2. Partnership projects Astrid Bjerke, Senior Adviser EEA grants, Arts Council Norway Ministry of Culture, the Nosttiz Palace 6.2 2014

3. Foto: Trond Joelsson │Advisory body to the central government and public sector on culture │The main governmental operator for the implementation of Norwegian cultural policy │Fully financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture │Operates 60 grant schemes Arts Council Norway

4. │Donor Programme Partner in six countries │Encourage and inform cultural operators │Assist with partnership searches │Helpdesk for the EEA grants for culture │Help promote results and highlight best practice

6. Tromsø World Music Festival Traum Toys Lademoen Artist´s Workshops World Heritage Rock Art Odd Erik Vatlestad Hordaland Art Centre Karen foss Quiet Works Performing arts Østfold Bjørn Husemoen Stiftelsen Arkivet PUNKT Festival Association of Norwegian Painters Atelier Nord Atle Bakken Eponymous instrument group Freedom from Fear Gartnerfuglen Architects Hege Haagenrud HerStay Jesper Alvær Margareta Hruza Medieoperatørene NIKU Panta Rei Danseteater Petra Pettersen Tito Guevera Teater Okolo Unge Kunstneres Samfund Studium Actoris Teater Innlandet National Gallery of Iceland

7. Institutions don’t work. People do. │Meet each other │Both the people and the institution │Better understanding of the project partner │Added value or added work?

8. A project should have │Artistic and cultural quality │Equality between project participants │Clear delegation of roles and responsibilities. Be specific! │Open communication and discussions │One step at the time │Realistic time tables │Time matters!

9. Important documents │The partnership agreement │Budget │Think ahead – difficult to make changes afterwards │Project communication, meeting activities │Price level in donor states Discuss

10. Partnership requests Be as specific as you can! Have a clear idea on -Activities -the role of your partner -time line Who would you like to contact and why? Time matters!

11. Best of luck for today and for the future! │Please contact us: │http://kulturradet.no/eos-midlenehttp://kulturradet.no/eos-midlene │EEA Grants Culture (Facebook)EEA Grants Culture │eeagrants@kulturrad.noeeagrants@kulturrad.no