King Baudouin Foundation

King Baudouin Foundation

"The mission of the King Baudouin Foundation is clear and at the same time wide-ranging: to help to improve living conditions for the population. In its 1976 Constitution the Foundation is described as "an independent structure that encourages original ideas and sets up new projects."

"The King Baudouin Foundation supports projects and citizens who are committed to create a better society. In this way we can make a lasting contribution towards greater justice, democracy and respect for diversity."

Board of Governors
Accessed February 2009:


 * Chairman - Baron Peter Piot, Professor and Director of the Institute of Public Health, Imperial College, London
 * Vice Chairman - Clarisse ALBERT, Board member of Régie Média Belge, Vice Chairman of the Board of RTBF
 * Second Vice Chairman - Jean-Luc DEHAENE, Former Prime Minister, Member of the European Parliament, Minister of State, Chairman of the Board of Dexia
 * Managing Director (CEO) - Baron TAYART de BORMS

Governors
 * Magda AELVOET - Minister of State
 * Clarisse ALBERT - Board member of Régie Média Belge, Vice Chairman of the Board of RTBF
 * André BERGEN - CEO of KBC Group
 * Serge BRAMMERTZ - Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
 * Luc COENE - Vice Governor of the National Bank of Belgium
 * Baron CROCHET - Honorary Rector of UCL (Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve)
 * Jean-Luc DEHAENE - Former Prime Minister, Member of the European Parliament, Minister of State, Chairman of the Board of Dexia
 * Ann DEMEULEMEESTER - Secretary General of the ACW (umbrella organization fo the Christian workers’ organizations in Flanders)
 * Lodewijk DE WITTE - Governor of the Province of Flemish Brabant
 * Carine DOUTRELEPONT - Lawyer, Professor at ULB (Free University of Brussels)
 * Baronne FOUCART - Honorary General Director of the Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Honorary Chairman of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
 * Léon A. LHOIST - Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of the Lhoist Group
 * Gilles MAHIEU - Secretary General of the Parti Socialiste
 * Bernadette MÉRENNE-SCHOUMAKER - Professor at the University of Liège, President of the Institut de Géographie of the University of Liège
 * Marc MULLIE - Head of the Social, Economic and Cultural Department of the Royal Household
 * Nicole ROLAND - Chairman of the High Council of Justice
 * Gwendolyn RUTTEN - Director of the Cabinet of the Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government
 * André SAPIR - Professor at ULB (Free University of Brussels)
 * Françoise TULKENS - Extraordinary Professor at UCL (Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve), Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
 * Olivier VANDERIJST - Director of the Cabinet of the Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health
 * Bart VAN OPSTAL - President of the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries
 * Piet VANTHEMSCHE - President of the Boerenbond
 * Jacques van YPERSELE de STRIHOU - Principal Private Secretary to the King
 * Jacques van YPERSELE de STRIHOU and Marc MULLIE represent the King on the Board

Contact

 * Web: http://www.kbs-frb.be

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