Projects

Project: Tour in South Africa by Youth Choir Waelrant and Show Choir Rise Up and participation in World Choir Games in South Africa Beneficiary: Koor & Stem Budget: 12.500 euros Duration: 2018 - 2019 Koor & Stem supports choirs and singers across Flanders. Youth Choir Waelrant and Show Choir Rise Up will tour through South Africa in 2018, performing in different cities. Both Youth Choir Waelrant and Show Choir Rise Up will promote Flanders as host for the 11th World Choir Games in 2020.

Project: the performance of dance company Shell Shock in Paris  Beneficiary: Eastman  Budget: 25.000 euros Period: 2018 - 2019 On the 10th and 11th of November 2018, Eastman Dance Company (choreographer Sidi Larbi Cheraoui) will perform in Paris as part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the WOI Armistice. The performances of Shell Shock in Paris offer a good opportunity for Flanders to be present at the closing event of the French President Macron in the context of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Great War.

Project: Visitor programme of South African and Zimbabwean curators in Flanders and the Netherlands Beneficiary Kunstenpunt Budget: 5.900 euro Duration: 2019 Kunstensteunpunt and the Mondriaan Fund are taking part in an orientation trip to South Africa from 2 to 16 September 2018. The trip will be organised by the Mondriaan Fund for professional curators in the contemporary visual arts.

Summary: The MLI offers concrete solutions for governments to close the gaps in existing international tax rules by transposing results from the OECD/G20 BEPS Project into bilateral tax treaties worldwide. Signed: 07/06/2017 Sanctioned and promulgated: 05/04/2019 pdf file1181_Agreement in English and French.pdf (5.87 MB) pdf file1181_Engelse tekst verklarende nota.pdf (556 KB) pdf file1181_Engelse tekst voorbehouden en kennisgevingen.pdf (635 KB) pdf file1181_Decreet.pdf (984 KB)

Project: Operating grant Beneficiary: De Vlaamse Universiteiten en Hogescholen Raad (VLUHR) Budget: 100.000 euros Period: 2019 With this grant, the Department of Foreign Affairs aims to achieve the objectives of academic diplomacy by continuing to actively promote higher education and research in Flanders by convincing foreign students, researchers and policymakers of its quality. The participation of knowledge institutions in ministerial missions is an important instrument for this purpose.

Project: Flanders ukudansa eMzansi in South-Africa (Oudtshoorn, Cape Town and Johannesburg)  Beneficiary: les ballets C de la B Budget: 189.000 euros Period: 2019 With this project, three well-established Flemish dance companies want to present a series of prominent productions in South Africa (Oudtshoorn, Cape Town and Johannesburg) in 2019. It concerns the production 'Rule of Three' by Jan Martens, the boxing project '(B)' by Koen Augustijnen and 'Requiem pour L.'.

Project: The 'Great War in Music, Word and Image' Beneficiary: VOS Vlaamse Vredesvereniging Budget: 6.999 euros Period: 2018 - 2019 Together with its partners, VOS organises several concerts to commemorate the Great War. With two performances in the United States, VOS creates a unique opportunity to highlight the Flemish spirit of peace and the bond between the US and Flanders. The 'Great War in Music, Word and Image' will be performed in 2018 in symbolic places in Flanders (Ypres on 12 July, Winch on 30 September and Sint-Niklaar on 13 October).

Project: Exhibition What Could Have Been Beneficiary: Flanders Architecture Institute Amount: 13.500 euro Duration: 2018 - 2019 In 2019, the Flemish Architecture Institute plans to continue and deepen the exhibition Maatwerk Massaarbeit Architecktur aus Flandern un den Niederlanden.

Project: Action plan 2019 Beneficiary: Flemings in the World (VIW) Budget: 264.000 euros Duration: 2019 - 2020 Flemish people in the World Foundation (VIW) assists Flemish emigrants and expats whether they have international aspirations, or are already abroad.

Project: Operating grant 2019 Beneficiary: Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center (APEC) Budget: 297.500 euros Period: 2019 APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre vzw is an international training institute for port and maritime matters that focuses on the transfer of knowledge via standard seminars, tailor-made courses, study visits and lectures abroad.  For the working year 2019, the Government grants 297,500 euros to APEC vzw, as a compensation for the distribution of 85 grants to partner countries for the 13 standard seminars that will take place in 2019.

Project: 10 partial sholarships for academic year 2019 - 2020 C-MAT Beneficiary: Centre for Maritime and Air Transport Management Budget: 110.000 euros Period: 2019 - 2020 At the beginning of 1996, the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA) was established as an autonomous institute within the structures of the University of Antwerp.

Project: Operating grant 2019 Beneficiary: Nadia's Initiative Budget: 250.00 euros Period: 2019 Nadia’s Initiative is a nonprofit organization founded in 2016 by Nadia Murad that advocates for victims of sexual violence and aims to rebuild communities in crisis. Murad, a survivor of the Sinjar massacre who escaped ISIS capture, created Nadia’s Initiative in September 2016 to, "provide long term, holistic approaches to healing traumatized victims of mass atrocities, by developing and supporting field programs in the areas of healthcare, psychosocial support and education for women and chil

Summary: The UPc needs to benefit from privileges and immunities which are necessary for the exercise of its functions. A common approach is essential in view of the needs of the UPC.  Signed: 29/06/2016 Sanctioned and promulgated: 01/03/2019 pdf file1192_Agreement in English.pdf (421 KB) pdf file1192_Decreet.pdf (138 KB)

Summary: aims to support and strengthen the fight against terrorism while reaffirming that all measures taken to prevent or suppress terrorist offences have to respect the rule of law and democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms. Signed: 16/05/2005 Sanctioned and promulgated: 15/03/2019 pdf file1217_Verdrag in het Engels.pdf (163 KB) pdf file1217_Decreet.pdf (242 KB)      

Summary: Partnership agreement Flanders- UNRWA Signed: 13/03/2019 pdf file1221_Agreement in English.pdf (412 KB)

Summary: MoU between Flanders and Armenia on education, science and innovation Signed: 04/03/2019 pdf file1219_MoU in English.pdf (508 KB)  

Summary: The Agreement aims to facilitate the gainful occupation of certain family members of personnel of diplomatic missions from the sending State or of consular posts of the latter on the territory of the receiving State. Signed: 14/01/2016 Sanctioned and promulgated: 01/07/2016 Entry into force: 01/03/2019 pdf file1132_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (71 KB) pdf file1132_Decreet.pdf (71 KB)          

Summary: Letter of Intent on the negotiation of an agreement in the area of film coproduction Signed: 19/02/2019 pdf file1220_MoU in English.pdf (40 KB) pdf file1220_Ondertekende akte in het Spaans.pdf (41 KB)      

Summary: The purpose of this agreement is establishing air services between and beyond their respective territories. Signed: 06/03/2018 Sanctioned and promulgated: 01/02/2019 pdf file1199_Ondertekende overeenkomst in het Engels.pdf (833 KB) pdf file1199_Decreet.pdf (84 KB)    

Summary: The MoU defines that cooperation between the administrations will focus on sharing of expertise and good practices in the fields of data sharing mechanisms in health care, hospital management (design, financing, construction,…), hospital inspection (Care Inspectorate) and accreditation, long-term and elderly care. Signed: 29/01/2019 pdf file1216_MoU in English.pdf (139 KB)