Competence broking is a tool in VRI Rogaland. VRI stands for ‘Funding for regional innovation’. During the period 2017 — 2019, VRI Rogaland will be financed by the Research Council of Norway's' new program, FORREGION, Rogaland communicates and the County Governor in Rogaland.
The main objective in the period is: VRI Rogaland shall assist in increasing value creation through research based innovation that shall secure the existing, and create new work places.
The agreement is set for approx. nine months, expiry date 31.12.2017, with an option on 1 year + 1 year (12 months + 12 months). This is done in order to follow the calendar year, due to different grant schemes.
It is desirable that the research based broker has an independent role, to avoid mixing roles in the market, see more information in the attached requirement specification. The research based broker must sign a confidentiality agreement by start up of the assignment.