Becoming a member

If you are looking for….

help with transforming your idea or invention into an economically and commercially sound business/ activity
scientific and technological support
an introduction to business partners
help with reinforcing your business and scientific networking abilities
access to collective and collaborative intelligence
a proactive and clear look at the potential of your inventions
ways of measuring the market perception of your ideas and inventions
training for you and/or your team members
advice and tools for communicating and boosting the visibility of your products or production processes, and therefore your brand
a gain in know-how in the areas relevant to your activities
advice on how you can protect intellectual property
interlocutors and partners who complement your needs and activities
an efficient relay for the preparing and implementing the internationalisation of your products and company
informed and relevant advice to help you identify public financial grants
help with building your financing dossier
support to help your company enter a circular economy approach
help with the life cycle analysis of your innovations
a service that analyses the climate risks linked to your activity
expertise in carbon neutrality, carbonation and the circular economy...

Why not become a membre ?

SUBSCRIPTION FORM

The cluster offers its members

a strong network of around 200 members in Wallonia and Brussels, and 800 contacts worldwide
strategic monitoring with the implementation of a shared vision for the future
documentation either identified by the cluster directly, or obtained via third parties as required (market studies, technology watch…)
the organisation of theme-based contacts and meetings
the setting up of corresponding partnerships that seem improbable at first, and push back the usual boundaries of the organisations that compose them
hep with identifying the strategic skills needing to be developed and the organisation of collective training activities
the necessary advice, methods and support tools for the development and management of collaborative innovative projects in Wallonia and in the EU – an exclusive advantage offered by GreenWin is a partnership with Innoviris and Catalisti that facilitates and accelerates access to innovative projects across the whole of the national territory
the search for financing possibilities with public or private finance organisations
the development of collaborative technological platforms that address common needs
international visibility for their relevant skills and projects

Types of membership

The cluster is incorporated as an ASBL (Association Sans But Lucratif- Non-profit making organisation ).

Full members enjoy all the rights accorded to members by the laws and statutes of the cluster, notably the right to vote during the General Assembly.
Members who are not full members do not have the right however to vote during the General Assembly, although they can attend it .

Approval of Membership request

The Board of Directors has the exclusive right to admit new members. Its decision is final and cannot be reversed except in the case of imperative legal provisions to the contrary. All decisions are communicated to candidates by ordinary mail.

Commitment

By their affiliation, members shall subscribe to all statutes and internal regulations. They are bound by the statutes, internal regulations and decisions taken by the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.

Membership fee

Members shall commit to paying the membership fee decided annually by the General Assembly and suggested by the Board of Directors. Members are also required to provide the Association with all necessary information required for setting their fee and for invoicing purposes.

The submission of projects for certification by the Wallloon Goverment is only available to those members who are up-to-date with their membership fees.

The right to access the increasing range of services and expertise we offer our Members will depend on the type of membership chosen. In effect, the needs of different members can vary according to their size, their ambitions, and the outlook in terms of the fulfilment of their project or of the research and development.

Furthermore, rising challenges relative to life cycle analysis, which avoids the chances of the negative effects of an innovation, or linked to the risks of global warming on the economic activities of our companies, require that we are in a position to help our members confront these challenges. Besides, the evolution of European regulations would not allow us to ignore them.

That is why we are offering three levels of membership :

Premium full members : A Premium member has access to a wider range of services that are mostly covered by this membership. This thus constitutes an investment beyond the project implementation.
Regular full members : Access to a number of the cluster’s basic services is guaranteed, either free of charge, or at a preferential rate.
Member : Available to Walloon clusters and hubs, or service companies and consultancy firms, this type of membership is useful for networking within the GreenWin community.

Members who fall within the "company" category will pay an annual membership fee that is dependent on the total number of employees (N) active within the company in Wallonia and in Brussels (or within the group if the company is not financially independent as per regulation CE 364/2004), and as follows:

The annual fee for members who fall within the "scientific organisation”, "training centre " or "institutional organisation" category are fixed at a flat rate.

Besides, in conformity with the statutes, full members have the right to vote at the General Assembly and can put themselves forward for the position of administrator.

Membership fees

« Success fee »

For each successful grant that is awarded by the Walloon Government, GreenWin will receive a 0.5% “success fee” on the recoverable advance, and a “success fee” of 2.0% on the subsidies obtained by the companies who are partners in the projects.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is one of our top priorities. Members of the GreenWin team commit to keeping private all confidential information it may have access to during each step of the setting up of your project, and to not divulge this information, unless it has obtained prior written consent by its rightful owners.

The rules that we apply are mentioned in our charter.