Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency

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The Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency (French: L'Agence wallonne à l'Exportation et aux Investissements étrangers, AWEX) is a public interest organisation in charge of the promotion of foreign trade and the attraction of foreign investments for Wallonia in Belgium. It was created on 1 April 2004 as a merger of the Walloon Export Agency (AWEX) and the Office for foreign Investors (OFI).[citation needed]

Organisation

The Board of Directors of the Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency consists of representatives of the Walloon Government, the trade unions and employers associations.

Structure

The AWEX services are divided into:

  • Headquarters in
    Namur
    (OFI);
  • Seven regional centres, located in each Walloon province:
  • An international economic and commercial network

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