United Arab Emirates

Welcome to Innovation Norway in the United Arab Emirates!

Innovation Norway opened on September 1st, 2008 an office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The office will mainly cover the GCC countries with UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as priority markets. In addition the office will have close contact with the Norwegian Embassies in the rest of the Middle East and North Africa. In the countries where Innovation Norway is not present, the Embassies are our regional connection regarding commercial inquiries.

The office is located in Dubai, U.A.E, and act as commercial section for both the Norwegian Consulate in Dubai and the Norwegian Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

We are 4 employees who will be more than happy to assist you while entering the fast growing markets in the region. We can help you with market analysis, market information, distributor/partner search, assistance/meetings program during market visits, exhibitions/conferences, networking, assistance regarding establishing office and profiling/introduction towards the local companies and government. We have good network locally, and are able in addition, to offer external legal assistance for a very reasonable price.

Norwegian companies have the opportunity to rent office space with us for a longer or shorter period while starting up in the region.

Our aim is to assist any Norwegian company, however SME’s and the following sectors have a priority for 2010:
- Oil & Gas
- Environment and Renewable Energy
- Maritime
- ICT
- Marine