About TUA West

Social challenges as a focus

Since the founding of TUA West in 2015, the world has changed. We experienced financial crises, a pandemic, several energy crises and, for the first time in a long time, war is raging again on the European continent. Moreover, the climate crisis is gripping harder than ever before, resulting in heat waves and floods, even in Belgium’s temperate climate.

Tech and data revolution

A revolution of a very different nature is the tech and data revolution. The speed at which data is being produced and circulated is unprecedented. The possibilities are endless, the impact on the way we work in the future, is huge. With an aging population and a tight labor market, we will have to pull out all the stops to keep people up to date and healthy. Scenarios no one would have thought possible a decade ago.

TUA west is committed to 5 areas of action

Nutrition and Health

Climate

Talent

Social security

For each of these themes, we map the West Flanders network, look for impact indicators where we can make a difference from our region and make the link with project calls. These action domains tie in with the various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

TUA West supports the Sustainable Development Goals.