Partnership means cooperation between at least one legal entity in the Beneficiary State and at least one legal entity in Norway, and where all entities are independent of each other and perform substantial tasks in the completion of the project.
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The requirement regarding independence means that no ownership interest in other partners is allowed.
It could be any combination of types of legal entities, e.g. public/private, private/NGO, NGO/NGO. But each partner must have a precise and clearly identified role in the implementation of the project, and the roles of each partner must be explained in the application.
Although Norway Grants only concludes a grant agreement with one of the partners - the Project Promoter - all partners must be shown to actively participate.
As EU and national rules on public procurement must be complied with whenever applicable, it is important that applicants and their potential Norwegian partners take this into consideration at an early stage of the application process.