Support and funding for sustainable IT

There's financial aid and support available in Brussels to help you launch your responsible digital strategy.

Information and coaching

• The Hub.brussels expertise service can provide advice and support your sustainability strategy.
• Brussels Economy and Employment offers a number of incentives for Web and Digitalisation consulting and training to further your sustainability strategy. Discover assistance and incentives here (FR).
• Brussels Environment can help you with your sustainable purchasing strategy through its Buysmart service [https://buysmart.brussels/] (via Coduco and Brussels Economy and Employment), and will help you with your sustainability strategy through their Resilience coaching.
• The Belgian Institute for a Sustainable IT offers a number of useful resources and tools.

Training and knowledge building

• The Sustainable IT MOOC, for learning the basics
• The INR Calculator
• The Sustainable IT Charter, for taking the first step towards a more ethical IT world 
• The Handbook of Sustainable Design of Digital Services
• The sustainable IT experts directory 
• Publications by The Shift Project, a thinktank working towards a carbon-free economy. In particular, there's Lean ICT, the use video, and the study for implementing digital sufficiency
• The Digital Fresco (FR)

Repair or recycle your equipment

• Repair Cafés allow you to get your equipment repaired, rather than throwing it away
• Find a Recupel collection point to drop off your electronic waste

Accessibility

• WCAG Guidelines, the standard for digital accessibility
• The AnySurfer documentation, a key digital accessibility player in Belgium
• The Design Accessible website (FR), which contains some useful resources for understanding and raising awareness about web accessibility
• The WebAIM contrast checker, which lets you check the contrast of a page and how visible it is to colourblind people
• The Atalan Digital Accessibility Disability Simulator