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A new item has been established for Chapter 1427; Item 22 State water environment measures. Here the funds have been moved from Item 21 Special operating expenses
and Item 70, which has been given the new name Grants for water environment measures. Item 31 Measures in outdoor recreation areas has been discontinued, and
the funds moved to Item 30 State acquisitions and Item 78 Outdoor recreation areas, inter-municipal councils for outdoor recreation and national cooperative bodies for
outdoor recreation. Item 78 increased from NOK 17 million to NOK 66 million in 2013 as a result of changes in the item structure and a real increase in the item of
NOK 10 million. In 2012, grants comprised by the study amounted to NOK 252 million. For 2013, changes in the budget item structure will result in NOK 168
million being budgeted for these items.
Table 4 Grants for game-related purposes
in NOK thousand Change from
2012 to 2013 in percent-
age Managed by
Accounts 2011
Balanced 2012 budget
Proposal for 2013
Percentage
71.1 Measures for species in the deer
family County authorities
The Directorate for Nature
Management 7 225
4 250 3 250
–24
71.2 Wild reindeer measures
County Governor The Directorate
for Nature Management
2 408 3 850
2 850 –26
71.3 Local game- related measures etc.
County authorities County Governor
The Directorate for Nature
Management 29 899
28 900 17 900
–38
71.4 Game monitoring
The Directorate for Nature
Management 6 558
6 500 4 500
–31 Total, Item 71
46 090 43 500
28 500 –34
Source of the table: Proposition 1 S 2012–2013 and circular letter T-111 Grant schemes for 2012
9.2 Appendix 2 – Review of allocation letters in the administration of Item 71.3 in 2011
All allocation letters for Item 1425.71 Grants for game-related purposes, sub-Item 3 relating to local game-related measures, have been reviewed for the 2011 application
year. The case fi le review shows that in 2011 fi ve of the 19 county authorities and three of the 18 county governors complied withall content requirements inall their
allocation letters issued in the administration of Item 71.3. Table 9.2 shows that the other county authorities and county governors complied with the regulations to a
varying degree.
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Table 5 Requirements relating to content in allocation letters
Requirements relating to content in allocation letters in the regulations relating to grant management
Percentage of county authori-
ties who meets the requirement
Percentage of county gover-
nors who meets the requirement
DN – of a total of
fi ve cases
Description of the measure, to ensure that there is no doubt about what measure to implement
97 98 5
Size of the grant 97
98 5
Duration of the commitment, specifying the time of discontinuance of the commitment
74 87 5
The grant recipient’s duty to inform the grant manager if there is a change in any of the
implementation assumptions 55 53
4 Reservations regarding the duty to return, fully or
partially, any grants should the specifi ed measures not be implemented according to the assumption,
or if the application contains erroneous information 60
94 4 and 1
not relevant
information about the right of appeal 66
49 Requirements relating to reporting, cf. Section 10 –
it must be clearly stated if the reporting will take place to others than the agency that granted the
commitment 99 97
5
Requirements relating to reporting, cf. Section 10 – informs the grant manager about requirements
relating to whether the measure has been imple- mented in accordance with the assumptions in the
fi nal report 60
44 5
Requirements relating to reporting, cf. Section 10 – informs the grant manager about requirements
relating to notifi cation about any changesadjust- ments in the project in the fi nal report
38 30 1
Requirements relating to reporting, cf. Section 10 – informs the grant manager about requirements
relating to evaluation of the results of the measure in the fi nal report
48 41
Reservations regarding the grant manager’s or the Offi ce of the Auditor General’s right to check that
the grant has been used in accordance with the assumptions
70 87 5
The requirements are principally the same for all grant schemes covered by this study. Source: The Office of the Auditor General
