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LIOF is the regional development company of the Province of Limburg. We ensure the strengthening of the economic structure and thus the growth of Limburg.
60 committed LIOF colleagues help your company grow with advice, a solid network and financing, to strive for a smarter, more durable and healthy Limburg.
LIOF deploys on four transitions
The world is changing rapidly. We are all facing major social challenges: creating a society that is smarter, more sustainable and healthier. To this end, LIOF is focusing on four transitions: energy, circularity, health and digitalization. Together with entrepreneurs in Limburg we are looking at how we can combine economic returns with social impact within these transitions.
The transitions in a row
On this page, we briefly explain the transitions.
Around each transition, we at LIOF have formed a special team that will work with you to help your company move forward. Go to our contact page and select the transition you are interested in. Then the team that can help you will automatically appear.
Energy
Sustainable and efficient energy systems
What is the energy transition?
In essence, the energy transition is the transition from the use of fossil energy (coal, oil and gas) to energy from renewable sources (solar, wind and water). The energy transition is necessary to slow down climate change so that the negative impact on the earth can be limited.
How does LIOF contribute?
Enabling optimal deployment of sustainable and efficient energy systems towards green business processes. How do we do that:
Energy efficiency: creating insight and spurring entrepreneurs into action
Mobility: green and sustainable transport
Renewable energy: hydrogen as an alternative energy source
LIOF's exemplary role: impactful financing and support.
Circularity
Circular business and economic returns go hand in hand
What is circularity?
Circularity goes beyond recycling or reuse. In an ideal circular economy, waste does not exist but waste (residual streams) form a raw material for new products. This requires adjustments to product design and process design, but certainly also changes in regular business models and thus revenue models.
How does LIOF contribute?
Creating a business climate where circular entrepreneurship and economic return go hand in hand. How do we do that:
Deploy where potential for resource reduction is greatest
Enable financing for circular entrepreneurs
Deploy our instruments for innovation with impact
Encourage circular business practices.
Health
Healthcare innovations that contribute to a healthier Limburg.
Why a health transition?
We are all getting older. Healthcare demand and healthcare costs are increasing but this problem cannot be solved with more money. We will all have to live differently. It is time that we ourselves take responsibility and organize our care system differently. The health transition is therefore aimed at preventing care through prevention, shifting care where possible and replacing care with demand-driven innovations.
How does LIOF contribute?
LIOF takes a proactive role in the Limburg ecosystem where health innovations contribute to the health transition. We do this in the following ways:
Bring SME innovations to market faster
Develop innovations in the field of prevention
Implement health transition within LIOF.
Digitalization
Key technology for all transitions
What is digitalization?
Digitalization contributes to solutions to societal challenges. In this sense, digitalization is a kind of overarching driver, a connector and accelerator of the other transitions.
How does LIOF contribute?
LIOF contributes to connecting and accelerating digitalization of Limburg SMEs in a rapidly changing technological era. We do this in the following way:
Digital Innovation - Investing and Stimulating
Digitalizing SMEs - Inspiring and Developing
Digital Network - Connecting and Accelerating
LIOF Digital - Optimizing and Automating.
How can LIOF help you?
with targeted efforts within the four transitions
We help you from all four transitions with our own set of tools:
Innoveren: with two programs
The LimburgTourism program, especially for entrepreneurs in the tourism & recreation sector
The LimburgToekomstbestendig program, aimed at among entrepreneurs from other sectors
For more information, visit: www.liof.nl/innovate
Investing: with two funds
The Limburg Startup Capital Fund, a fund with two financial instruments for the development of innovations from idea to market.
The Participation Fund, a fund for innovative SMEs looking to grow or thinking about an acquisition, business succession or turnaround
For more information, visit: www.liof.nl/invest
Internationalizing: with two focus teams
The International Trade Development (ITD) team, especially for Limburg entrepreneurs who want to capitalize on economic opportunities abroad.
The Foreign Investment Development (FID) team, aimed at entrepreneurs from abroad who are considering a location in Limburg. For these entrepreneurs, we have a special English-language website: businessinlimburg.com.
For more information, visit: www.liof.nl/internationalize
shiftLimburg
Your one-stop shop for the four transitions
shiftLimburg is an interactive community platform where entrepreneurs, knowledge institutions and network partners inspire each other to innovate together. Towards a sustainable society. LIOF and the Province are initiators.
On this platform you will find recent information within the transitions energy, circularity, health and digitalization about schemes, programs and events of partners as well as other organizations active within these transitions.
In Circular Economy Limburg (CEL), eight partners join forces to stimulate and strengthen the transition to circular entrepreneurship among Limburg SMEs. To this end, they have developed an awareness program that they are actively rolling out among Limburg entrepreneurs starting this spring. The core of this program is to increase the urgency among SMEs and to offer concrete support for more sustainable business practices.
Circular Economy Limburg (CEL) is an initiative of: Province of Limburg | LWV | Zuyd Hogeschool | Lectoraat Innovatief Ondernemen | LIOF | LLTB | Crossroads | ESZL | Keyport
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Need help?
Need help or have questions about one or more transitions and how you and your company can make an impact within them? Get in touch with us. We'd love to help!
