The Vanguard Initiative is a unique collaboration of some of the most advanced industrial regions in Europe, aimed at stimulating industrial innovation and building European value chains based on complementarity in regional smart specialisation strategies. Senior expert Jean-François Romainville has been working on the Vanguard Initiative 3DP Pilot project at IDEA for 10 years now. We asked him about the many insights he has gained from this.

We are very eager to announce that IDEA is now a Friend of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Community!

In 2024, there was again a lot going on at IDEA. We welcomed new faces, took on new challenges and realised new plans. We would like to look back with you on a beautiful, eventful year. Watch our annual review here.

Since the adoption of the new European reporting legislation around sustainability, sustainability initiatives are multiplying.

The first weekend of September, IDEA colleagues traditionally head out to strengthen ties and deepen the IDEA story. This year, we pitched our tents at Han-sur-Lesse and took a look at the IDEA manifesto.

A few weeks ago, the RTD-team visited Charleroi. When approaching Charleroi by train, immediately, the stereotypes of a city in decay are confirmed, the old rusted ruins of the factories stand as evidence of a better past. Yet, during the day we saw some specks of beauty in the city, and we felt an ambition to improve the conditions of its citizens.