• CATCH4IMPACT: Understanding the needs of socio-economic development stakeholders and positioning university teams to best address them.
• BOOST4IMPACT: Accelerating the transfer of knowledge from laboratories to these stakeholders.
• SHARE4IMPACT: Optimizing the resources available to universities to achieve their goals of creating value from research results.

To increase the impact of university research on the economic and social development of our Region, particularly in connection with the Walloon Strategic Innovation Areas (DIS).

This project is carried out in partnership with all universities in the Walloon French Community (UCLouvain, ULB, ULiège, UMons, UNamur) and the Synherra network for higher education institutions, under the auspices of Wallonie Entreprendre, the lead partner for the “Research Valorization” portfolio.

Scientific Advisors for Commercialization are professionals specializing in industry-research collaborations. They work as a network to facilitate companies’ access to the expertise and equipment of the 10,000 researchers affiliated with the academic institutions of the FWB. Six working groups are organized by professional sector, serving as single points of entry to academic expertise:

Agri-food | Materials | Health and Life Sciences | Energy and Environment | Digital Technologies | Humanities and Social Sciences

The LiEU Network operates within an innovative ecosystem where interactions among innovation stakeholders are numerous and actively sought. Professional federations, the EasyNove intermediation network, competitiveness clusters, incubators, and public authorities: all maintain close relationships and leverage their complementary strengths.