The engineering tourist consultant specializing in rural tourism development.

Institutional assistance

 

Assistance to the Walloon Federation of Kayak Renters

Intervention date: 2004-01-18
Preparing a technical-economic dossier supporting the requests for repeal of the decree of the Minister for the Protection of Nature concerning kayaking in Wallonia, filed with the Belgian Council of State.
Assisting the Federation in its relations with the public authorities (quality standards, forest traffic, environmental permits, Nature 2000, etc.)
Assisting the federation in setting up a federation of nature-adventure tourist activities in the Walloon Region.
Client: Walloon Federation of Kayak Renters,
1996 - 1997 - 2003

 

 

Annual conferences of TII asbl, the European association for innovation and technology transfer

Intervention date:
Organising and European marketing of the annual conferences of the International Association for Supporting Innovation and Technology Transfer asbl, held at Lisbon (1995), Naples (1997), Florida Palm Coast (1998), Barcelona (1999), Madeira (2000), Athens (2001), Turin (2002), Vienna (2003), Budapest (2004), Fribourg (2005), Newcastle (2006).
 

 

Distance training in tourism

Intervention date : 1993
Putting together a European DELTA distance training project in the tourism sector.
Client: Action Business Center, Heraklion, GR,
1993

 

 

Investsud financial holding company

Investsud
Intervention date : 2004-01-18
Advising on the creation of a venture capital company specialising in food processing and the forest sector. Searching for European venture capital and regional development funds.
Client: InvestSud SA, Marche, B,
1994

More info: www.investsud.be

 

 

Forest traffic

Intervention date : 1992
Monitoring Walloon legislation on forest traffic and impact study of sports activities in forests. Advising the company in reorganising its activities in the Belgian Ardennes.
Client: Indoor Outdoor nv, Nijmegen, NL,
1992

 

 

Putting together a European venture capital financing dossier for start-ups

Agrobos
Intervention date : 2004-01-18
Advice in putting together a European financing file (CREA) for setting up a venture capital company in the food processing and forestry sector.
Client: InvestSud SA, Marche, B,
1999

More info: www.agrobos.be

 

 

Organising kayaking in Wallonia

Intervention date : 1997
Putting together a file to defend the profession of professional kayak renters with the ministerial cabinets of the Walloon Region and establishing conditions and locations for tourist kayaking. Continuation of negotiations in 1997 on facilities and model signage on certain rivers.
Client: Walloon Federation of Kayak Renters,
1997

 

 

Promoting Polish tourism

Intervention date : 1997
Resources analysis and developing a database of tourist enterprises and organisations, for networking, placing on Internet and international promotion of the tourist resources of the provinces of Slupsk and Koszalin (close to the Baltic Sea) and of Jelenia Gora (close to the Czech Republic). EC Phare Programme. DG1.
Client: Provinces of Slupsk, Koszalin, Jelenia Gora. Republic of Poland
1997

 

 

Seeking international financing for investment in Africa by a food processing SME

Intervention date : 1993
Identifying a fund at the European Investment Bank (IEB) for setting up a joint venture with an African aquaculture company.
Client: Gabriel SA, Malmédy, B,
1993

 

 

Tourism and environment

Intervention date : 1997
Negotiating the purchase of a cave and its use for tourism and sports activities with the Nature Administration of the Walloon Region.
Client: Durbuy Aventure SA, B.
1997

More info: www.durbuyadventure.be