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The grant program for cultural heritage competence in municipalities (KIK) is designed to strengthen competence and provide better oversight of heritage-worthy cultural environments, cultural heritage sites, and landscapes in Norwegian municipalities. Riksantikvaren allocates grants from the state budget to support work on cultural heritage competence in municipalities. The program prioritizes initiatives that strengthen the protection of cultural heritage interests in planning under the Planning and Building Act. The funds should contribute to increased competence in municipalities and promote collaboration. It is particularly important to consider cultural heritage as part of local and regional preparedness work to ensure and preserve cultural heritage interests. In 2026, the program continues largely as before, with a focus on completion of cultural heritage plans, implementation of risk and vulnerability analyses (ROS analyses) of cultural heritage, and targeted competence measures for regional administration. For regional administration, priorities include targeted competence initiatives that provide increased knowledge about management of cultural heritage in municipalities according to the Planning and Building Act in line with updated national initiatives in the cultural heritage field, and initiatives that provide increased knowledge about safeguarding cultural heritage in preparedness work.