CYCLOPS

What services are eligible? 

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Not all advice or training is eligible for intervention through the 'KMO-Portefeuille'. Strict guidelines must also be followed for the allocation of the subsidies. As a registered service provider for the 'KMO-portefeuille', under the pillars 'Training' and 'Advice', Cyclops can help support your business. 

 

ADVICE

 

What -> Written consultations - Primarily aimed at improving the current or future business functioning of the company

Who -> Employees in your company

Where -> At registered service providers

Content -> Focused on core processes of your enterprise (Nacebel codes) 

Purpose -> Advice enables you to take fundamental decisions that contribute to the strengthening, growth or transformation of your enterprise in Flanders

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Examples of subsidized Advice: 

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• Master Planning: During a master plan study, we help our customer define and visualize the future of the factory. Based on sales forecasts and customer’s strategy, we define how the production environment needs to be structured and sized to achieve these goals.

• Feasibility Study: During the feasibility study we identify and challenge all possible ways to achieve the project objectives. We define the technical solution, the realization schedule and the budget for the project.

 

Or other projects that focus primarily on strengthening your business. Two types of projects are eligible for subsidy: 

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• Written recommendations that analyze a problem, provide concrete advice, help create and implement an implementation plan.

• Written recommendations that identify opportunities and solutions, map them and explore them.

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Conditions:

 

• The advice starts from a concrete problem statement and causes you to make business decisions based on analysis (research), advice (suggestions, counsel) and an implementation plan (action plan, roadmap, concrete advice).

• The advice is in a written document.

• The service costs a minimum of 500 euros.

• You enter into an agreement with a registered service provider.

• The advisory project must be completed by December 31 of the year following your request for support.

• You apply for the support online from the conclusion of the agreement until a maximum of fourteen days after the start of the cooperation.

• After the advisory performance, you will receive a personalized advisory report from your service provider.

 

​TRAINING

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What -> Training - Primarily aimed at improving the current or future business functioning of the company

Who -> Employees in your company

Where -> At a registered service provider

Content -> Focused on core processes of your company (Nacebel codes) 

Purpose -> To strengthen, grow or transform the enterprise in Flanders
 

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Eligible for Training:

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• Introduction to Project Management: The Cyclops Methodology in 3 Days: developed for new project managers who have never had any formal training and who want to get a better grip on their projects.

• Project Management Professional Preparation Course: The PMP® Prep Course: become familiar with Project Management standard terminology, methodology and procedures in a highly interactive class.

 

Conditions: 

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• Distance learning (e-learning) can be requested if there is interaction with the instructor

• The training costs a minimum of 100 euros (excluding VAT), including travel costs of the instructor and catering costs up to 25 euros per person, per day.

• You enter into an agreement with a registered service provider. 

• You sign an attendance list. 

• You make your support request from the time of registration and up to ten days after the start of the classes. 

• After the training, you will receive a personalized training certificate from your service provider.