ASSOCIATION INTERCOMMUNALE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE DURABLE DE LA PROVINCE DE LUXEMBOURG

Their core work

This is an intercommunal economic development agency serving the Province of Luxembourg in Wallonia, Belgium. Their core mission is supporting SMEs through the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), providing innovation management coaching, internationalization assistance, and guidance on EU funding instruments like the SME Instrument, FET-Open, and Fast Track to Innovation. They act as a regional bridge between local businesses and European innovation programs, helping SMEs access and navigate H2020 support schemes.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015–2018), the focus was broadly on SME innovation management and internationalization — general-purpose business support services. From 2019 onward, their work narrowed toward specialized coaching on specific EU funding instruments (EIC, FTI, FET-Open), suggesting a shift from broad support toward targeted funding navigation. The internationalization keyword disappears entirely in the later projects, replaced by instrument-specific terminology.

Moving from generalist SME support toward specialized coaching on competitive EU innovation instruments like EIC, signaling deeper expertise in funding navigation.

How they like to work

Exclusively a participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project and operate within the broader KAMWAL consortium delivering EEN services across Wallonia. With only 11 unique partners all within one country (Belgium), they work in a stable, regionally focused network. This is typical of an EEN node: reliable regional delivery partner rather than consortium initiator.

Their network is compact and entirely Belgian, with 11 consortium partners across 4 projects — all part of the Walloon EEN delivery consortium. No international partnerships are recorded in their H2020 portfolio.

What sets them apart

As an intercommunal association, they represent a tier of Belgian governance specifically designed for cross-municipal economic development — giving them direct institutional links to local authorities, business parks, and SME ecosystems in Luxembourg province. For anyone needing a trusted entry point to the Walloon SME landscape or seeking a Belgian EEN partner with on-the-ground regional knowledge, this organization offers embedded local access that larger national agencies cannot match.

Highlights from their portfolio

• KAMWAL 2.2
  The only project with recorded EC funding (EUR 26,334), representing the operational peak of their EEN innovation services for Walloon SMEs.
• KAMWAL 2.4
  Most recent iteration (2020–2021), showing the evolution toward EIC coaching and representing the consortium's continued mandate through the end of H2020.