Cooperation · funding · impact

Connect your resources to useful results in Belgium.

IBCSC brings companies, non-profits, public authorities, education providers and experts together around practical projects: training young people, strengthening small organisations, producing accessible resources and developing the Cyber & AI Citizen Lab.

Each cooperation defines an objective, budget, responsibilities and indicators in writing. The formats below describe future commitments, not impact already measured. A partner’s support gives it no control over IBCSC analyses or recommendations.
Belgian frameworkAn independent non-profit, explicit agreements and identified responsibilities.
Four languagesContent and pathways in French, Dutch, German and English.
Two priority audiencesYoung people in training and small organisations with limited IT resources.
Documented resultsDeliverables, participation, allocated resources and useful next steps are tracked.

Five ways to contribute, depending on your organisation.

A useful partnership starts with what is genuinely available: funding, a venue, equipment, expert time, access to an audience or a joint project.

01

Company or employer

Connect your social responsibility policy to a visible, measurable Belgian initiative that is coherent with your field.

Your contribution
Annual budget, equipment, licences, professional expertise or supervised employee participation.
Intended result
Youth pathways, the non-profit solidarity fund, publications or local technical capacity.
View partnership levels
02

Non-profit or community project

Access a maintainable IT foundation, propose a shared need or join a joint initiative.

Your contribution
Light membership, documented need, workshop participation and feedback.
Intended result
Website, access management, backups, shared software or proportionate support.
Discover CoopIT for non-profits
03

Municipality or public body

Deploy a local initiative for citizens, young people, associations or staff.

Your contribution
Venue, local outreach, commissioned workshops, co-funding or consortium participation.
Intended result
Awareness, digital inclusion, guidance and stronger local skills.
Present a territory or project
04

School, university college or university

Link teaching, technical practice and real needs without replacing the formal curriculum.

Your contribution
Classes, teachers, facilities, lab equipment, applied research or supervised placements.
Intended result
DevOps, Linux, telecom and AI pathways, workshops and documented projects.
View the training pathways
05

Foundation or infrastructure partner

Make possible what a small non-profit budget cannot fund alone.

Your contribution
Grant, fibre, hosting, equipment, space, mobility or a dedicated fund.
Intended result
Free places, an equipped lab, tool continuity and wider access.
Support the Citizen Lab

A contribution becomes a verifiable programme.

IBCSC avoids vague support. Funding or equipment is linked to a scope, deliverables, a timetable and a factual review.

  1. 01 Contribution defined

    Funding, equipment, venue, expertise or access to an audience is described with its value and limits.

  2. 02 Allocation agreed

    The agreement specifies the programme, eligible expenditure, responsibilities and planned visibility.

  3. 03 Action delivered

    The workshop, pathway, tool, publication or support is completed to the agreed timetable.

  4. 04 Evidence shared

    The partner receives a factual summary: deliverables, participation, resources used and next steps.

Annual partnerships

Four levels to fund action at the right scale.

These budgets give companies and foundations a starting point. The final programme depends on its audience, timetable, third-party costs and available operational capacity.

ACCESS

Citizen Access Partner

To support a first identifiable action

From €1,500 / year

A simple entry point to fund accessible resources, a local workshop or small equipment assigned to an activity.

The budget may fund

  • Production or adaptation of a guide
  • Citizen or non-profit workshop
  • Small teaching equipment

The partner receives

  • Acknowledgement on the supported programme page
  • Annual use note
  • Invitation to a collective review
Support an action
SKILLS

Skills Partner

To support a youth cohort or learning pathway

From €5,000 / year

Support is assigned to a DevOps, Linux, telecom or responsible AI pathway with an identified timetable and teaching needs.

The budget may fund

  • Free places and learning materials
  • Lab, licences or equipment
  • Contributors and pathway follow-up

The partner receives

  • Visible association with the supported pathway
  • Interim checkpoint and final review
  • Review session for its teams
Fund a pathway
RESILIENCE

Non-profit Resilience Partner

To strengthen several small organisations

From €10,000 / year

The budget supports the CoopIT solidarity fund, priority interventions and shared tools that help non-profits move past critical blockers.

The budget may fund

  • Digital helping hand
  • Priority web or backup foundations
  • Maintenance of a shared tool

The partner receives

  • Quarterly delivery dashboard after launch
  • Factual review of needs handled and limits
  • Visibility on the solidarity programme
Strengthen non-profits
STRATEGIC

Strategic Partner

For a multi-programme annual plan

From €25,000 / year

One framework can combine youth, inclusion, the Cyber & AI Lab, publications and non-profit resilience around complementary objectives.

The budget may fund

  • Agreed annual plan
  • Technical capacity or lab space
  • Several coordinated actions

The partner receives

  • Named contact and dedicated review meetings
  • Six-monthly account of actions actually delivered
  • Recognition as a major partner
Build an annual plan

Indicative budgets excluding third-party or specific production costs. The agreement always distinguishes sponsorship, service delivery, grant, donation or contribution in kind. VAT, accounting and tax treatment is confirmed according to the actual nature of the agreement. No tax advantage or donation certificate is promised automatically.

Initiatives ready for a partner.

A partner can support an existing programme or propose a project consistent with the Institute’s missions.

Youth training

DevOps, Linux, telecom and AI

Free pathways for young people and students, complemented by professional upskilling formats.

Discover the four pathways
Non-profit resilience

CoopIT for Belgian non-profits

Websites, access, backups, maintenance and shared software through light and documented formulas.

View CoopIT formulas
Local infrastructure

Cyber & AI Citizen Lab

A proposed citizen space in Charleroi for workshops, supervised demonstrations, technical projects and responsible AI adoption.

View the call for partners
Public knowledge

Observatory and publications

Accessible analysis and resources about fraud, vulnerabilities, everyday security and AI-related risks.

Browse publications

How the partnership can be assessed.

Value is not reduced to a logo. It is tracked through simple, verifiable evidence proportionate to the programme.

Completed deliverables

Guides, workshops, configurations, equipment, tools or pathways actually delivered.

Audiences actually reached

Participants, organisations supported and distribution channels counted without inflating figures.

Observable progress

A skill gained, risk reduced, procedure created or blocker removed according to the initial objective.

Resources allocated

Budget, time, licences, equipment and third-party costs assigned to the relevant programme.

Beneficiary feedback

Questions, satisfaction, difficulties and useful adjustments recorded in the review.

Proposed next step

A decision to continue, adjust, transfer or stop based on actual results.

From first contact to agreement.

A first conversation is enough to check the fit. No commitment is announced before resources, audience and responsibilities have been scoped.

  1. 01

    30-minute brief

    Objective, audiences, proposed contribution, timetable and main constraints.

  2. 02

    Scoping note

    IBCSC proposes a scope, budget, deliverables, indicators and exclusions.

  3. 03

    Signed agreement

    Responsibilities, payments, visibility, confidentiality, data and exit conditions are fixed.

  4. 04

    Launch and follow-up

    A named contact, short milestones and reporting suited to the partnership level.

Useful funding requires a clear legal form.

A contribution with consideration, a donation without consideration, a service and a grant are not interchangeable. Partnership documentation must reflect the reality.

Possible forms

Sponsorship
Financial contribution with visibility or other precisely described consideration.
Service
A commissioned workshop, support or delivery with a defined scope and price.
Grant or project
Funding linked to objectives, eligible expenditure, deadlines and supporting documents.
Contribution in kind
Equipment, licences, fibre, venue or expert time recorded and assigned to an agreed use.

Protected independence

  • No right to approve alerts, analysis or recommendations
  • No access to beneficiary personal data without a lawful and necessary basis
  • No concealed advertising in educational content
  • Proportionate visibility approved before publication
  • The right to refuse a contribution incompatible with the missions

IBCSC pursues a disinterested purpose. Revenue from partnerships and activities is allocated to the association’s objectives. Final terms are confirmed in the agreement and, when needed, with the relevant accounting or legal advisers.

Start with the action you want to make possible.

Tell us your organisation type, proposed contribution, intended audience and timetable. IBCSC will suggest the most proportionate format or explain clearly if the project does not match its capacity.