Subsidies, aid and grants

Employment aid is available for small firms in the Walloon Region that plan to hire staff. ABV Development helps you to check if your recruitment project meets the sectoral requirements for obtaining these subsidies and accompanies you until the financing has been fully received.

Training aid (adaptation credits) is available to businesses in the Walloon Region that invest in specific training linked to organisational change, installing an ERP, obtaining ISO certification or other specific projects. 
The provision is for a maximum grant of €7 per hour for large businesses and €10 per hour for SMEs. 
ABV Development helps you to check if you meet the sectoral conditions for obtaining this training aid.

Businesses located in the Walloon Region that invest in reducing their environmental impact and improving the energy efficiency of their production processes can obtain aid. ABV Development helps you to check whether you meet the conditions and the target achievement requirements for this aid, and accompanies you in your application until the financing is obtained. 

Businesses located in the Walloon Region can receive investment aid based on various criteria:
For SMEs: according to sector
For large businesses: according to location, changes in activities and employment creation
Subsidies can cover up to 35% of the investment. ABV Development helps you to identify the financing schemes that could fit your investment plans.

Businesses located in the Flemish Region that invest in staff training or in their human resources policy can obtain a subsidy. This applies to: 
Measures to promote employment, career prospects and the creation of sustainable jobs 
Training aimed at improving social, communications and digital skills
The subsidy can cover between 50% and 70% of the costs linked to the projects, depending on the size of the business.
The subsidies are allocated on the basis of calls for proposals. ABV Development keeps you informed about these and helps you to apply. 

Businesses located in the Flemish Region that invest in staff training or in their human resources policy can obtain a subsidy. This applies to: 
Measures to promote employment, career prospects and the creation of sustainable jobs 
Training aimed at improving social, communications and digital skills
The subsidy can cover between 50% and 70% of the costs linked to the projects, depending on the size of the business.
The subsidies are allocated on the basis of calls for proposals. ABV Development keeps you informed about these and helps you to apply. 

Businesses located in the Flemish Region that take measures to reduce their environmental impact can obtain several types of subsidy, and these may be cumulated. 

The “Ecologiepremie+” (Ecology Bonus+) supports various investments cited on an approved list of technologies that support environmental protection, energy savings, cogeneration and renewable energies. This subsidy can cover up to 55% of the investment in the case of SMEs. 

ABV Development can help your business to take the steps required to have your own technologies validated on this list – or your major strategic projects to promote environmental or energy technologies.

Investments that foster energy savings can also attract an additional tax exemption.