Missions

To promote and enhance the know-how of designers by organizing actions at internaltional level :

• Participation in large international shows, fairs and competitions with groups of designers.
• Invitations to foreign decision makers and the international press to meet designers in Belgium.
• The development of various types of promotional media (brochures, exhibition catalogues, CDs, ...).

To support Walloon and Brussels designers in their approach to exports.

We provide information on:

• financial support (strategic planning, legal and expert advice, Websites, prototyping, etc.)
• opportunities abroad (competitions, partnerships, ...)
• assistance in finding new customers

We organize training, conferences and seminars for designers interested in exporting..

Addressing a public of entrepreneur designers, Wallonie-Bruxelles Design/Mode combines the resources intended for artists on the one hand, with resources for companies on the other. In fact, Wallonie-Bruxelles Design/Mode is an agency

	of the Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency (AWEX) which supports Walloon exporting companies,
	Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) and its Culture service which encourages the international expansion of Wallonia and Brussels' cultural and artistic companies, and
	the Ministry of the French Community (Visual Arts Service) which promotes visual artists and designers.