POM West-Flanders (BE)
About POM West-Flanders
The West Flanders Development Agency is responsible for the socio-economic policy of the Province of West Flanders. In order to give businesses in West Flanders every possibility to grow regionally and internationally via innovation, the West Flanders Development Agency established five cluster platforms to proactively prepare its industries for the future: blue energy, agro-food, new materials, mechanical engineering & mechatronics, and health care economy. From practical services to promotion, research, training and infrastructure: the cluster platforms help companies in West Flanders to successfully do business in a continuously changing world. This is possible thanks to a combination of knowledge, experience and know-how from different domains working in close collaboration with education, science, industry and local government.
West Flanders supports its dynamic blue energy cluster by focusing on offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. The West Flanders Development Agency actively supports the ambitions of this industry by helping SMEs to make connections in the sector and by stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation. This is done by organising events, initiating and stimulating projects, and developing and providing access to adequate testing facilities, both onshore and offshore, as well as closely cooperating with renowned knowledge centres.
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Role of POM West-Flanders in MET-CERTIFIED
POM West Flanders is active in two aspects. As a neutral party, POM West Flanders will collect the newly acquired insights and good practices (regarding certification and standardisation in product development and exploitation test sites) in this project. From this there will be recommendations formulated for the relevant target groups. In addition the POM West Flanders will see if these insights and practices can be translated to other research themes in the marine sector. Here a link will be made with marine innovation sites and other research infrastructures.
With this project, the POM West Flanders confirms the ambitions to permanently support the maritime knowledge economy and the value chain of marine energy technology
With this project, the POM West Flanders confirms the ambitions to permanently support the maritime knowledge economy and the value chain of marine energy technology