Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Authority/Government
Brussels, BelgiumAbout
Who are we ?
Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) is the public body in charge of the international relations of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and the Wallonia Region (Service public de Wallonie). The Research and Innovation Department aims to foster contacts and to build partnerships between research and innovation actors of Wallonia-Brussels and other countries
🔷 What do we do ?
The objective of the Research and Innovation Department of WBI is to support the internationalisation of the actors of the R&I sector in Wallonia-Brussels by:
▪ Facilitating contacts and cooperation with foreign research and innovation organisations by mobilising our international network ▪ Coordinating and preparing, at the request of universities, research centres and competitiveness clusters, the scientific and technological components of international missions ▪ Reinforcing the presence and visibility of the science and technology ecosystem of Wallonia-Brussels in international research programmes and networks ▪ Undertaking a targeted scientific and technological monitoring to the benefit of the R&I ecosystem
🔷 Who are our partners ?
We create and build up international science, technology and innovation networks in an open innovation approach :
🔸 Academia : the universities and higher education institutions, their Technology Transfer Offices (LIEU, SynHERA), the funding agency for fundamental research (FNRS)
Université de Liège | UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain | UMONS | Université libre de Bruxelles | Université de Namur | F.R.S. - FNRS | Réseau LiEU | SynHERA | Académie de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur - ARES
🔸 Business : the clusters and competitiveness clusters, the association of science parks of Wallonia (SPoW), the association of 19 applied research centers of Wallonia (WalTech), the National Contact Point for hashtag#HorizonEurope (NCP-Wallonie)
Pôle MecaTech | BioWin | Wagralim | Skywin | GreenWin | LOGISTICS IN WALLONIA | Cluster TWEED | TWIST cluster | INFOPOLE | Cluster H2O | Science Parks of Wallonia - SPoW | Wal-Tech | NCP Wallonie
🔸 Public bodies : Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI), FNRS, ARES, Ministry of Economy & Resarch (SPW EER), the Walloon Trade & Investments Agency (AWEX)
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles | Service public de Wallonie | Wallonia Export & Investment Agency | Wallonie Entreprendre | Digital Wallonia
🔷 What are our networks ?
WBI operates through a network of Diplomatic representation (Wallonia-Brussels Delegations) and Scientific and Academic Counsellors. We also work in close cooperation with the AWEX’s network of Trade Commissioners based abroad
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Representatives
Science & academic councellor Wallonia-Brussels - Embassy Belgium
Wallonie-Bruxelles International