There are two complementary types of financing:
Financing of operational costs
subsidy to cover structure and organisation costs. It covers the operational costs of the cluster's operational unit;
financing of experts for attracting foreign investors;
Support for the financing of export missions and actions.
Regional aid for projects labelled by the clusters:
Public investments in infrastructures and equipment directly or indirectly related to the competitiveness clusters;
Research incentives on the basis of the Walloon decree of 03 July 2008 ;
Investment subsidies allocated to companies in accordance with the decree of 11 March 2004;
Aids for financing specific training actions necessary for the development of the competitiveness clusters.
Advantages
In general, the projects submitted within the framework of the cluster policy are guaranteed:
to benefit from a prompt processing of the files
to obtain a maximum rate of investment support.
to be able to choose between repayable grants or low-interest subsidies as regards research incentives.
