Aurland Naturfond - application deadline 1 March 2020

Photo: Øyvind Heen

The purpose of the fund is to give people in Aurland the opportunity to develop experience and expertise in nature use and arranging for landscape experiences, small-scale processing and product development, nature and landscape communication.

Nærøyfjorden The World Heritage Park manages the Aurland Nature Fund, which was established in connection with the reorganization of Aurland Naturverkstad from a BA company to an AS, where the BA company was liquidated. The BA company's assets were transferred to the Aurland Nature Fund. 

The fund shall initially be distributed through annual applications/non-payments over a period of 20 years; something which for 2020 corresponds to approximately NOK. NOK 30,600.

Persons with a residential address in Aurland municipality can apply for funds from the fund.

The funds can be used for courses, study trips, or stays in connection with training. The requested activity or measure must be part of a plan for the establishment or further development of your own business/industry. There is no requirement for separate property.

Funds can and should be applied for networking, carrying out seminars and similar events held in Aurland municipality and which are calculated on competence development in nature- and culture-based professions.

Applicants who receive funding must submit a report on the activity/initiative within 3 months of its completion.

Verdsarvparken's working committee is the fund board for Aurland Naturfond.

You can find the articles of association for the fund here: www.naroyfjorden.no/aurland-naturfond

You can get more detailed information about the scheme by contacting the daily manager on tel. 95 17 25 95 or email erling@naroyfjorden.no

Applications must be sent by March 1, 2020 to Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park,

Helabrotet 2A, 5745 Aurland or by e-mail to post@naroyfjorden.no .