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In May, two papers were published by Hólmfríður Þóroddsdóttir, Fríða, who works here at the Communication Centre. Both papers were based on her Master’s degree from the University of Iceland and discussed the preparation of sign language interpreters for their assignments.
Services for applicants for international protection have been transferred from the Directorate of Immigration to the Directorate of Labour. The changes took effect on July 1st.
On 15 May, the annual Innovation Day for Public Sector was held at Hilton Nordica, with a full room of public innovation enthusiasts.
A jury has selected three best short films in the sixth edition of 2024 and the winner is Smáraskóli for the short film “VINIR Í RAUN”. We congratulate them!
Bergþór Jónsson has been hired as an emergency medicine specialist at the emergency room of SAk.
In recent weeks, the development and restructuring of the services of the day and walk psychiatric services in SAk has been undertaken. The reforms were thorough and well thought out and included a temporary reduction in the service.
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A Nordic point-of-sight conference was held from 25 - 26 October at the Blind Society's house in Hamrahlíð 17. Participants from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden attended the conference, as well as several participants from Teams.
On the Icelandic Sign Language Day and the anniversary of the Deaf Society, on 11 February, the three-member board of the Society recognised three members for excellence in their work and everyday tasks.
The project on electronic registrations has been running since 2020. Initially, emphasis was placed on mortgage registration, but now the weight of the task is to make it possible to register real estate transactions electronically. Such actions require the registration of multiple types of registrations in a single batch and therefore the analysis and deployment of a batch service was quickly identified. You can think of the batch service a bit like the plastic folder the real estate agent keeps around while you are finalizing a purchase agreement and financing for a real estate sale.