Financial support for business development
The City of Stavanger works to contribute to transforming and creating even more great workplaces. That is why we want to support good initiatives that can benefit us all. Do you have a good idea? The application deadline for the first half of the year has now expired, and a new round is planned for the 11th of February. If you want, you can submit your application now.
CAN I APPLY?
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Yup, the money must benefit more than your own company or organisation, it has to benefit a greater number of people. This means that not one individual company can receive funding for pure operations or investment. The initiative must be of importance to more parties and you as an individual company/organisation must be applying on behalf of a greater amount of companies/people. See the Act relating to State Aid (“Lov om offentlig støtte”) and Article 61 of the EEA Agreement.
Examples include initiatives that contribute to innovation and new establishments in the form of an event, the establishment of a network or cluster, or projects that survey future needs for expertise in cooperation with the business community.
We work better as a team
Typically, an initiative will not receive full financing from the City of Stavanger. We would rather be a part of a bigger team on the financial side, and our contribution often helps initiatives bring more parties into a joint effort.
Greatest competitiveness and ability to create value
The initiative must somehow support our primary goal: Stavanger has the greatest competitiveness and value creation.
Stavanger is leading the green transition
The City of Stavanger supports the development and establishment of projects that can contribute to transitions in the private sector and create new workplaces. In addition, the initiative must fit into one or more of our four strategic focus areas:
⚡️ The Energy Capital
💧 Agriculture and aquaculture
💡 Industry and technology
🎉 Experiences and tourism
Read more about our four focus area in our Strategy for Economic Development here
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN NO TIME
Also, you can grab yourself a cup of coffee along the way, and get back to your application whenever you feel like it. Your application form will be saved to your profile.
- Click here to open the application form and log in using BankID.
- Fill in the required information about the company/organisation applying.
- Tell us about your project; relevant focus areas, project goals, target groups, and contribution in terms of new workplaces.
- Include the project's budget. Remember to inform us if you have received support from others.
- Have you received "bagatellmessig støtte"? Check the box for "Yes" and fill in the amount you have received in the form. If not, check the box for "No".
- Do you have any more information that you think may be relevant to the application? You may share this with us in the final section.
- Good to go? Check the form and send it off!
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 11TH
The application deadline is the 11th of March 2023 and will be processed during April. In this application period, we are granting up to a total of 3 million NOK.
HOW IS THE APPLICATION EVALUATED?
Read the Guidelines for business development support. We evaluate the following when assessing the applications:
- Foundation in our Strategy for Economic Development and the focus areas
- Clear goals, a realistic budget, and a plan for execution
- Foundation for new workplaces
- Contribution to increased innovation and the establishment of new companies
- Link to research and development
- Connection to the region of Stavanger
- Contribution to UN Sustainable Development Goals
- If you are applying for support of an event, it should have a green profile to the extent this is possible. Check the Norwegian Environment Agency and Eco-Lighthouse