Public institutions in wallonia in support of the innovator
- creation-pme.wallonie.be
- recherche-technologie.wallonie.be
- economie.wallonie.be
- AWEX, your export partner
- AWT, Walloon Telecommunications Agency
- SOWALFIN
- SOWACCESS, Walloon Company for the Acquisition and Transfer of Enterprises
- emploi.wallonie.be
- IFAPME
Useful support for setting up your SME, portal created by the Operational Directorate-General for the Economy, Employment and Research (DGO6)
The portal for Research and Technologies in the Walloon Region, created by the Operational Directorate-General for the Economy, Employment and Research (DGO6)
The portal for the Economy in the Walloon Region, created by the Operational Directorate-General for the Economy, Employment and Research (DGO6)
The Wallonia Foreign Trade and Investment Agency (AWEX) is your export partner if you wish to operate on overseas market
The portal for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
The key financial window for Walloon SMEs and very small enterprises
Promoting encounters between all acquiring and transferring parties and providing information and raising awareness about company transfer/takeover issues.
Employment and vocational training, portal created by the Operational Directorate-General for the Economy, Employment and Research (DGO6)
Walloon Institute for Work-linked Training and the Self-employed and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
The technological and scientific intermediation network
- Technological Promotion Agency
- LIEU
- WALLONIA AGREEMENT
- INNOVATECH
- PI2 WALLONIA
- NCP WALLONIA
- ENTERPRISE EUROPE NETWORK WALLONIA EUROPE
- SPoW
- CEQUAL
- ADISIF
The network management agency
Universities' expertise for setting up, supporting and exploiting innovative projects
The technological know-how of 22 accredited research centres from which you will discover your R&D partner
InnovaTech, a coach for your technological innovations, will lend you support in organising your technological innovation projects from the time the idea emerges
Advice and aid in protecting your inventions by patents or other means, support for creating your Intellectual Property strategy
Professional support at every stage of your European research project
The EEN consultants will lend support to your SME in internationalising your technological know-how
Walloon science parks, key locations for your innovative company
Incorporating Quality, Safety and Environmental management systems to sharpen the competitive edge of your SME
The expert knowledge of Colleges of Higher Education for setting up, support and exploiting your innovative projects
Business operators' network
- Economic Promotion Agency
- BEP
- CAP INNOVE / SOLVAY ENTREPRENEURS
- CIDE-SOCRAN
- HERACLES
- Maison de l'Entreprise
- IDELUX
- 1,2,3 GO
The EPA organises and coordinates the promotion of economic development in the Walloon Region
The European Business and Innovation Centre in Namur Province
The European Business and Innovation Centre in Walloon Brabant Province
The European Business and Innovation Centre in Liège Province
The European Business and Innovation Centre in Hainaut Province (Charleroi)
The LME, the European Business and Innovation Centre in Hainaut Province (Mons, Tournai, Enghien)
The European Business and Innovation Centre in Luxembourg Province
123 GO offers support free of charge to sponsors of innovative projects as part of the business set-up process, helping them to draw up their business plans
Business groups
- Competitive clusters in the Walloon Region
- The clusters : clusters.wallonie.be
- AGORIA, technological industry federation
- CNC, construction confederation
- ESSENSCIA, Belgian federation of chemical industries and life sciences
- FEDUSTRIA, Belgian federation of the wood, furniture and textile industry
- FEVIA, food industry federation
- UWE, Walloon Enterprise Union
- FEB-VBO, Federation of Belgian Enterprises
Innovating in regions bordering on the walloon region
- Brussels Enterprise Agency
- Flemish Innovation Network
- I innovate in Nord-Pas de Calais
- CARINNA
- 3I Lorraine
- Luxinnovation
- Innovatieplatform NL
- Agentschap NL
- Forschung in Deutschland
- Innovation in Saarland
- Innovation in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Innovation in Rhineland-Palatinate
BEA, for innovating in the Brussels Region
FIN – the Flemish Innovation Network, coordinated by the IWT
An address to innovate in Nord-Pas de Calais! A whole region to rely on
Research and Innovation in Champagne-Ardenne
The Lorrain Portal for Innovation and Technology Transfers
The Luxembourg Innovation and Research Portal
For boosting the Netherlands' innovative strength
NL Agency is a merger of EVD, the Dutch Patent Office and SenterNovem, for the purpose of assisting sustainable economic growth
Germany's research portal - wie finden Sie Forschung in Deutschland?
Themenportal Innovation im Saarland
Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation
Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft, Forshung ung Technologie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Innovation and Europe
- The European Portal for SMEs
- PRO INNO Europe : focal point for innovation policy analysis, learning and development in Europe
- CORDIS : the European research and development portal
- ERRIN : the European Regions Research and Innovation Network
- The INTERREG programmes
- The European Structural Funds and the Walloon Region
- EU - USA bilateral exchange on Science and Technology
The innovator's tools
Technological Watch Sites
Tips and methods
- Sciences de l'Ingénieur – discover technical definitions and concepts
- Wikipedia – free encyclopaedia
- Use FreePatentsOnline to look for patents online
- Use GooglePatents to look for patents online
- Discover TRIZ, the theory for resolving inventive problems
- KnowledgeBoard, the collaborative platform on Knowledge Management
- Doodle, the ultra-simple meeting planning tool
- GANDI.net, your domain name in a different way! Registration and transfer
- SciVee : make your research known! Share scientific videos