Companies can now apply for the financing of design-related development projects through the Norwegian tax deduction scheme SkatteFUNN. The aim of the seminar was to give participants an introduction to the opportunities that this scheme opens up. The seminar gave an insight into the connection between design and innovation and into the characteristics of design-related R&D.

The participants were told how to meet application requirements and what financing through SkatteFUNN covers. In addition, the seminar gave a picture of how the scheme functions in practice, using two companies as examples.

Seminar programme

10.00 – 10.10  Welcome
Jan R. Stavik, Managing Director of The Norwegian Design Council

10.15 – 10.35   Design as a tool for innovation
Skule Storheill, Senior Consultant at The Norwegian Design Council

10.40 – 11.10   It pays to think innovatively
Ragnhild Rønneberg, Departmental Director of SkatteFUNN at The Research Council of Norway

11.15 – 11.55  Asono – design-based R&D and the use of SkatteFUNN
Richard Schrøder, Manager of Asono

12.00 – 12.50  Lunch

12.55 – 13.35 Handicare – design-based R&D and the use of SkatteFUNN
Tom Myklebust, Managing Director of Handicare Produksjon

13.40 – 14.00  SkatteFUNN and the protection of industrial property rights
Otto Scharff, Departmental Director of The Norwegian Industrial Property Office

14.00 – 16.00
Opportunity for individual talks with representatives of SkatteFUNN, The Norwegian Design Council, The Norwegian Industrial Property Office and Innovasjon Norge about design-related development projects (expert guidance, financing, patenting and property design rights).