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On 18 March, three foreign investors in Flanders received a Foreign Investment Trophy 2019. With these annual awards, Flanders Investment & Trade emphasizes the socio-economic importance of foreign investments for the Flemish economy. 

On 13 March, Minister-president Bourgeois received UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl at the Ererra House in Brussels.

On 26 February, minister-president Bourgeois had a constructive meeting with director-general da Silva of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome. Flanders is a longstanding and trusted partner of FAO, specifically working together in Malawi.

On 16 March, the Flemish dance season in South Africa started with the performance "Rule of Three" by GRIP. Three Flemish dance companies will perform in the coming months in Johannesburg, Oudtshoorn and Cape Town.

On March 8, International Women's Day, the Mango project in South Africa of Women for Climate Justice started.

On 25 February, Minister-president Geert Bourgeois attended the opening of the new General Representation of the Government of Flanders in Rome.

On 13 March the Flemish Parliament approved the framework decree for a no-deal Brexit. This decree regulates a temporary transitional period, on the condition of reciprocity, for both British and Flemish citizens and companies for adapting to the coming Brexit.

On 28 February, Freddy Evens, acting secretary-general of the Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs, opened the Witnesses evening of the seventh World Congress against the Death Penalty.

On the 25th of February 2019, the General Representation of the Government of Flanders in South Africa launched the third Country Strategy Paper (2019 – 2023) for Development Cooperation between Flanders and Malawi in Lilongwe.