Our services include the following:
- Provide information on investment opportunities in Iceland
- Collect data on the business environment
- Arrange site visits and plans contacts with local authorities
- Arrange meetings with local business partners and professional consultants
- Put pressure on government for amelioration of current legislation
- Influence legislative body
- Lobby for improved conditions for foreign investors
- Create task-forces around specific projects
- Invest in Iceland also runs the Film in Iceland Commission project
Operating licenses are required for businesses in certain sectors, for example manufacturing industries, and are granted on fulfilment of clearly defined rules. Details of regulations, monitoring and inspection agencies, etc., vary from one sector to the next, and Invest in Iceland will assist in establishing contacts and offer guidance. Broadly speaking, as a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland operates its regulatory environment on the same principles as the European Union.
