Brussels
In the heart of the European Quarter, just a stone’s throw from the institutions.
Specialized agency — Brussels
Web agency for European associations in Brussels
Simpl. is a Brussels-based web agency that has worked exclusively with associations, professional federations, and European institutions since 2005. Institutional websites, visual identities, advocacy materials. Three areas of expertise, one single point of contact, 80+ organizations supported.
AGE Platform EuropeAssociation of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+)bpostCDDF+500 Projects deliveredCommune de GanshorenE.DSO (Europe's Distribution System Operators)EU AML/CFTEuropean Judicial Training Network3 Lines of expertiseEuropean Service NetworkHaute École Léonard de VinciReprésentation Permanente de la France auprès de l'UESocial PlatformAGE Platform EuropeAssociation of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (ACR+)bpostCDDF+500 Projects deliveredCommune de GanshorenE.DSO (Europe's Distribution System Operators)EU AML/CFTEuropean Judicial Training Network3 Lines of expertiseEuropean Service NetworkHaute École Léonard de VinciReprésentation Permanente de la France auprès de l'UESocial Platform
Agence Bruxelloise pour l'Entreprise (hub.brussels)BelnetBrussels Major EventsCHU BruxellesCPAS de ForestÉducation Santé (Mutualité chrétienne)20 Years of activityEuroclearEuropean Public Health AllianceFire Safe EuropeLa Commission des PsychologuesSABCASTIBAgence Bruxelloise pour l'Entreprise (hub.brussels)BelnetBrussels Major EventsCHU BruxellesCPAS de ForestÉducation Santé (Mutualité chrétienne)20 Years of activityEuroclearEuropean Public Health AllianceFire Safe EuropeLa Commission des PsychologuesSABCASTIB
Agence Fédérale de Contrôle NucléaireBePaxBrussels Real EstateCITPA (European Corrugated Packaging Association)EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators)ENABEL80+ Supported organisationsEuropean Cancer OrganisationEuropean Rail Freight AssociationGoethe-Institut BrüsselMedical Nutrition Industry (MNI)SIOPE (European Society for Paediatric Oncology)SWIFT.Agence Fédérale de Contrôle NucléaireBePaxBrussels Real EstateCITPA (European Corrugated Packaging Association)EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators)ENABEL80+ Supported organisationsEuropean Cancer OrganisationEuropean Rail Freight AssociationGoethe-Institut BrüsselMedical Nutrition Industry (MNI)SIOPE (European Society for Paediatric Oncology)SWIFT.
Our services
Our services for European associations and institutions
Institutional websites
Your website must hold up when a Commission decision-maker opens it on their phone between meetings. We design editorial architectures built for your institutional audiences (members, press, funders) with a CMS your teams manage alone, without calling a developer.
Institutional visual identity
A visual charter for a European association must work from the annual report to cabinet meeting presentations. We deliver a complete visual system, not an isolated logo — and your teams retain ownership of all source files.
Printed advocacy materials
A position paper placed on a cabinet meeting table must be read in three minutes and retained. We design materials where layout serves the message, not the other way around.
Why specialize
An association does not communicate like an SME
Its audiences are multiple (members, political decision-makers, specialized journalists, funders) and its messages must hold up in three languages, in a meeting room in Brussels just as in a report sent to Strasbourg.
Multilingualism is not a box to check at the end of a project. Neither is editorial governance: your teams change, mandates rotate, and the site must remain manageable without calling a developer every time you need an update. WCAG compliance, GDPR, sovereign European hosting—these are real constraints, not sales arguments.
A generalist agency can deliver a nice website. It doesn't understand why your position paper must be ready before the trilogue, or why your visual identity must work just as well on a roll-up at a press conference as in a PDF sent to the Commission.
Simpl. has been working with this type of organization since 2005. We know these challenges from the inside.
Nicolas Havenith — Founder of Simpl.
He runs the Brussels-based agency he founded 25 years ago. He designs websites conceived as durable assets and compliant with the European framework, whose measured presence in generative AIs proves performance. He writes about web architecture, SEO and framed content production.
LinkedInWhat sets us apart
Specialists, not generalists
Bilingual (French/English) team
Accustomed to working with international teams.
Mastery of institutional visual codes
Sober, credible, functional, not flashy.
80+
European associations and institutions supported since 2005.
European sovereign hosting
Your data stays in Europe, period.
AI-enhanced processes
Reduced production timelines, faster iterations on mockups and content, without compromising on creative direction.
Single point of contact
From brief to delivery, no opaque subcontracting.
Client teams' autonomy
Training, documentation, CMS designed for non-developers.
They trust us
A few associations that trust us
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work exclusively with Brussels-based associations?
No. Our clients are based in Brussels, Paris, Geneva, Vienna or Strasbourg – wherever the European associations and institutions are located. There is a high concentration in Brussels because that is where most European advocacy takes place, but location is not a determining factor. All our projects are managed remotely without any loss of quality: briefs, mock-ups, approvals and training.
How do you manage editorial governance when teams change every 2-3 years?
It's the most underestimated constraint in European associations, and we know it well. Our answer is structural: we configure the back-office so a new communications officer becomes autonomous in under an hour, with no technical training. Every delivery includes written documentation tailored to your organization. We train your existing teams at delivery, and that documentation remains valid for future ones. The goal: staff turnover never blocks a website update.
Do you support multilingualism on association websites?
Yes, and we build it in right from the design stage, not at the end of the project. This is a key difference: a multilingual website added as an afterthought leads to problems with architecture, content duplication and maintenance that your teams will have to deal with for years to come. We design the site structure, page templates and CMS with the number of languages in mind right from the start. As a result, adding or updating a translation requires no technical intervention. Your teams manage multilingual content from the same back-office, without any risk of breaking the site’s structure.