West Norway Office is one of five Norwegian regional offices in Brussels. Our member organisations include the Vestland County Council, Møre and Romsdal County Council, several municipalities, and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). Our mission is to help them to achieve their ambitions and find solutions to common European challenges through regional cooperation. We are devoted to raising awareness about the vast opportunities that lies within the various EU programmes and assisting our member organisations in finding European partners for their project ideas. Our key priorities include climate, energy (hydrogen, batteries, alternative fuels), research, education and skills, as well as blue growth.
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Latest Updates
- By Anna Solvang
Upscaling and Upskilling! Breaking down the barriers for a green transition
The County Mayor of Vestland and Governing Mayor of Bergen City Council extend their invitation to the event “Upscaling and Upskilling! Breaking Down the Barriers to a Green Transition”, followed by a networking reception on 20 March at Norway House in Brussels.
- By Anna Solvang
YES FESTIVAL! Youth Entrepreneurial Spirits - Final Event
Youth Entrepreneurship is at the heart of the YES (Youth Entrepreneurial Spirits) Specialists, a 2-year project coordinated by Vestland County Council (Norway), and co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The project outcomes will be presented at this event on 2 March between 14:30-17:30 at the Representation of the European Region Tyrol offices.
- By Anna Solvang
RIGHT (Right Skills for the Right Future) - Final event and policy seminar
Discover the future of Europe through the findings of the Interreg North Sea Region project RIGHT. The project consortium will host its final event and policy seminar in Brussels on 23 May from 10:00-12:00 CEST.
- By Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha
H2020 Partner / project leader search for the call TRANSFORMATIONS-04-2019-2020
The various forms of cultural tourism in Europe are important drivers of growth, jobs and economic development of European regions and urban areas. They also contribute, by driving intercultural understanding and social development in Europe through discovering various types of cultural heritage, to the understanding of other peoples' identities and values.
- By Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha
C2C - CH4 to crop – Novel Technologies, Solutions and Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Animal Production Systems
The Project idea is based on a novel set-up for a methane conversion, originally developed for applications such as lean burn natural gas-fuelled engines. Project structure / content is thought to be as follows: Analysis of the stable ventilation air (Partner) with focus on methane and other greenhouse gases Implementation of the ventilation, heating and catalyst system (HVL) Determination of CH4