the Northern part of Iceland.
- URL: jafnretti.is/jafnretti/default.aspx?D10cID=Page3&ID=55
Debtors' Ombudsman
The Debtors' Ombudsman represents the interests of debtors and offers them support if applicable. The Debtors' Ombudsman offers free assistance to individuals who have serious difficulties meeting their financial obligations in order to find a balance between financial capacities and financial obligations.
- URL: www.ums.is/english/
Directorate of Labour
Directorate of Labour consists of 8 regional employment offices throughout the country. Among tasks of the regional employment offices are to ensure to find suitable job for jobseekers and to assist employers to find the relevant employee.
- URL: vinnumalastofnun.is/english
Government Agency for Child Protection
- URL: bvs.is/?ser=10 Read more
Hospitals and Health Care Centres
Hospitals and Health Care Centres in Iceland listed in alphabetical order by location.
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Housing Financing Fund
The Housing Financing Fund was established on 1 January 1999, taking over all the assets and obligations of its predecessor, the State Housing Board. The Fund's purpose is to arrange loans to individuals, local authorities, companies and non-governmental organizations with respect to their acquisition of private dwellings, whether for their own use or for leasing out.
- URL: ils.is/english
Icelandic Health Insurance
Sjukratryggingar Islands (Icelandic Health Insurance) administers health insurance and occupational injury insurance. Social insurance is an integral part of social security in Iceland, providing a certain minimum insurance coverage. An individual who has insurance pays less for health services.
- URL: www.sjukra.is/english
Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority
As of 1 June 2009, Geislavarnir ríkisins is using "Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority" as the English translation of its Icelandic name instead of “Icelandic Radiation Protection Institute” as used previously.
- URL: www.gr.is/english/
National Institute for the Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deafblind
The National Institute for the Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deafblind does not have an English homepage.
- URL: http://midstod.is/
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Social Insurance Administration
Social insurance is an integral part of social security in Iceland, providing a certain statutory minimum insurance coverage. Social insurance in Iceland is financed by the State Treasury. Individuals do not pay special premiums for their social insurance; instead, employers pay premiums to the State Treasury on all paid wages. The funds collected by these means are used, among other things, to finance social insurance.
- URL: tr.is/english
The Directorate of Health
The Directorate of Health is a government agency headed by the Medical Director of Health. Its five divisions are responsible for administration, public health and clinical quality, infectious disease control, health statistics, and finance.
- URL: www.landlaeknir.is/?PageID=945
The Icelandic Medicines Agency
The Icelandic Medicines Agency, IMA, is a governmental Agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Securities. The majority of IMA´s staff has a University degree and / or an expert knowledge of IMA´s responsibilities. IMA requests total impartiality in the work of employees.
- URL: www.imca.is/IMA/
The Multicultural Centre
- URL: mcc.is/english Read more
The National Hearing and Speech Institute of Iceland
The National Hearing and Speech Institute of Iceland does not have an English homepage.
- URL: www.hti.is/
The State Conciliation and Mediation Officer
The State Conciliation and Mediation Officer shall work for conciliation in industrial disputes between employees and their unions, on the one hand, and employers and their associations on the other.
- URL: rikissattasemjari.is (in Icelandic only)
The State Diagnostic and Counselling Center
The State Diagnostic and Counselling Center is the main evaluation and habilitation center in Iceland for children and adolescents with various types of developmental disabilities. The Center was formally opened in January 1986. Prior to this, a center, operated by the State School for Mildly Retarded, served a similar function and was incorporated into the new center when it opened.
- URL: greining.is (in Icelandic only)