Are you eligible for a Norec grant for exchange cooperation?
Norec is Norway's centre of competence for international cooperation, and is organised under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We support work exchanges between organisations in Norway and countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Check your eligibility here
Norec’s absolute requirements must be met to qualify for a grant. Check if you’re eligible by answering these questions. Click through the test below – it only takes a minute.
1 Are you a legal entity?
To qualify for a Norec grant, you must be a legal entity, such as an organisations, public institution, company, multilateral or global organisation. You must have a Board of Directors or Trustee (not applicable to all public sector institutions).
Apologies
A Norec exchange must be between two legal entities. Norec provides grants to a company or similar entity, which in turn send employees on a work exchange to another country.
Talk to your employer
Individuals cannot apply to Norec for work exchange. It is a company or similar entity that applies, then in turn send their employees to work in another country.
We encourage you to discuss with your employer the opportunities that a Norec exchange offers. See the link below for helpful tips.
2 How many employees are you in your organisation?
You must have minimum three full-time salaried employees. The employees must work within programme, management and administration.
Apologies
Unfortunately, we cannot receive applications from an entity with so few employees.
Please contact us
We must consider whether you can apply or not. Exceptions can be made if you only have two full-time employees and adequately explains how you cover the third full-time position. You are welcome to contact us for a chat.
3 Do you have a physical office?
Each partner must be able to provide the staff on work exchange with a relevant workspace to foster learning and exchange of knowledge among colleagues.
Please contact us
We must consider whether you can apply or not. It is important that the staff on work exchange can interact with other colleagues to foster learning and exchange of knowledge. You are welcome to contact us for a chat.
4 Do you use a digital accounting software?
Norec requires partners to have good financial management. Our minimum requirement is that the partners use a digital accounting software. Norec does not accept that any of the partners use Excel as their accounting system.
Apologies
We cannot give grants to an entity that does not use a digital accounting software to manage its finances.
5 Do you have an audited financial statement?
The audited period must not be older than 18 months. If you are exempt from being audited, you need to provide a justification and submit an unaudited financial statement.
Apologies
We cannot give grants to an entity without an audited financial statement.
Please contact us
If you are exempt from being audited, you need to provide a justification and submit an unaudited financial statement. You are welcome to contact us for a chat.
6 Do you have a partner in one of Norec's partner countries?
A work exchange takes place between two or more organisations/businesses. To receive a grant from Norec, you must have a collaborating partner in one of our partner countries. This partner must, like you, fulfill Norec’s other requirements.
In some cases, we make exceptions for those with a partner in a DAC country.
Please contact us
We must consider whether you can apply or not. You are welcome to contact us for a chat.
Apologies
You do not fulfill the application criteria.
Seek out relevant partnerships
Unfortunately, Norec does not have the capacity to help applicants find a partner in another country. We are working on a digital portal for this purpose, but it will not be ready until the winter of 2026 (at the earliest).
We encourage you to carefully consider what you wish to learn, what you can teach, and in which country you want to collaborate. Then, you should investigate which venues or platforms where you can meet such companies or organisations.
You are welcome to apply
Click the links below to read more about the application process and Norec’s call for proposals. Use our Guidelines when you apply.
Remember that the submitted application must be complete.
Do you have any questions? Feel free to send us an e-mail.
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