The application for this subsidy must be carried out by means of an online application form and this form must be submitted prior to the start of the investments.

The application for the Strategic Ecology Support must be carried out by means of the application form. This application form must be submitted prior to the start of the investments.

The applications will be processed case by case and will be assessed in three steps, after which a proposal for granting the support will be presented to the Flemish Minister of Finance. The following three steps will be taken in chronological order:

• Step 1: In this step the assessment committee will review the strategic character of the investment project.
• Step 2: In this step the case manager will assess whether the request is permissible and satisfies the legal conditions.
• Step 3: The Flemish Institute for Technological Research will assess the technical aspects of the investments:
  • the qualifying investments;
  • the additional costs;
  • the performance (ecology number/ eco-class).