Our background The Institut de Conseil et d'Etudes en Développement Durable (Institute for Consultancy and Studies in Sustainable Development) was founded in 1961 as a non-profit association. Until 2003, our research firm was called the Institut wallon de développement économique et social et d'aménagement du territoire (Walloon Institute for economic and social development and land-use planning). Our activities ICEDD's various fields of activity correspond to this concern. We are interested in priority in the use and valorization of spatial (land-use planning, urbanism and territorial development), energy and material resources, integrating economic, environmental, social and institutional aspects. Our values ICEDD's projects are carried out using a scientifically independent approach geared to the general interest. Our research firm is independent of any economic group and any political or denominational movement. Our clients The European Commission; The Belgian Federal State, the French Community, the Brussels-Capital Region, the Walloon Region, towns and municipal districts. Semi-pubic Belgian or international bodies and private associations working in the general interest: foundations, non-governmental organizations, inter-municipal development organizations …). Our team ICEDD employs 40 persons whose skills cover a broad multi-disciplinary range (engineering, agronomy, economy, urbanism, data processing, graphic arts, ...). Our objective Taking part in the implementation of your sustainable development projects by supplying a cross-sector, multi-disciplinary approach in the fields of energy, the environment, land-use planning and mobility. Our organization is certified ISO 9001 since December 2004.