Support & Services

Our local contacts

The regional centres (RCs) of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) support you at every stage of your international development.

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Role of the regional centres

The regional centre is your entry point to the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX). It guides you in structuring your export project and carries out your internationalisation maturity assessment.

It directs you to the most appropriate partners in Belgium and abroad and supports you at every stage of your international development.

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Personalised presentation of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) support and service offering based on your needs (internationalisation maturity assessment)
Personalised support programme
Guidance towards the right services and partners to support your international development
Ongoing support for your international project

Our local contacts in Wallonia

Mons, Nivelles, Charleroi, Namur, Libramont, Liège, Eupen

Our regional centres and local offices are your local points of contact.
They welcome you, assess your internationalisation potential and support you throughout your export journey.

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How can you benefit from the support and services of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)?

1

Registration request

Support measures are only available to companies whose operational headquarters are located in Wallonia.

Submit a registration request

2

Meeting with an advisor

A Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) advisor, your single point of contact based in your province, will offer you a meeting to become a client of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) and complete your internationalisation maturity assessment.

3

Personalised support programme

Benefit from a personalised support plan to identify which support measures your company is eligible for and how to access them.

Become a customer

Nos 6 centres régionaux se trouvent à Mons, Nivelles, Charleroi, Namur, Liège et Eupen

In Belgium

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Or submit a registration request

The regional centre closest to your operational headquarters will answer all your questions.

Submit a registration request

How to become a client?

Contact the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) regional centre closest to your company or submit an access request via the awex.be website.

In both cases, an appointment will quickly be arranged with a member of the Regional Centre team, usually at your company’s premises.

This initial meeting has several objectives:

To become familiar with your activities and export projects
To assess your company’s eligibility and access to our services, which will be explained to you in detail
To evaluate your company’s readiness for exporting through an internationalisation maturity assessment. The objective is to ensure that your company is genuinely prepared and has all the necessary internal resources to succeed internationally

Become a customer Making an access request

Conditions

Your company must meet all of the following conditions:

Have a company registration number (to be obtained from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises)
Have an operational headquarters in Wallonia
Offer a product or service with genuine added value
Have a concrete international development project

Download the conditions (FR)

The role of a regional centre in video

Their experience with our regional centres

At Fishing Cactus, we’ve been in contact with the Mons regional centre since the beginning. This has helped us to prospect many markets in England, Germany and the USA.

Bruno UrbainCEO - Fishing Cactus

We were extremely well advised. We benefited from export support outside the European Union and also received assistance for a range of translations.

Juliette BodsonFounder & Managing Director - AEPS

FAQ

Is it free to become a client of Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX)?

Do I need to be a Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) client to contact my RC?

Do the regional centres also work with start-ups and small businesses?

Yes.

The Regional Centres support start-ups, micro-enterprises, SMEs and large companies, provided that the company:

is registered with the CBE,
has its main place of business in Wallonia,
is pursuing an international expansion project that generates added value for the Walloon economy.
Access to services and their scope depend in particular on the Maturity
Assessment for international expansion, which makes it possible to adjust
the support to the company’s actual capacity.

How do I find the closest regional centre to my business?

Grâce à un réseau de relais locaux à l’étranger, nos conseillers économiques et commerciaux (CEC), l’AWEX vous accompagne pour structurer et booster vos démarches à l’international.

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Our advisors abroad – Economic and Commercial Counselors (CEC)

Thanks to a network of local contacts abroad and our Economic and Commercial Counselors (CEC), the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) supports you in structuring and accelerating your international development efforts.

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Our sector experts

Your business specialists for international success in your sector. Sector-specific intelligence and expertise tailored to support the internationalisation of Walloon companies.

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Our geographical experts

With more than 140 business actions across Europe and around the world, the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) supports your international market development efforts.