WESTERN EUROPE AND SOUTH AFRICA

The region of Western Europe and South Africa consists of offices in Great Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal and South Africa. The region represents more than 50% of the markets for Norwegian exports.
Sverre Lindtvedt is responsible for this region.

The focus areas for Innovation Norway in this region are:

• Energy 
• Environmental sector 
• Tourism 
• ICT 
• Seafood and other foods 
• Oil and gas industry 
• Maritime sector 
• Small and medium-sized enterprises with international ambitions from the above and other sectors. 
• Marketing of Norway and Norwegian business and industry

Within the prioritised sectors, we are working with networking, forums for contact between Norwegian and local business and industry, as well as for individual companies. The combined capacity and competence in the region cooperate closely so that the resources can be deployed across national borders as required.