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In total, 69 per cent of the applications meet the four requirements relating to scientifi c description as mentioned in Table 1. Furthermore, 12 per cent of the applications
contain three of the four requirements relating to scientifi c description and 12 per cent include two of the four requirements. Three per cent of the applications contain just one
of the four requirements and three per cent of the applications contain none of the four.
5.3 Application processing
Applications within three grant schemes have been analysed:
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Table 2 Total cost, total grants applied for and grants approved for the three grant schemes in 2011
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Total cost for
measures in NOK million
Amount applied for
in NOK million
Amount awarded
in NOK million
Percentage awarded of
applied-for amount
Average awarded
amount per recipient in NOK
Grants for game-related purposes, sub-Item 3 relating to
local game-related measures 169.8
56.1 29.9
53 60 000
Grants for outdoor recreation measures
132.5 60.3
22.6 38
80 000 Grants for priority species and
selected habitats, sub-Item 2 relating to selected habitats
19.7 14.4
15.1 105
55,000
Book amount deviates somewhat from the stated awarded amount. The deviation has multiple causes. One is transfers from one year to the next. Source: The Office of the Auditor General
Table 2 shows that applications for coverage of the full costs of a measure or project are rare. The table shows that there are major variations in the extent to which the
applications are approved between the three grant schemes. For outdoor recreation, 38 per cent of the total applied-for amount was awarded. The average awarded grant
amount for outdoor recreation measures was NOK 80 000 in 2011. For local game- related measures, about half the total applied-for amount was awarded. The average
amount awarded to game-related measures was NOK 60 000 in 2011. Most of the grant recipients that had the full applied-for amount awarded were private organisa-
tions and clubs which applied for less than NOK 10 000. On average, the Directorate for Nature Management awards higher amounts in the scheme than the county
authorities and county governors.
For measures for priority species and selected habitats, the awarded amount exceeds the total applied-for amount. This is due to the fact that some grants are awarded by
the county governors without application. The applicants to this grant scheme received NOK 55 000 on average in 2011.
One-third of the county governors and county authorities comment that promotion of good measures under the game grant is limited by low available funding. Correspond-
ingly, 10 out of 17 county authorities state the same for the outdoor recreation item. A few county authorities comment that they do not advertise the scheme to any extent
as there is so little funding. Furthermore, one county authority stated that the outdoor recreation scheme generates a lot of activity for little money, as the voluntary aspect is
so strong. Other sources of fi nancing include voluntary unpaid work, own funds and, to some extent, other public grants.
19 There are defi ciencies relating to some of the data submitted. The amounts are minimum estimates. The award percentage may therefore be somewhat lower.
