The Network
With 18 years of experience in project development and knowledge transfer, the LiEU Network is building an ecosystem of trust between companies and the academic research community.
Who are we?
Created in 2003, the LiEU Network, supported by the Walloon Region, brings together the Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTO) of the 6 French-speaking universities.
These promote and facilitate relations between the scientific community, businesses, organizations and public authorities.
The experts of the KTO members of the LiEU Network are located in the universities, close to the scientific expertise in order to:
- foster a close link with research units
- facilitate the setting up of collaborative research projects and the identification of skills or equipment
- detecting research results that can be exploited on the market and thus participate in regional development.
Our missions
Inform / Raise awareness
Raising awareness among researchers about calls for projects, intellectual property and the transfer of research results.
Meet
Research-business events organized at inter-university level on targeted themes.
Detect / Promote
Project monitoring and detection of valuable research results; identification of business innovation needs.
Collaborate
Support researchers and socio-economic actors in their innovation projects and facilitate inter-university projects.
Our members
UCLouvain – LTTO
Place de l’Université, 1Bte LO.01.05
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
+32 (0)10 47 25 47
ULB – Knowledge Transfer Office
Avenue F. Roosevelt, 50 – CP 161
1050 Bruxelles
+32 (0)2 650 47 22
KTO – USL-B
Bvd du Jardin botanique, 43
1000 Bruxelles
+32 (0)2 211 79 28
Since September 2021, the LiEU Network has been part of the PATLIB network.
The PATLIB Centres are intended to provide practical local assistance and advice on any problem relating to intellectual property and patents.
Our journey
2003
Network creation
LiEU becomes an operational network, supported by the Walloon Region.
2008 – 2013
Mirval programme
Members of the LiEU Network benefit from joint funding from the ESF and the Walloon Region, allowing:
– Organization of the Network
– Promotion of skills
– Researchers awareness
2014 – 2020
Mirval+ programme
– Support for economic research
– Valuation of results
– Processing of business requests
2021 – 2027
Mirvalis programme
– capture the needs of the socio-economic fabric and align research initiatives through the creation and management of the Network of Structuring Values.
– integrate value-added aspects into research at an early stage, thereby enhancing the potential impact and exploitation of results
– facilitate the pooling of knowledge transfer tools and the networking of the Knowledge Transfer Offices’ Network
