Innovation
- Are you planning to develop innovative products or services?
- Are there technological challenges and risks involved that could cause the investment to be high?
- Will the innovative development gain new knowledge?
- Is your company possibly open to collaborating with other companies, universities or knowledge institutions to deepen innovation knowledge?
- Will the innovation lead to additional employment? During development and later in commercialization?
Several regional and European grants exist to encourage research and development for start-ups, SMEs and large companies alike.
HR
- Are you planning training to increase the knowledge of your employees?
- Do you wish to redesign your organizational structure?
- Are you about to make strategic hires?
Various subsidizing bodies incentivize companies for this purpose.
Investments
- Is your company planning significant investments in the coming years? (minimum 1M EUR investment)
- Is this investment aimed at introducing a new product, service or process?
- Or is the investment innovative for the industry?
- Does the innovation product or service have an international market?
- Is additional employment targeted with the investment?
VLAIO’s Strategic Transformation Support (STS) allows both SMEs and large enterprises to obtain 8% to 10% investment subsidies.
Sustainability
- Are you planning investments in sustainable and/or ecological technologies?
- Are you trying to gain a competitive advantage for your company by investing in the sustainable economy?
- Are you active in working out new technologies, methods or business models to address climate challenges?
Calls are regularly launched from Flanders and from Europe to encourage sustainability and ecological initiatives.
Internationalizing
- Are you planning with your business to enter new markets?
- Do you need strategic advice or market research in the process?
- Do you conduct prospecting trips abroad?
- Is your company exhibiting at international trade shows?
- Do you wish to develop or translate your digital international commercial business communications?
- Are there plans to establish a prospecting office?
For SMEs and large enterprises, there are many initiatives that support exporting goods and services.
