Support for health-care starters (ZorgLab Aalst).
Last updated: 22 May 2026
Details
- URL: https://aalst.be/jobs-en-ondernemen/ondernemen/ondernemen-in-zorg/ondersteuning-voor-starters-in-de-zorg
- Organisation: City of Aalst (ZorgLab Aalst)
- Support type: innovation guidance + testing in realistic care contexts
- Who it’s for: (pre-)starters and entrepreneurs with an innovative idea for care and wellbeing
- Track length: min. 3 months, max. 12 months
- Value: 150 credits (≈ €10,000)
What is ZorgLab Aalst?
ZorgLab Aalst is a living lab where entrepreneurs, care users, care professionals and care organisations test and improve ideas and innovations in realistic everyday environments.
What does the track include?
The track starts with an exploratory conversation to map your needs. Depending on your question, support can include:
- end-user surveys
- co-creation sessions
- working with test panels
- live testing in practice
- iteration and validation with end users
- access to experts (e.g. product development, technology, research, branding, business modelling)
Practical
The source page includes a regulation (PDF) and an extensive FAQ (timing, who can apply, confidentiality/NDA, IP, test persons, regional link, TRL levels, selection and payment).
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