Digital Council

The Digital Council is made up of 6 digital experts. Having helped put together the Digital Wallonia strategic plan, it […]

The Digital Council is made up of 6 digital experts. Having helped put together the Digital Wallonia strategic plan, it now acts as an independent management board overseeing the coherence of the decisions and measures taken by the government and the AdN to pursue the Digital Wallonia strategy.

The Digital Council is an independent body set up in 2015.

It is made up of 6 digital experts. Having helped put together the proposed Digital Wallonia plan, it now acts as an independent management board overseeing the coherence of the decisions and measures taken by the government and the Agence du Numérique to pursue the Digital Wallonia strategy. It shares its views and recommendations with the government via the Minister for Digital Affairs.

The Digital Council (Conseil du Numérique, CdN) has 6 members :

Pierre Rion (company director, Chairman of the Fonds W.IN.G and Walloon of the year 2016 among other achievements), Baudoin Corluy (Agoria), Etienne Pourbaix (SkyWin Cluster), Elise Degrave (University of Namur), Francis Bodson (former Technical Director of Be TV), and Bernard Rentier (former Chancellor of the University of Liège).

The Council is chaired by Pierre Rion. Each member is also more specifically in charge of one of the five main themes of the Walloon digital strategy :

• Baudouin Corluy: The digital sector,
• Etienne Pourbaix: Boosting the economy using digital technology,
• Elise Degrave: Public Services,
• Francis Bodson: A smart, connected region,
• Bernard Rentier: Skills and employment.

As a reminder, the Digital Wallonia report. Proposal for a Digital Plan, was submitted to the Walloon Government, Chairman of the Digital Council, on 18 September 2015. It describes the main challenges of digital technology, identifies the most relevant international approaches, and introduces the best mechanisms for implementing them to boost digital technology in Wallonia.

On 10 December 2015, the Walloon government adopted these recommendations and launched Wallonia’s Digital Strategy. This strategy defines the framework for all of these digital measures. The implementation of these measures will be the subject of constant scrutiny, in particular so that resources are allocated to the actions that have the greatest impact for Wallonia.