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This grant program provides support for cultural events, competence development, and network building in Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. The program aims to strengthen activity, participation, and collaboration between professional and volunteer actors in cultural life. The fund targets a broad spectrum of cultural actors working with events, competence development or network building, including organizers of public events, municipalities, art and cultural institutions, professional artists and artist communities, small businesses in cultural and creative industries, and voluntary organizations with an art, culture, or cultural environment profile. The program supports hiring professional actors, competence development and training initiatives such as courses, seminars, workshops, and instruction, as well as network building activities that establish or develop collaboration and meeting points between cultural actors. The goal is to contribute to an open, inclusive, and diverse cultural life that increases activity and participation, strengthens collaboration between professional and volunteer cultural actors, and enhances the quality of art and cultural offerings in the region.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (KDD) announces up to 8.7 million NOK in grants for 2026 to develop competence, tools and good examples within planning, mapping and geodata. The initiatives must contribute to increased efficiency and quality in local planning under the Planning and Building Act. The grants support projects that develop and communicate good working methods, tools and examples related to planning, either in the legal area, the technical area, or to promote good models for process and collaboration. Priority areas for 2026 include: strengthening knowledge base for housing needs analysis, developing methods to map and utilize grey areas, contributing to more efficient planning processes, and supporting implementation of digital tools in planning. The grants are one-year awards intended to benefit participants in planning processes including citizens, decision-makers, planners, organizations and businesses.