Thursday 05 June 2026
After meeting at the "Ple Image de Lige (PIL)" and the "Muse des Beaux-Arts de Mons" (BAM), the High-Level Group, constituted within the framework of the Wallonia European Creative District (WECD) project, will meet at the end of April in the new premises of NEST'up, located in Mont-Saint-Guibert. A project cofinanced by the European Commission under its Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.
On 29 April, the brand new premises of NEST'up, located in the Axisparc of Mont-Saint-Guibert, will host the third meeting of the High-Level Group constituted within the framework of the Wallonia European Creative District (WECD) project.
As a reminder, Wallonia was recognized by the European Commission at the end of 2012 as European Creative District. Until summer 2015, the academic experts and operators of this group will be responsible for four tasks : discussing the strategy and methodology of the WECD project; assessing the Creative Wallonia plan; analyzing the results of the WECD project and making recommendations; indicating the tools of the Creative Wallonia plan (coworking spaces, master in creativity...) that could be exploited on an international scale.
Presentation of the first results of the assessment by Technopolis
After Lige and Mons, the experts namely responsible for assessing the Creative Wallonia programme will gather in the brand new premises of NEST'up. Scheduled for this third meeting, the visit of the NEST in the morning with, in particular, the focus on the specificities of the place as an accelerator for start-up (collaboration with coaches, open spaces, presence of an incubator extending the initiative..). In the afternoon, the eight experts will discuss the contents of the assessment of the Creative Wallonia programme as the Technopolis office will present the first results obtained. An opportunity for the High-Level Group to analyze the contents presented and issue some recommendations.
Initiated in 2010 by the cabinet of the Minister of Economy, Creative Wallonia has been heavily involved since its launch in the enhancement of the image of Wallonia abroad. Following the success of the Competitivevess Clusters, Wallonia is now seen as an innovative, original territory at the forefront of innovation. Recently, a new partnership has been established with the State of Rio de Janeiro and Colombia was very interested by the measures dedicated to boosting the creative economy in Wallonia.
The European Creative District project is evolving and continues its actions. Collaborations established within the project are taking shape and the first results are emerging.