EU’s regional policy is designed to bring about concrete results and contribute to economic and social cohesion. Regional policy is set out to reduce the gap between the development levels of the various regions. From a scientific approach, regional policy brings added value to actions on the ground to create attractive, innovative and competitive European regions. EU’s regional policy is not part of the EEA agreement. However, Norway has to follow and implement EU law that concerns local and regional authorities such as the rules on competition, public procurement and state aid. Additionally, Norway participates and is part of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)/Interreg and the thematic programmes to contribute to the creation of sustainable and competitive regions in Europe.
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Norway participate in several tourism related programmes |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
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The EU does not have a direct authority within the area of tourism, and does therefore not have one specific programme covering only the area of tourism. However, tourism actors can receive EU funding through various other EU programmes. European tourism is largely a sector dominated by small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SMEs), and these can apply for funding via several EU programmes. |
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Regional Policy