Flanders Investment Trade FIT

Flanders Investment & Trade, the government agency for international entrepreneurship, promotes export among Flanders-based firms, and attracts and guides foreign companies to Flanders. In 2017, Flanders attracted 215 new foreign investment projects, representing a total of EUR 2.08 billion. That's an increase of 8.59% compared to the 198 projects in 2016. FIT currently also coordinates co-creation projects to strengthen Flanders' international reputation in 5 domains: life sciences & health, food, solution-driven engineering & technology, smart logistics, sustainable resources, and materials & chemistry. This exercise, supported by EFRO, is part of the internationalization strategy 'Flanders accelerates!', and will result in a branding toolkit by the summer of 2019. The sectors can use this toolkit to support their promotional actions.