Discover Funding Opportunities

This grant program supports sustainable tourism development and increased value creation in Innlandet county, Norway. The program aims to achieve a 35% increase in value creation within tourism businesses and 18% growth in full-year employment positions by 2030, aligned with the Tourism Strategy 2025–2030. The program prioritizes ten strategic areas including internationalization and export, competence development and recruitment, efficiency and joint tasks, transport to experiences, development of new seasons, local food initiatives in tourism, increased use of vacation homes, tolerance limit analysis, establishment of destination management, and urban tourism. Applications must describe how projects contribute to Norway and Innlandet's climate goal of reducing emissions by at least 50% by 2030, as well as how sustainability goals will be maintained. The program does not support physical investments, ordinary operations, or sales-inducing marketing activities and booking.

This fund supports large national and international sports events in Innlandet County, Norway. The purpose is to contribute to developing Innlandet's role and position as host for major events and to promote Innlandet nationally and internationally. The fund aims to stimulate and further develop Innlandet as a county for major sporting events. The scheme is open to organizers of larger sports events of national and preferably international significance. The fund promotes good social, climate/environmental, and economic sustainability in events. Arrangements that demonstrate increased attractiveness and value creation for Innlandet and attract participants and audiences from outside the county are prioritized. The scheme aims to fulfill the county's main goals defined in the Innlandet Strategy and regional plans for inclusion, social security, and climate, energy, and environment, which are based on the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.