This year, the Directorate for Cultural Heritage will allocate NOK 2.5 million to voluntary work on local, historic routes. Associations and teams can apply via their county council or the Sami Parliament for a grant of up to NOK 100,000.
- Voluntary organizations in Norway are doing important work to preserve the cultural environment of the people who were here before us. Historical traces in the form of paths and roads can bear witness to, for example, social development and trade routes in earlier times. Many old routes can be great hiking trails today, and also facilitate increased local historical knowledge about the local environment," says Hanna Geiran, National Heritage Officer.
As part of the celebration of the Year of Volunteering 2022, the Government, represented by the Ministry of Climate and Environment, has allocated NOK 2.5 million to promote and support volunteer work with local, historic routes, paths and roads. You can get support for both facilitation, maintenance and communication. The aim is to make the routes more visible and facilitate increased involvement. The National Heritage Board has been commissioned to administer the scheme.
Application deadline coming soon
The grant funds are intended for work on historic paths, roads, routes, circuits and other routes, or parts of these. Funding is available for both the establishment and opening of new historic routes and the revitalization of existing ones. The routes must have been used for traffic and transportation in earlier times or be linked to a historical theme.
You must apply for a grant for a specific measure to be carried out in 2022. The initiative is aimed at local actors such as voluntary teams and organizations. Other groups or individuals who wish to carry out an initiative on a voluntary basis can also apply. Grant applications are submitted via the county council or the Sami Parliament. The application deadlines are between February 15 and March 15. Interested applicants should check what applies in their home county, or read more at The National Heritage Board's website.
About the National Heritage Board
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage is a directorate under the Ministry of Climate and Environment, and we are the ministry's advisor in all matters relating to cultural heritage and cultural environments. The Directorate is the overarching cultural heritage authority and is responsible for implementing the national cultural heritage policy. We have a professional responsibility to the municipalities, county councils, the Sami Parliament, the Governor of Svalbard and the administrative museums in the field of cultural heritage.
