Innovation

The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans is applicable to the six Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The main actions concern: (1) climate action, including decarbonisation, energy and mobility, (2) circular economy, addressing...

The second pillar of the Danube Region Strategy focuses on the environmental protection with activities for a greener Europe by supporting water quality, addressing and preventing environmental risks, and supporting biodiversity, flora and fauna and natural landscapes. Although the strategy does not...

The 'Wallonia European Creative District' (WECD) is a framework programme that puts creativity and innovation at the centre of the Walloon regional development. The WECD aims at enhancing the potential of creative and cultural industries to revitalise the industrial transition of the Walloon economy...

The Made Different initiative started in Flanders and was then implemented in Wallonia, with the aim to increase the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry by supporting the digital transformation of production processes. The overall goal of this initiative is to transform manufacturing...

The Flemish government, with the support of VIL, the Flanders Innovation Cluster on Logistics, established the Logistics Resilience Task Force. The objective of the task force was to support companies to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic and to optimise their activities, possibly through digital...

The Living labs programme in Wallonia enables companies to discover and experiment new technologies, and to test their products, solutions and concepts with end users. The objectives of the programme are to : 1) Encourage communication between the different Livings ;abs to form a community of...

Flanders Industry Innovation Moonshot is an industrial innovation programme targeted at Flemish universities, research institutes and industries to develop breakthrough technologies for new climate-friendly processes and products. The Flemish government identified its cluster policy as a potential...

The Digital Wallonia platform is a regional forum that aims to share the latest digital news and feature digital-related projects. It offers a wide range of services: sector-specific networks, ecosystems, international mission catalogue, open data, API, calendar, press review. It is the central...

The Belgium region of Wallonia has adopted the Walloon Strategy for the deployment of the circular economy “Circular Wallonia”. The strategy enables Wallonia to respond to several challenges: promoting a sustainable recovery of the economy, reducing the impact of economic activities on the...

Circular Flanders is the hub for the Flemish circular economy, launched in 2017 by the Regional Government of Flanders, Belgium, to ensure transition to the circular economy by 2050. It is a partnership of regional and local governments, companies, civil society, and other organisations (including...

The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region adopted the Brussels Regional programme for a Circular Economy 2016 – 2020 (BRPCE), with a budget of EUR 12.8 million for the year 2016. The BRPCE is an integrated strategy involving 111 measures aimed at fostering circular patterns at regional level...

Bedigital is the reference portal for all digital initiatives in Brussels. The objective is to facilitate and reinforce drastically the economic development and the competitiveness of the Brussels-Capital Region. It is a business-oriented platform where members can share knowledge and best practices...