Export support

For a long time, AWEX (Agence Wallone à l’exportation) and Bruxelles Invest & Export have supported publishers and ADEB, notably by financing collective stands at book fairs abroad. Along with this, publishers, as well as businesses, can also benefit from this support on an individual level.

AWEX is developing a series of aids – « helping hands » – which aim to help businesses in the various stages of their commercial activities, and encourage their international development. The publishing houses of Wallonie, whatever their size, can really benefit from these services which cover all of the steps of exportation :

• Information
• Promotion
• Training
• Financial stimulation
• International finances

These services are:

• Accessible to businesses situated in the Wallonie region ;
• Aimed at societies as well as other professionals in Wallonie business, of all sizes ;
• Free ;
• Cumulable ;
• Could or could not be of a financial nature.

For publishers located in the Brussels area, the interlocutor for questions on exporting is Hub.Brussels, which also offers a range of services and help.

To help you bear the costs brought about by research of new markets, the Bruxelles-Capitale Region has made available a few specific financial  incentives to exportation), which deal with the main aspects of research into international markets, including :

• Promotion in foreign markets.
• Exploration abroad.
• International fairs.
• Submission of invitations to tender.
• Placing representative offices outside of the European Union.