Mission-oriented innovation policy in Norway
Challenges, opportunities and future options
This report assesses the potential for mission-oriented innovation policies (MOIPs)
to contribute to the sustainable transition in Norway, and examines the challenges
and opportunities that MOIPs would present. As part of a series of MOIP national case
studies, the report finds that MOIPs could contribute significantly to alleviating
some of the long-standing limitations of Norway’s innovation system, acknowledging
the country’s strong advantages for mission-orientation and its innovative policy
experimentations, such as the Pilot-E scheme and the CLIMIT programme. It proposes
two options for Norway’s future MOIP approach, with corresponding recommendations.
Under a ‘scaling-up’ option, Norway would develop a system to manage the implementation
of cross-agency schemes in relevant challenge areas. A ‘levelling-up’ option would
involve the programming of a pilot mission in the four-year investment plan of the
next edition of Norway’s Long Term Plan, with support from high-level policy and political
actors.
Published on April 08, 2021
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