The Pôle de la Pierre is a training center for stoneworking professions that has been based in Soignies since late 2016. It brings together four partners (IFAPME, FOREM, CEFOMEPI, and IPW) around an ambitious joint project.
Housed in the restored buildings of the Grande Carrière Wincqz site, the Pôle offers a variety of training courses, combining tradition and the transmission of ancestral know-how with technological innovations. These include extraction and processing (quarry workers), stone cutting, sculpture, engraving, heritage restoration, new digital technologies, etc. These training courses are open to all (awareness-raising for schoolchildren, young apprentices, job seekers, continuing education for professionals, etc.).