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WALLOON REGION 9,304 5,376
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
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Knowledge R&D&I Development Ministry of 1) Proton therapy Yes Some works Problem of return for
and the Digital of Innovation Economy of the The region has decided to have already projects with a high
Economy Walloon Region invest in research and begun and social or societal added
development leading to the may be value. A possible
construction of a proton stopped by solution is to turn to
therapy center in Charleroi. lack of funds. public-private
This initiative responds to an The other partnerships, but the
important societal and cases are public share remains
health need in the sub- finalized at the high, at least in the early
region, but it will be stage of stages of the projects.
available to the entire region sketches and
or neighbouring regions. building plans
by architect
2) VERDIR offices.
VERDIR is a pole of Financial plans
excellence dedicated to are mostly
urban agriculture through an being the
innovative platform of the subject of 1,00 0,140
existing competitiveness study. These
clusters (Mecatech for records have
mechanical fabrications, been
Wagralim for agro-foodstuffs thoroughly
and Greenwin) examined by
the
3) Reverse Metallurgy Administration
Reverse Metallurgy is a of the Walloon
metal recycling project Region and
based on a partnership have been
between industry, approved or
universities and the are pending for
MECATECH approval by the
competitiveness cluster. It is Minister of
designed to recover rare Health in the
metals for their use as raw Walloon
materials. Region.
Knowledge ICT Smart Cities Walloon This programme was Yes The pilot 0,04 Lack of ressources and
and the Digital Infrastructure Ministry of launched in 2013. It aims to projects will be high costs
Economy Economy equip the pilot cities with Wi- extended to
Fi connections for the public. 102 cities with
more than
10,000
inhabitants


HEALTH and CARE 1,215 0,445
In order to establish the Walloon project reserve for the EC-EIB-EM Task Force, Wallonia has decided to include a series
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