Projects

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: Strengthening subregional cooperation and national capacities in seven southern African countries to implement the 2003 Convention for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (PART II)  Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 250.000 USD Duration: 2016-2017 This follow-up project pays special attention to ensure adequate institutional environment, the ability to develop legislative and policy frameworks or improve and the availability of national expertise. Part I

Project: Statue of John McCrae unveiled in Ottawa Beneficiary: Royal Canadian Artillery Heritage Trust  Amount: 50.000 CAD Duration: May 2015 On Sunday, May 3rd in the Canadian capital Ottawa a statue was unveiled to commemorate the Canadian military physician John McCrae (1872-1918). John McCrae fought during World War I as a volunteer with the Allied Forces and was stationed near Ypres. There he wrote in early May 1915 the famous poem "In Flanders Fields" in memory of his fallen friend, former student and fellow soldier Lt. Alex Helmer.

Project: Grant for organisation Guest of Honor at Frankfurter Buchmesse Beneficiary: Flemish Literature Fund Amount: 400.000 euro Duration: October 2016 In 2016, Flanders and the Netherlands presented jointly the Frankfurter Buchmesse, the largest and most important literary fair in the world. They do this under the motto "this is what we share.

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: Emergency aid for Ecuador after earthquake of April 16, 2016 Beneficiary: Plan België Amount: 100.000 euro Duration: mei 2016  On 13 May 13 Minister-president Bourgeois decided to grant 100.000 euro emergency aid for people in Ecuador after the earthquake of April 16th. The money will be used to help Plan België to get the food supply up and going again in the hard-hit coastal province of Pichincha. The Flemish support will help about 250 families.

Project: Emergency aid  cholera in Haiti   Beneficiary:  Rode Kruis Vlaanderen Amount: 100.000 euro Duration: October 2016  On October 4, 2016 the south-west of Haiti was struck by Hurricane Matthew.

Project: Refugee camp Gawilan (Kurdish Iraq)  Beneficiary: Rode Kruis Vlaanderen (Red Cross) Amount: 200.000 euro Duration: april 2016  In the refugee camp Gawilan in the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, near Erbil, live about 6,500 refugees from Syria.  Minister-president Bourgeois makes 200.000 euros available to the Red Cross for the direct support ("cash transfers") of 967 vulnerable families. The Flemish aid is part of a larger project of the International Red Cross, accounting for 4.2 million euros.

Project:  Strengthening human rights, citizenship, intercultural and other standards in the curriculum of public education in Iraqi Kurdistan Beneficiary: Human Rights Office (OHCHR/UNAMI HRO) Amount: 114.017 euro Duration: 2016 Minister-president Bourgeois decided during his official visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in April 2016 to support the project "Human Rights Education in Schools". The goal of this project is to strengthen human rights, citizenship, intercultural and other standards in the curriculum of public education in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Project: emergency aid after floods in Malawi and Mozambique Beneficiary:  Malawi Humanitarian Emergency Response Fund (HERF) and One Programme UN Amount: 329.000 euro Duration: February 2015  In recent weeks heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in Mozambique and Malawi. In Mozambique the provinces of Zambézia and Nampula are affected the worst. It is feared that at least 200,000 people will soon feel the effects of the food shortage. In Malawi especially the southern districts of Nsanje, Chikwawa, Phalombe and Zomba are affected.

Project: emergency aid for food crisis in Malawi  Beneficiary: World Food Programme Amount: 208.149 euro Duration: 2015 - 2016  In  Malawi an estimated 2.8 million people are threated by a food shortage will be  through the combination of floods and severe drought caused by a severe El Niño, a climate phenomenon that is caused by an abnormal warming of the seawater in the eastern tropical Pacific.  Together with the international community, the Malawian government addresses this situation with a national action plan.

Partner: Government of South Africa - National Treasury with support of the Bertha Centre of the Universiteit of Cape Town Grant: 1.250.041 euro Duration: start in 2017 (3,5 years) The National Treasury of South Africa joins forces with the Bertha Centre of the University of Cape Town to test a new financing model for public contracts. In outcomes-based contracts the government no longer pays for the implementation of activities but only for the actual impact in the field, like for instance the Social Impact Bond.

Partner: LifeCo Unltd South Africa Grant: 2.398.970 euro Duration: October 2016 - October 2019 LifeCo UnLtd South Africa is working hard to support, create and enhance social entrepreneurship. LifeCo itself is also a social enterprise which uses business principles for social impact to realise a more inclusive society. Flanders supports LifeCo to enhance the social enterprise ecosystem and to allow the businesses to grow and become more sustainable.

Project: The Sustainable Enterprise Development Facility for Job Creation in South Africa  Partner: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Budget: 3.305.000 euro  Duration: 1.01.2014 –31.12.2016 (extended till 31.06.2017) The development objective of the proposed Sustainable Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) for South Africa is to create decent jobs for men and women in three provinces through entrepreneurship promotion and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in sectors and value chains with employment potential.

Summary: MoU Flanders- China on optimising cooperation in r&d and innovation. Both Participants agree to terminate the MoU of 17/04/2012. Signed: 30/03/2017 pdf file1165_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (82 KB)    

Summary: The MoU formalises the partnership between the three parties for a project on the development of a social economy policy for South Africa. Signed: 30/01/2017 pdf file1164_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (926 KB)

Summary: Cooperation agreement with UNWTO on ethical guidelines and a public policy framework regarding tourism to historical conflict sites. Signed: 08/12/2016 pdf file1163_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (298 KB)

Summary: MoU with Iran on cooperation in the field of environment.    Signed: 12/12/2016 pdf file1162_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (1.17 MB)

Summary: MoU with India on renewable energy.    Signed: 29/09/2015 pdf file1154_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (1.04 MB)

Summary: The participants wish to extend on cooperation and exchange in the areas of human capital development, higher and graduate level education, scientific research, innovation and technological, and cultural and promotion. Signed: 22/06/2016 pdf file1151_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (518 KB)