Aurland Nature Fund - application deadline March 1, 2020

Photo: Øyvind Heen

The fund aims to provide people in Aurland with the opportunity for experience and competence development within nature management and facilitation of landscape experiences, small-scale processing and product development, nature and landscape communication.

Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park manages Aurland Nature Fund, established in connection with the reorganization of Aurland Nature workshop from BA company to AS where the BA company was liquidated. The BA company's assets were invested in 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 also be applied for for networking, conducting seminars and similar events held in Aurland municipality and which is designed to develop competence in nature- and culture-based industries.

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

The World Heritage Park's working committee is the foundation board for Aurland Nature Fund.

You can find the statutes 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 .