Projects

Project: 10 partial scholarships for academic year 2017-2018 C-MAT Beneficiary: Centre for Maritime and Air Transport Management Budget: 110.000 euro Duration: January 2017 - December 2017 C-MAT, the Centre for Maritime & Air Transport Management at the University of Antwerp is one of the world's premier suppliers of highly specialised academic as well as practice-based education and research in transport economics. The main objective of the C-MAT programme is to help executive staff members from transport-related companies and organisations (shipping companies, port authorities, term

Project: partial sholarships for academic year 2018 2019 C-MAT Beneficiary: Centre for Maritime and Air Transport Management Budget: 110.000 euros Period: 2018-2019 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. The institute specializes in transport, maritime economy and logistics management. Since the academic year 2015-2016, ITMMA has undergone a name change and the curriculum has been renewed.

Project: Thirteen standard seminars, organised by APEC usually at the request of foreign organisations. Partner: Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center Budget: 297.500 euro Duration: 2017 APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre 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.  Via short, practical and interactive courses, APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre teaches people most aspects of modern port operations.

Project: Annual contribution to the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2018 Beneficiary: The World Economic Forum Budget: 60.000 Swiss franc Duration: 2018 - 2019 Flanders has been a member of the WEF since 1993 and receives an annual invitation for the annual and regional meeting. The Government of Flanders defines the status of "Foundation Member" of the WEF.  The Minister-president of the Government of Flanders has repeatedly participated in the annual meeting in Davos. During this meeting, recent economic, political, social and scientific trends are discussed.

As set out in the Flemish Coalition Agreement 2019-2024, the Government of Flanders is emphatically setting its sights on the North.  It is the ambition of the Government to make Flanders an undisputed reference region in the Europe of the 2020s. Building on the constructive cooperation with the Netherlands, Germany, and the Baltic States, the Government wishes to quickly join forces with the other Northern European countries.

Summary: The Convention is an instrument by which Parties to investment treaties concluded before 1 April 2014 express their consent to apply the Rules on Transparency. The Rules on Transparency, effective as of 1 April 2014, are a set of procedural rules for making publicly available information on investor-State arbitrations arising under investment treaties.The Convention supplements existing investment treaties with respect to transparency-related obligations. Signed: 15/09/2015 pdf file1128_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (289 KB)