Federico Bley started working at IDEA Consult in November 2019 as Consultant in the Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability (ICS) team. Federico studied Economics, International Trade as well as Society, Science and Technology in Universities in Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. He wrote theses on alternatives to single-use plastics and technological capabilities in developing countries and contributed to various reports such …

Emmeline holds a degree in Business Management with a specialization in sustainable business models obtained from ICHEC. During her master’s program, she completed an internship and dedicated her thesis to the development of a small Brussels-based start-up in the Flemish market. The main mission of this company was to promote Belgian products through the short supply chain. To achieve this, …

Dr. Els Van de Velde is Senior Expert in the field of “Competitiveness and Innovation”. She has extensive experience in key enabling technologies, smart specialisation strategies, and value chain analyses. As a project manager she has led and participated in various European and regional projects for the European Commission, VLAIO, EWI, BELSPO, OECD (FR), and EPSRC (UK). Els has a …

Eduardo holds degrees in Economics and Data Science. He has solid expertise in economic analysis, public policy evaluation, statistical modelling and critical thinking. He is currently working in various fields such as platform economics, the labour market and the social economy. In addition to these skills, Eduardo is also an experienced software developer. He combines software-as-a-service (SaaS) development with data …

Dr. Elisabeth Abraham is a senior research consultant of the Labour market & Learning team at IDEA Consult. She combines a background in academic research and change management consulting. Through this experience and her strong communicational skills, Elisabeth is able to support customers in rethinking/evaluation their strategy and way of working in line with policy developments and a changing environment. …

Dune has been working at IDEA Consult since October 2022, focusing thematically on education and lifelong learning. She combines qualitative and quantitative research methods and has gained experience in evaluation studies, stakeholder surveys, literature reviews, benchmarking studies, and inventories/stakeholder mappings. Shortly before joining IDEA Consult, Dune obtained a Master of Economics degree from KU Leuven, complemented by an Extended Master’s …

Déborah Houttave is Project assistant at Idea Consult. She has a Master degree in African Studies from Ghent University. During her studies she has had multiple administrative jobs. After her studies she worked several temporary jobs in education. Her last job at Shurgard Europe was as administrative assistant, where she supported the executive assistants in their daily tasks.

Dagmar Croes is a consultant in the Regional and Local Governance team at IDEA Consult. She leads strategic projects and policy evaluations relating to sustainable development, with a particular focus on territorial transitions, policy lessons and forward-looking strategies. Drawing on her background in Law (KU Leuven) and Sustainability Science, Policy & Society (Maastricht University), she bridges the gap between policy, …

Coen joined Idea Consult’s “Innovation, Competitiveness & Sustainability” team as Expert per January 2024. Within IDEA he is active in the services offered by S3CoP on Governance, Funding and Demonstration, Impact studies, Interregional benchmarks, an I-3 Strand 1 project on 3DoP and the submission of several new I-3 proposals. After his study “Commercial Economy” at The Hague University of Applied …