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Consultancy support

Get support from foreign trade specialists or export design specialists certified by Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) to develop your market share abroad.

Consultancy support is part of the integrated portfolio of business vouchers (Export Consultancy voucher).

Advantages

A grant covering the fees of certified service providers to support the launch of an existing product or service in a new export market.

Foreign trade consultancy services cover:

developing an export strategy;
setting up or restructuring an export service;
market surveys and commercial prospecting;
techniques for participating in international tenders and funding;
search for partners and concluding international partnerships

The export design consulting services focus on:

developing the brand image of the company and its products/services for export;
developing an export guide;
adapting the design of existing products/services to the specific aspects of foreign markets.

Companies can manage their own use of these consulting services over a 3-year period.

Bénéficiaire

Maturity Score≥ 50%

Company profileSME

the company must have its operational headquarters in Wallonia and be pursuing an international project that generates added value for the Walloon economy.

Complete details of the support

Terms and conditions

Maximum amount

Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)’s contribution amounts to a maximum of €25,000 over 3 years per company. It is a maximum of €37,500 over 3 years for start-ups (companies less than 5 years old). In addition, the total ceiling for all public interventions from the Business Voucher portfolio is set at a maximum of €100,000 per calendar year and per business.

Contribution

Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) covers 50 % of the experts’ fees excluding VAT (maximum €750 per day).

The total consultancy cost must be less than the sum of applicants’ own capital and debts payable after more than one year.

Procedure

1

Get referenced by an Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)-approved service provider. You need to be an Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) customer and have completed your maturity assessment in order to submit an application via the Business Vouchers platform.

2

The application for vouchers is submitted via the Business Vouchers platform (Export Consultancy voucher) before the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)-certified expert starts their services.

3

Make the most of Wallonia Export & Investment Agency’s (AWEX) financial support through the Business Vouchers platform.

How can you submit an application?

The request for intervention is submitted via the Business Vouchers platform (Export Consultancy voucher) before the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)-certified expert starts their services.

The same certified service provider can only undertake another assignment for a company 36 months after the last assignment already carried out for that same company with financial support from Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX).

Consultancy support is de minimis aid within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2023/2831.

Applications for certification may be submitted at no charge through the form on the enterprise certification portal

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