Within the context of health crisis, WBI is resolutely working to promote the Wallonia-Brussels scientists and technological experts who are currently working to help us overcome this crisis.

The COVID-19 health crisis is unprecedented and calls on Governments to implement high impact, short-term strategies in order to rapidly overcome the situation.
 
Implementing strategies is done at all levels of authority and is aimed at the effectiveness of care provided to patients affected by the virus, managing the economy of the country and region, overcoming the psycho-social consequences for citizens, etc.
 
Within this context, Wallonia-Brussels International (WBI), the agency responsible for international relationships of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB), Wallonia and the COCOF, is resolutely working to promote the Wallonia-Brussels scientists and technological experts who are currently working to help us overcome this crisis.
 
WBI, through its Research and Innovation Service, has drawn up a “COVID-19” strategy with a dual purpose:

1. Internationally enhance and promote the Wallonia-Brussels scientific community, which conducts research within the laboratories of universities, academic institutions and research centres
2. Accelerate research and implementation of new technologies by encouraging the creation of international collaborations and setting up joint scientific and technological projects

 
In order to best inform the FWB R&I operators during the Covid-19 crisis, the WBI R&I Service with the assistance of members of the R&I platform, is working hard to gather together all the information which could be useful and used by the foreign networks of WBI and AWEX. With the support of  the WBI Scientific Liaison Officers (SLO), the WBI R&I Service therefore intends to play its role of international connector and facilitator to the full for setting up technological partnerships associated with COVID-19.
 
You will find all the explanations on this operation in the attached document.