About NCP Flanders
NCP Flanders provides on the ground advice to potential applicants and beneficiaries, through the full project life cycle
National Contact Points
The National Contact Points are support structures established by Member States and Associated Countries (AC) and recognized by the European Commission to help participants to access the different opportunities in the Horizon Europe programme and Digital Europe programme.
NCPs provide on the ground advice to potential applicants and beneficiaries, through the project life cycle, in a manner that would be impossible for the Commission and its Agencies acting alone.
NCP Flanders
In Belgium NCPs have been established per region. NCP Flanders provides free of charge information and advice to all stakeholders located in Flanders (enterprises, institutes, non-profit-organisations, universities, university colleges,...) and to all Flemish public institutions located anywhere in Belgium. NCP Flanders is a cooperation between the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), and Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO).
NCP Flanders can help to:
- Navigate the EU funding landscape for research, innovation & digitalisation
- Shed light on administrative procedures & legal and financial rules
- Support in partner searches
- Support in preparing your proposal
For university/research staff
Are you a staff member of a university, university of applied science or research organisation based in Flanders?
Several Flemish institutes and organisations offer support services for European funding for research and innovation, also known as European Liaison offices. Your organisation might have such an office in place, which is your first contact point. You can consult a (non-exhaustive) list with the necessary contact information here.
Not located in Flanders?
Are you a Belgian stakeholder not located in Flanders?
Since in Belgium NCP services are regionalised, there are 4 other NCP organisations responsible for other stakeholder groups:
- NCP Brussels for enterprises and international organisations located in Brussels
- NCP FNRS for universities of the French speaking community
- NCP Federal, for the federal institutes
- NCP Wallonie for the enterprises of the Walloon region
Related link: Looking for someone specific? Check the most up-to-date list of European Horizon Europe NCP advisors or of European Digital Europe NCP advisors on the Funding and Tenders Portal of the Commission.
More about National Contact Points
To promote equal and consistent support, the Commission has set out a common reference for NCPs in all participating countries. Find the common reference for NCPs here .
Testimonial
Autoship - a new and durable way of freight transport
Autoship is, as the name suggests, an acronym for autonomous ship. Just like with self-driving cars, the possibilities of an unmanned boat seem endless. It can create more efficient freight transport, around the clock deliveries and these are just a few of the examples. The project has two societal challenges.
At first, De Vlaamse Waterweg was a bit hesitant as their experience with FP7 or Horizon 2020 projects was limited and they had not been very successful up until then. The fact that they were already doing basic research on the topic of autonomous boats, and the administrative help of NCP FLanders helped De Vlaamse waterweg to cross the line and get involved.
