Projects

Summary: Agreement on cooperaton in astrophysics Signed: 26/05/1979 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/12/1997 International ratification: 20/03/2000 Entry into force: 14/02/2001 pdf file14_Agreement, protocol and addendum in English.pdf (2.21 MB) pdf file14_Decreet.pdf (172 KB)  

Summary:  Agreement between Belgium and the UK ingdom relating to the transmission of natural gas through a pipeline between Belgium and the UK. Signed: 10/12/1997 Sanctioned and promulgated: 01/03/2002 International ratification: 15/07/2002 Entry into force: 21/08/2002 pdf file340_Agreement in English.pdf (230 KB) pdf file340_Decreet.pdf (101 KB)

Project: Learning for Peace  Beneficiary: Flanders Peace Field vzw  Amount: 20.000 euro Duration: December 2013 - December 2014 Flanders Peace Field organization wants to set up a educational project to guide young people towards peace education, community building, empowerment and critical citizenship through the story of the Christmas ceasefires and football.  The history of WWI and its Christmas ceasefires, like the football story, is a way to make young people reflect on conflicts of today, about living together, about tolerance and diversity, on fair play on and off the football fiel

Project: international commemoration of the Third Battle of Ypres  Beneficiary: Society Passchendaele Society vzw  Amount: 140.000 euro Duration: July 2017 - November 2017 The project is based on the international commemoration of some dramatic historical moments of the Third Battle of Ypres on the particular day (exactly 100 years after the fact), knowingly places (Tyne Cot Cemetery, Crest Farm, Gravenstafel, Belle vue , Polygon Wood, Frezenberg ...) and (representatives of) countries, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany.

Project: Commemoration Battle of Messines  Beneficiary: City Messines Amount: 60.000 euros Duration: June 7, 2017 On Wednesday, June 7, 2017 it will be exactly 100 years ago that 19 mines exploded under the German positions and thus heralded the start of the infamous Battle of Messines. The explosions resulted in gigantic craters, which are still visible in Messines, Ypres and Heuvelland. Several monuments and cemeteries in the region refer to this historical battle. 100 years later, these historical events are commemorated internationally.