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On 14 September Minister-president Bourgeois approved the grant for the RomaEuropa Festival in 2019. A focus on Flanders in the festival programme should put the opening of the new Flemish Representation in 2019 in Rome in the spotlight.

On 11 September Minister Homans went to Düsseldorf to learn more about some ongoing projects on (de) radicalization. The Minister also met with North Rhine-Westphalia Minister Reul and State Secretary Mathies. 

From 27 to 31 August, the 20th Colloquium Neerlandicum of the International Association for Dutch Studies (IVN) took place.

Minister-president Bourgeois attended the world première of "Six Brandenburg Concertos" by Rosas in the Volksbühne in Berlin on 12 September. This unique project by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker received Flemish support.

At the invitation of General Representative Yves Wantens, a group of former cyclists participated in the Unity Ride in Latvia on 3 September. "A successful promotion  of  Flemish cycling culture", according to Representative Wantens. 

On 27 August 2018, Minister of Education, Hilde Crevits received a government delegation from Ghana with George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education and Elisabeth Afoley Quaye, Minister of Fisheries and Development of Aquaculture.

On 12 September, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Vleva organized a public information and consultation session on the cohesion policy in the context of the multi-annual financial framework 2021-2027.

On 1 September Julie Bynens took up the position of Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

On 24 August, Minister-president Bourgeois paid a visit to the High Tech Campus and the HOLST Centre in Eindhoven.