Other support services
NCP Flanders is your contactpoint for all your questions regarding the implementation of the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programme. But there are also other services which give specific support and advice about the Framework programme.
If you are not located in Flanders
National Contact Point Flanders (NCP Flanders) fulfils its services towards stakeholders 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 NCP advisors on the Funding and Tenders Portal of the EC.
If you are an academic researcher
If you are a staff member of a university, university college or research organisation… Most of these organisations located in Flanders, have installed a European Funding Support Office which is your first contact point.
If you are interested in the strategic dimension
The various work programmes are drafted by sixteen Programme Committees consisting of delegates of the participating countries in Horizon 2020.
Representatives from EWI (Department of Economy, Science and Innovation) inform on the drafting process and collect input from stakeholders located in Flanders to bring it on the Belgian and European level, which results in a concrete work programme. This input can typically consist of suggestions for new topics, requests for adaptations on scale, content of proposed projects or feedback on former participants.
You can contact the Horizon 2020 programme committee delegate from Flanders of the programme of your interest.
As soon as the committees for Horizon EU will be composed, we'll add the information.
If you want to be connected to international partners
The Enterprise Europe Network helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions. The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. It brings together 3,000 experts from more than 600 member organisations – all renowned for their excellence in business support.
Teams of Network experts in each member organisation offer personalised services to businesses. They know the local business environment and have contacts for business opportunities worldwide. The Network can also offer a targeted approach aimed specifically at your business sector. Its expert groups cover all key economic sectors, from healthcare to agrofood, from intelligent energy to fashion and textile.
Enterprise Europe Network Vlaanderen
https://www.enterpriseeuropevlaanderen.be/
Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen - Ellipsgebouw Koning Albert II laan 35 bus 12 - 1030 Brussel
enterprise.europe@vlaanderen.be - tel.: 02/209 27 32
Testimonial
PBNv2 - a MSCA ITN in the field of automotive R&D
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) European Innovative Training Network “PBNv2 - Next generation Pass-By Noise approaches for new powertrain vehicles” started in May 2017. Their research has the shared objective of investigating the possibilities to decrease pass-by noise of vehicles.
The project is a collaboration between 17 research institutions and companies in the European automotive R&D and provides a learning environment for 14 PhD fellows. The Belgian partner is the Noise and Vibration Research Group of KU Leuven, and this project is one of the many Horizon 2020 MSCA Innovative Training Networks that the KU Leuven research group participates in.
