Press invitation: Launch Brussels School of Governance
With rector Caroline Pauwels and prime minister Alexander De Croo- 9/02/2021 – 18u – Facebook Live
Friday, February 5, 2021 — On the initiative of VUB rector Caroline Pauwels, the Institute for European Studies (IES) and Vesalius College are launching an alliance under the name of the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG). This new institution conducts interdisciplinary research, organises fully accredited higher education programmes and provides a wide range of academic services in many policy-related fields, including energy and environment, security and diplomacy, migration and diversity, and digitalisation and democracy. A partnership between the IES (VUB), founded in 2001, and Vesalius College, created in 1986, the BSoG has more than 200 international staff members.
During the launch event, to which you are cordially invited, the concept of the BSoG will be fully explained. Caroline Pauwels, prime minister Alexander De Croo and BSoG president Karel De Gucht, among others, will take the floor. The event will take place digitally on Tuesday, 9 February from 18.00 to 19.00. via a Facebook Live session (in English). Below you can find the programme of the evening. You will find all other information on the event page.
“As two leaders in international education, research and academic services, the Institute for European Studies and Vesalius College have been working together closely for many years. We are therefore pleased that this cooperation is now entering a new phase with a joint realisation as a formal alliance between the two parties,” said Luc Soete, dean of the BSoG.
“Through the location of the BSoG in Brussels, our stakeholders benefit from a unique proximity to various national and international policy communities. We further strengthen our internal expertise through an international network from Washington to Tokyo and Seoul and close cooperation with a wide network of partners, such as UNU-CRIS, the University of Warwick and the European university network EUTOPIA,” said Karel De Gucht, president of the Brussels School of Governance.
Programme
| Start: 18u | Welcome |
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| What does the BSoG mean to you? |
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| Introduction to/history of the BSoG |
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| Speech Alexander De Croo |
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| What is it that the BSoG concretely offers? |
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| Speech Caroline Pauwels |
| End: 19u | Thank you and closure |
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