International

Queen Mathilde, defender of Sustainable Development Goals

19 January 2016

Queen Mathilde is now part of a group of fifteen eminent personalities who have been selected by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Antwerp world capital for start-ups

13 December 2015

Antwerp has won the prestigious Global Startup Nations Award for its start-up policy.

Brussels is the new Berlin

11 December 2015

Leading American newspaper, the New York Times has recently cited Brussels as one of the most exciting creative locations of the moment.

Belgium among the R&D top in Europe

03 December 2015

Last year, the EU Member States have spent almost 283 billion euro on Research and Development (R&D), translating to 2.03% of the gross domestic product (GDP).

Belgium has the happiest employees

30 November 2015

The Belgians have taken the top spot in the Global Workforce Happiness Index, which indicates the happiest employees in the world.

A small country with big ambitions!

Covering some 30,000 km², Belgium is not a big country but through its history and its geographic location it has always held an important place in the world, aware that without bridges to others, it would be unrealistic to want to build a fairer and more prosperous world.

For Belgium, effective action on crucial issues such as peace and security, human rights and the promotion of the rule of law, can only be carried out in a multilateral context. Belgium is therefore a founding Member State of many of the great international institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Council of Europe.

Belgium makes a significant contribution to the work of these institutions, while Brussels is home to the headquarters of several of them and many Belgian politicians have assumed important responsibilities while heading up such organisations.

Based on the open and pragmatic Belgian character, Belgian foreign policy covers universal values, focused on democracy, dialogue and regional integration between countries that may have been in conflict. So as human rights improve and poverty declines and a country opens up to a democratic process, if the economy picks up, development cooperation and economic action can be complementary!

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