Projects

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: 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: Project: World War - peace education project Beneficiary: Unesco  Amount: 50.000 USD Duration: 2014 - 2018 This project includes an educational peace-building initiative on the occasion and in memory of the commemoration of the century of the First World War in 2014. It is based on underwater cultural heritage of the time, but also links are made with the situation today. The emphasis is on reconciliation.

Project: Centenary of WWI and its Underwater Cultural Heritage: Exhibit on African and Asian involvement Beneficiary: UNESCO Amount: 49.990 USD Duration: 2014 - 2018 Throughout 2014-2018 the centenary of the First World War is commemorated. The naval battles and remaining underwater cultural heritage linked to those battles merit attention as well. This projects focuses on the African and Asian involvement in naval battles with an exhibition.

Project: Preproduction work of the upcoming concert at the Edinburgh Tattoo Festival and the costs associated with the stay in Edinburgh Beneficiary: Royal wind band Ypriana  Budget: 22.500 euro Duration: 2018 The Royal wind band Ypriana has been a fixed cultural value for more than 80 years when it comes to hafaba music (harmony - brass) and has an international reputation thanks to various concert tours in Hungary, the Czech Republic, France, England and Germany.  Geert Gombeir, production partner of the band will take charge of the artistic preproduction and the production of the harmo

Project: Curriculum ‘The Volunteers: Americans join World War One, 1914-1919’ Beneficiary: AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc  Amount: 30.000 USD Duration: 2014 - 2016 The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I, 1914-1919 Curriculum was launched on March 2 at an event hosted by the Flanders House in New York City and online at thevolunteers.afs.org. The event featured keynote speaker Sophie De Schaepdrijver, a distinguished Belgian historian, Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University, and recipient of the Order of the Crown (Belgium).

Project: 1917 - 2017 Flanders welcomes the bereaved Beneficiary: Westtoer apb Amount: 15.980 Euros Duration: 2017 For the important commemorative year 2017 Westtoer started the  project '1917 Total war in Flanders'. The main communication tool for the project in the targeted countries (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands) , is a social media designed promotional video.

Project: The power of greenery in dark times Beneficiary: Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Landbouw en Plantkunde Amount: 108.716,13 euro Duration: April 2016 Having been hosted at Flanders Expo for 26 years, the Floralies return to the Ghent city centre at no fewer than four separate locations this edition. Flower and plant aficionados are sure to go from surprise to surprise this spring. The Floralies also feature a commemorative garden dedicated to the Great War Centenary, designed by ‘buro voor vrije ruimte’.

Project: Great War Centenary Car Routes Beneficiary: Westtoer apb Amount: 45.522 euro Duration: 2010 - 2014   On the occasion of the Great War Centenary commemoration, Westtoer has designed six new car routes around the theme of war. Since the autumn of 2012, you can explore the first WWI car route in the Westhoek. Currently, the following routes are open: Ypres Salient car route Yser Front car route  Life at the Front car route Pioneer car route Free Fatherland car route   Practical information: http://www.flandersfields.be/en/car-routes  

Project: The Fire of Leuven. Chronicle of a War Crime. Beneficiary: Fonk vzw Amount: 7.000 euros Duration: December 2013 - August 2014 In late August 1914, Leuven fell victim to blind war rage. Virtually the entire city centre was systematically destroyed by the German occupying forces.

Project: Digital Collection of press material of the Great War Beneficiary:  Iminds vzw Amount: 23.512 euro Duration: January 2015 - September 2015 Interested in authentic source material from the First World War? Curious about daily life under the German occupier? Searching for traces of your grandfather at the front? Then, at News from The Great War, you are in the right place. Here, you will find a unique digital collection of press material that was published in our region during the war years.

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: 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: Grant fort the organisation of the Exhibition Ensor  Beneficiary: Royal Academy of Arts London Amount: 135.000 euro Duration: 2016 On October 25, 2016, he first exhibition dedicated to James Ensor in London, "James Ensor: Exquisite Turbulence", opened   in the Royal Academy of Arts. The Flemish painter Luc Tuymans curated the exhibition. Most of the exhibited works came from the collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Mu.ZEE Oostende and the Museum of Fine Arts of Ghent.  

Project: 100 years Talbot House Beneficiary:  Talbot House vzw Amount: 97.909 euro Duration: 2015 In 2015, Talbot House, the British soldier club in Poperinge during the Great War, celebrates its 100th anniversary. Throughout the year, events and activities are organized both in Belgium and abroad.

Summary: Arrangement between the Flemish Government and the Government of New Zealand related to cooperation in the field of the shared history of the world wars of the twentieth century Signed: 04/10/2007 pdf file770_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (749 KB)

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: Memorial Garden - Flanders Fields Memorial Garden in Canberra Beneficiary: Australian War Memorial Amount: 200.000 euro Duration: opening in April 2017 In April 2017 the Australian War Memorial officially opened the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden. The memorial gardens abroad help to ensure international attention for Flanders Fields and Flanders as peace destination after 2018. The memorial gardens honor and commemorate everyone who fought and died during the war.

Project: Commemorating 100 years Battle of Messines Beneficiary: Municipality Heuvelland Amount: 49.775 euro Duration: June 10, 2017 During the Battle on June 7, 1917 the British army left 19 mines explode under the ridge around and around Mesen / Wijtschate. The Second Battle of Messines went down in history as the worst military explosion until the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and changed the landscape around Heuvelland and Messines final.

Project: Commemoration Battle of Messines  Beneficiary: City Messines Amount: 60.000 euros Duration: June 7, 2017 On Wednesday, June 7, 2017 it will be exactly 100 years ago that 19 mines exploded under the German positions and thus heralded the start of the infamous Battle of Messines. The explosions resulted in gigantic craters, which are still visible in Messines, Ypres and Heuvelland. Several monuments and cemeteries in the region refer to this historical battle. 100 years later, these historical events are commemorated internationally.