Wallonia Export and Investment (AWEX) organized a business delegation to India from 22nd September to 26th September 2008. H.E. Mr. Jean-Claude Marcourt, Minister for Economy, Employment, Foreign Trade and Heritage, Government of the Wallonia Region of Belgium, lead the delegation of about 20 entrepreneurs from Wallonia and Brussels. This was the second such working visit of Minister Marcourt in India since March 2006.

The business delegation visited New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai. In each city, industry seminars, round table meetings and B2B meetings were organized concurrently. The program and presentation of the delegates are available below.

In New Delhi, a technical seminar in the life science / biotech sector was planned to showcase Wallonia/Belgium as a hub in Europe for Indian biotech companies and to explore other opportunities of cooperation between India and Wallonia. The seminar took place on Monday September 22 in the morning.

In Bangalore, AWEX, SKYWIN (the association of aerospace companies from Wallonia) and SIATI (the association of Indian aerospace companies) organized an aerospace seminar on Thursday September 25th 2008 with additional B2B meetings.

For more details about the delegation, please contact Mr. Jean-Pierre Muller or Ms. Arti Jain at newdelhi@awex.in (tel. in Delhi +91-11-4242 8200) or Mr. Laurent Paquet at l.paquet@awex.be (tel. in Brussels +32 495 286826).

AWEX is a government agency of the Wallonia region of Belgium in charge of foreign trade promotion and foreign investment attraction in Wallonia. AWEX has a worldwide network of 105 Trade and Investment commissioners, including three in India (Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi). Wallonia is the French speaking Southern half of Belgium.