Partnership

The World Heritage Park has been put together by partners from the local population, agriculture, business, voluntary organizations and administration in the area. The partnership is based on a partnership agreement and involves binding cooperation to promote the world heritage values in the Nærøyfjord area through sustainable development. Participation in the partnership is voluntary for the local companies and organisations. The partnership can lay the foundation for new value creation and development of the landscape and cultural heritage resources in the area.

Through partnership, the actors benefit from Verdsarvparken's expertise, network and brand and can qualify for the island's public funds. The agreement also entails an obligation to work to safeguard the world heritage values through sustainable development.

You can find out more about the park's partners in the section about partners from the menu.

Partner handbook

Nærøyfjorden In the spring of 2014, the World Heritage Park developed a partnership handbook, which was also adopted by the board in the summer of 2014. As part of the Partnership Agreement, it is now expected that partners of the park will agree to the "partner handbook". The handbook has been developed as a tool in the further development of a common identity for Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park. It tells about the background, visions, goals and identity associated with Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park. This is from the first part of the handbook and in addition to this, this part also considers what role the World Heritage Park should have in the local community, and who the partners are, and what a partnership entails. 

The second part of the partner handbook will guide partners in the correct use of the profile that has been developed for the World Heritage Park. This applies both to partners as ambassadors for the park and the area, to the presentation of their own company and to the presentation of partnerships with the world heritage park. 

It is written in the handbook that;  

"Visualization of the partnership and utilization of the park profile should therefore result in added value for the partner. The park logo and the partnership logo should visualize the partner's role as a value creator in the World Heritage area, and at the same time be a seal of quality for precisely this value creation in accordance with the partnership agreement and the values that underlie Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park.

You can also read more about the partnership handbook here: Partnership handbook Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park