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At the 27th Council of the Mekong River Commission on 26 November, Flanders officially joined as a development partner of the MRC. Minister-president Jambon and Dr.

The Flemish Culture House de Brakke Grond, DutchCulture, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Flemish Department of Culture, Youth launch OverBruggen.info: a digital merger of the Flemish and Dutch cultural sectors.

On 26 October the European External Action Service (“EEAS”) launched the highly anticipated searchable online database cont

On 19 November, a conference on the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) took place in Rome. A delegation of Flemish Minister of Education, Ben Weyts, participated in the digital conference.

On 4 November, Minister-Presidents Jan Jambon and Mark Rutte concluded the Flemish-Dutch Summit with a joint statement. The summit took place entirely digitally this year, in view of the Covid19 measures.

On 26 October, the Government of Flanders approved a grant of 600,000 euros to APOPO. With this subsidy APOPO can join the fight against the spread of the COVID19 virus in Mozambique.

On 9 November, Minister-president Jan Jambon held online consultations with Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu, Minister-president of the Basque Country, and with Arantxa Tapia, Minister for Economic Development, also responsible for digitisation.

Minister-president Jan Jambon expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and to the people of Austria following the terrorist attack in Vienna on 2 November.

On 23 October Quebec and Flanders launched a project call Culture aimed at cooperation in the performing arts sectors for young audiences, dance, music and digital culture.