the requirement to demonstrate labour market relevance is thus one of several quality criteria examined during the accreditation process conducted by norwegian agency for quality assurance in education nokut at the institution level and by accredited institutions at the programme level in addition the regulations state clearly that institutional accreditation conducted by nokut must include one representative from social or working life which ensures that the perspective of social partners is captured during the accreditation process norwegian ministry of education and research b the rsas were created in by the norwegian government to facilitate a more structured and binding collaboration between higher education and the world of work and strengthen the labour market relevance of degree programmes and continuing education and share information