At the “Brussels Enterprise Agency”, the Brussels SME’s, start-ups, self-employed persons, as well as foreign investors will find the answers to all their questions concerning the creation or development of an economic or innovative activity in the Brussels-Capital Region.

The “B.E.A.” is structured around four departments, offering a panoply of very concrete services :

Technology & Innovative Projects : informs, advises and supports you for all your innovation projects (financing sources, strategic information, partners, ...).

International Relations : identifies and attracts foreign investors who wish to or might be persuaded to set up in the Brussels-Capital region (www.investinbrussels.com). It also keeps you informed about and provides access to European programmes for R&D and innovation (European financing, identification of European technology partners, export/import of technologies).

Economy & Starters : provides you with economic, legal, statistical and regulatory information useful for the creation or expansion of an activity in the Brussels-Capital Region.

Town Planning & Environment : provides concrete responses on the many urban planning and environmental regulations and procedures (permits, public aid available, technologies,...).

Within the department “Technology & Innovative Projects”, five areas of activity are the focus of particular attention: ‘New information and communication technologies (NICT)”, “Urban Industries”, “Food Processing”, “Environmental Technologies” and “Healthcare”.

The “Health Business Unit” assists biotech companies and provides the following services :

• Identification of technology needs
• Technological validation of projects
• Market validation of projects
• Analysis of business plans
• Search for financing sources and available public aid
• Promotion of intercompany partnerships and alliances
• Search for strategic information (market, competitors, intellectual property rights,..)
• Guidance and assistance to sources of technological expertise (research centers, universities etc.)
• Organisation of technology & business partnering events for the biotech sector

The Brussels Enterprise Agency (BEA)

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Avenue du Port, 81/b211
B - 1000 Brussels (Belgium)
Phone : +32 2 422 00 24
Fax : +32 2 422 00 43
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Website : www.bea.irisnet.be

Contact Person : Pierre Lamy