For the period 2014 – 2021, Norway’s annual contribution to 15 beneficialry states through the current
EEA and Norway Grants scheme will be
388 million euro, pending ratification of the agreement.
Norway participates in
a number of EU programmes through provisions in the EEA Agreement or on the basis of bilateral agreements with the EU. The largest are the Horizon 2020 and, Erasmus+, Galileo and Copernicus. Norway (and our EEA partners Iceland and Liechtenstein) contributes to the budget of the programmes we participate in. For the period 2014 – 2020, Norway’s average annual commitment is
447 million euro.
Norway’s cooperation with the EU in the field of
justice and home affairs, including participation in the Schengen cooperation and agreements on cooperation in various areas, also entails some financial contributions. The annual contribution in 2015 was almost
6 million Euro.
In addition, for the period 2014 – 2020, Norway contributes around
25 million euro annually for our contribution in programmes under the European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG.