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70 committed LIOF colleagues help your company grow with advice, a solid network and financing, to strive for a smarter, more durable and healthy Limburg.
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Back to school!
With the knowledge tracks below, LIOF wants to inspire entrepreneurs to innovate their products, services, processes and/or business models on the basis of social challenges: energy, circularity, health and digitalisation. Within each course, the latest trends and developments within a specific theme are discussed and you are given concrete tools to get started. As an SME from Limburg, you can claim 75% reimbursement of the costs for these knowledge programmes by submitting an application to us through the CollectiefProject.
In short
Regulation
The scheme covers 75% of the costs of participation in a knowledge course with a maximum amount of €7,500.
For whom?
Start-ups, scale-ups and SME companies (sector-wide) established in Limburg and motivated to innovate within the social challenges (transitions) of energy, circularity, health and digitalisation.
Next submission dates
Er zijn geen aankomende indiendatums meer.
Our current offer
In cooperation with various experts and knowledge institutions, we have put together a programme that is as varied as possible. The following knowledge tracks have been selected on the basis of their innovative capacity and relevance to social issues. Click on the name of the knowledge programme concerned for more information on its content, pricing and the application form.
The world we live in is constantly changing. Digitalisation and artificial intelligence continue to gain ground in society and the work field and offer endless possibilities, now and in the future. Now is the time for organisations and employees to get involved and get ready for a future in which data will play an even more important role. Register for the Brightlands AI Academy and become part of this journey where the sky is the limit.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: Brightlands in collaboration with Fontys University of Applied Sciences Venlo and UMIO (University of Maastricht) Starting date: 20 September 2022 Number of sessions: 13 Venue: Villa Flora, Brightlands Greenport Campus Venlo Costs per participant:
Option 1: Participation in the Brightlands AI Academy program: €1500 for startups and €3500 for SMEs, excl. VAT and 75% allowance
Option 2: Participation in the Brightlands AI Academy program + Project budget for supervising the development of an own data-generated idea (in proportion to the number of participants: more participants per company = less project budget): €10,000, excl. VAT and 75% subsidy Deadline: 31 August 2022
Customers want to be relieved and a circular economy is becoming increasingly popular. And you can capitalise on that! With a Product-as-a-Service model, you turn products into services. You remain the owner and you 'lend' the product to the customer in the form of a service. The customer pays for the use and the performance of the product. Take, for example, rental bikes and shared cars: it is impossible to imagine the world without them. After the Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) training of Zuyd Professional, you will be able to work with a Product-as-a-Service model within your organisation.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: Zuyd Professional (Zuyd University) Starting date: 22 September 2022 Number of sessions: 4 sessions Location: Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Roermond Costs per participant: € 1.595,-, (no VAT due) and 75% allowance Deadline: 31 August 2022
Design Thinking is a successful methodology to innovate in a people-oriented way and to increase the added value of yourself, your department and your organisation. You develop new skills, which enable you to work more decisively and get faster from idea to impact. In addition to the theory, this Master Class is about getting down to work in a very practical way. Using an innovation model that is based on a combination of Design Thinking and agile- and lean-innovation methods, you go through all the steps to arrive at innovative solutions.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: UMIO (University of Maastricht) Start date: 27 September 2022 Number of sessions: 3 days Location: UMIO Maastricht Costs per participant: € 1.795,- nett (no VAT due), excl. 75% allowance Closing date: 31 August 2022
Conditions
For this programme the following conditions apply.
In the horticultural supply chain - from seed to consumer - there are valuable opportunities to improve sustainability and thereby make your company more sustainable and future-proof. Think for example of the reduction of waste streams, the use of bio-based raw materials or the valorization of residual streams further down the chain.
Cooperation between the successive parties in the horticultural chain is essential in order to seize these opportunities and take steps towards sustainability and economic stability and growth. This calls for new products, services and new business models.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: CIRCO Hub Limburg Starting date: 19 October 2022 Number of sessions: 3 days
The workshops will take place on 5 October (12:30-17:00 hrs), 19 October (9:00-12:00 hrs) and the closing workshop is on 9 November (12:30-17:00 hrs). Venue: Sittard-Geleen Costs per company: € 2200,-, incl. VAT, excl. 75% allowance Deadline: 12 October 2022
In the Change Management Master Class, you learn what it takes to successfully lead, guide and influence change in a complex environment. You learn to look at the changes in your organisation from different perspectives. You will also learn new skills that will give you more flexibility in the choices you make. This allows you to better adapt and respond to changing circumstances and different personalities.
Besides the theory, during this Master Class there is plenty of room to share experiences and work with various solutions. During and in between the meetings, you immediately apply the learning points from the Masterclass to your own issues.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: UMIO (University of Maastricht) Starting date: November 2022 Number of sessions: 3 days Location: UMIO Maastricht Costs per participant: € 1.795,- nett (no VAT due), excl. 75% allowance Closing date: 19 October 2022
Conditions
For this programme the following conditions apply.
Energy Transition, the role of Public Private Partnerships
start: 10 January 2023
This energy transition masterclass offers you the latest insights into sustainable energy use. On the basis of inspiring projects in the region, we will take you through the options that are available for dealing sustainably with raw materials and the smart use of technology in your area as well. The themes of the college programme 'connecting innovatively' are leading in this master class.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: Zuyd Professional (Zuyd University) Starting date: 10 January 2023 Number of sessions: 8 half-days Location: Zuyd University Heerlen Costs per participant: € 1.095,-, (no VAT due) and 75% allowance Closing date: 16 November 2022
As an entrepreneur, sustainability is becoming an increasingly important theme: because customers and consumers are asking for it, but also because other stakeholders are paying attention. How do you bring this into the strategy of your organisation? And how can you implement this in practice? Are there perhaps opportunities to make your production circular?
Do you want to translate various sustainability aspects into practical (innovative) improvements within your company? Then take part in the Expedition Sustainability within the theme Circularity or the theme Sustainable Business.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: HAS Starting date: 24 January 2023 Number of sessions: 4 half-days, as part of the graduation project (+/- 5 months) with a project group of students who get stuck into the problems of entrepreneurs Location: HAS Costs per company: € 10.000,-, excl. VAT and 75% allowance Deadline: 16 November 2022
Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of unhealthy and unsafe food. Stricter laws and regulations and increased awareness of health and food safety issues present companies with the necessary challenges. It also provides new opportunities. In order to promote people's health, citizens, companies and governments are working together to find innovative solutions in the areas of food, lifestyle and living environment. These include innovations in healthy food concepts, but also changes in portion sizes and product composition and improvements in the design and layout of the living environment.
in the design and layout of the living environment.
Does your organisation want to translate health concepts into products and services? Then take part in the Expedition Food & Healthy Living with the theme Healthy and safe food or the theme Healthy Living.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: HAS Starting date: 24 January 2023 Number of sessions: sessions: 4 half-days, as part of the graduation project (+/- 5 months) with a project group of students who get stuck into the problems of entrepreneurs Location: HAS Costs per company: € 10.000,-, excl. VAT and 75% allowance Deadline: 16 November 2022
Early next year, we will start a track especially for companies in the horticultural supply chain. There are valuable opportunities in the horticultural supply chain to make your company more sustainable and future-proof. Think, for example, of reducing waste streams or valorising residual streams further down the chain.
Cooperation between the successive parties in the horticultural chain is essential in order to seize these opportunities and take steps towards sustainability and economic stability and growth. This requires new products, services and new business models.
Dates and costs
Knowledge partner: CIRCO Hub Limburg Starting date: early 2023 Number of sessions: 3 days Venue: Rabobank Venlo Costs per company: € 2.200,-, incl. VAT and excl. 75% allowance Deadline: follows.
There is a maximum of four participants per company per knowledge course. This means that only one application form is required per company per knowledge path. In this form you can indicate the number of participants (from your company). Note: check per course whether a price applies per participant or per company. This is necessary to determine the total cost of the application;
There is a maximum of two applications per company within the total duration of the Collective Project. After all, you can apply for multiple knowledge paths;
You will be assigned a LIOF business developer to guide you through the process and together put your application on paper as clearly as possible;
Please complete and submit the application form in time for the relevant route. The instructions are in the form.
Step 2: Assessment process
After submission, you will receive a message from us whether your application is complete and correct (admissibility);
The assessment usually takes place two weeks after the submission date. After the assessment we will inform you as soon as possible about the outcome (decision).
Step 3: Implementation and declaration
With a positive decision you are entitled to 75% reimbursement of the costs of the knowledge programme with a maximum of € 7,500;
We will pass on your details to the relevant knowledge institution. They will then contact you with all further information on participation;
At the end of the CollectiveProject you can claim the costs you made. How this is done depends on the knowledge path you choose. Usually you pay upfront and declare 75% of the costs afterwards (Brightlands AI Academy, UMIO, Zuyd Professional, HAS University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences). However, for some tracks, LIOF reimburses you at the start and you receive an invoice from us for 25% of the costs (CIRCO track).
What are the next submission dates?
Wednesday 6 July (assessment Thursday 21 July)
Wednesday 31 August (assessment Thursday 7 September)
Wednesday 14 September (assessment Monday 26 September)
Wednesday 19 October (assessment Thursday 3 November)
Wednesday 16 November (assessment Thursday 1 December).
