Innovasjon Norge

In 2004 Innovasjon Norge inherited the mandate of Statens nærings- og distriktsutviklingsfond (SND), Norges Eksportråd, Statens Veiledningskontor for Oppfinnere (SVO) and Norges Turistråd.

Innovasjon Norge offers services and various programmes with the purpose of developing rural areas, increasing the innovation in both private and public sector and promoting both Norwegian economy and Norway as a travelling destination. In addition to being represented in all of the counties in Norway we have offices in more than 30 countries around the world. Nærings- og handelsdepartementet is the main owner of Innovasjon Norge.

Phone: 22 00 25 00

The Municipality of Oslo

The Municipality of Oslo wants Oslo to be a safe city, a growing and ever-developing city, an evironmental city, a knowledge based city, an metropolitan city and a municipality built on democratic principles. We want more people to live in our city, and therefore we invest in care taking, education, culture and diversity. In addition we want to develop the city centre, the areas that people live and the level of communication of our city.

The core values of the Municipality is honesty, respect, commitment and user orientation. The Municipality of Oslo has more than 43.000 employees distrbuted on 28 bodies, 15 districts and 7 public enterprises. The gross budget of the Municipality is 39,8 bn NOK (2009).

Akershus County Council

Akershus County Council has 3 overarching goals: 

• Our region should be a great place to live, work and visit. 
• Our region should be productive, value adding and sustainable. In order to achieve this, the County Council should engage in broad partnerships and cooperations with other bodies. 
• Our region should offer a set of well-suited and effective services.

Akershus County Council consists of the central administration and 46 operational units.It has more than 4 000 employees and a gross budget of 4,3 bn NOK. Education, dental health care and regional development are the main focus areas of the Akershus County Council..

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) is the main representative body for Norwegian employers with a current membership of over 18,500 companies ranging from small family-owned businesses to multinational companies. The political traditions that NHO represents started as early as in 1886 when the Craftsman Association was founded.

NHO conducts comprehensive political work with the goal of developing the society that we live in as a whole, since this affects the conditions and premises under which our members can operate. A competitive public sector, a well-functioning educational system, more cost efficient transport systems and professional infrastructure are some of the tasks that NHO works on.

Companies that are members of the NHO are also members of a regional association. For the region of Oslo, the association is NHO Oslo and Akershus. The regional association is the companies’ local support office.