The Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy ( nl, Programmatorische Federale Overheidsdienst Wetenschapsbeleid; french: Service public fédéral de programmation Politique scientifique; german: Föderaler Öffentlicher Programmierungsdienst Wissenschaftspolitik) or Belgian Science Policy Office, Federal Science Policy, known by the acronym BELSPO, is the
federal government
A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-govern ...
body responsible for
research policy in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
. It designs and implements research programmes and networks and manages the participation of Belgium in
European and international organisations. BELSPO supervises Belgian federal scientific organisations.
History
Formal political and administrative coordination of the Belgian
science policy was begun with the creation of the first government organisations in 1959. These included the ''Interministerial Commission for Science Policy'' (ICSP) and the ''National Council for Science Policy'' (NCSP). In 1968, the ''Science Policy Office'' (SPO) was established as a Belgian State administration.
BELSPO was previously known as the ''Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs'' (OSTC), which name was changed following the Copernic reform of Belgium's federal administration.
Federal scientific and cultural institutions
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Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
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Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms The Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM) is a Belgian government funded consortium of seven scientific institutions, who manage and exploit a collection of microbial and genetic resources. The consortium comprises more than 26 ...
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Sciensano
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Geological Survey of Belgium The Geological Survey of Belgium (GSB) is a Belgian federal research institute for Belgian geology. It is a department of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. The institute is as a resource centre and project partner which produces maps, ...
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National and Provincial State Archives (State Archives in Belgium)
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Planetarium
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A dominant feature of most planetarium ...
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium (french: Muséum des sciences naturelles de Belgique, nl, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen van België) is a museum dedicated to natural history, located in Brussels, Belgium. The museum is a part of t ...
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Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
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Royal Library of Belgium
The Royal Library of Belgium (french: Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, abbreviated ''KBR'' and sometimes nicknamed in French or in Dutch) is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history t ...
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Royal Meteorological Institute
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Royal Museum for Central Africa
The Royal Museum for Central Africa or RMCA ( nl, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika or KMMA; french: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale or MRAC; german: Königliches Museum für Zentralafrika or KMZA), also officially known as the AfricaMuse ...
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Royal Museums for Art and History
The Royal Museums of Art and History (french: Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, nl, Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis) or RMAH is a group of museums in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Belgian federal institute of the Belgian ...
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Mus ...
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Royal Observatory of Belgium
Federal scientific and cultural partner institutions
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Academia Belgica at Rome
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Euro Space Center
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Euro Space Center is a science museum and educational tourist attraction located in Wallonia in the village of Transinne, munipality of Libin, Belgium. ...
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Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences
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Cinematek
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Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
See also
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Science and technology in Belgium
Science and technology in Belgium is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes. As Belgium is a federal state, science is organized at several levels. At the national level, there is the Belgian Federal Scie ...
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Science and technology in the Brussels-Capital Region
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Science and technology in Flanders
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Science and technology in Wallonia
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Belgian Academy Council of Applied Sciences (BACAS)
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Francqui Foundation
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National Fund for Scientific Research
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Agoria
References
BELSPO
External links
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Belgian Portal for Research and Innovation
Presentation of R&D policies in Belgium (European Commission website, ERAWATCH)
Presentation of innovation policies in Belgium (European Commission website, ProInno TrendChart for Innovation)
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Scientific organisations based in Belgium
Science and technology in Belgium
Federal departments and agencies of Belgium
Government agencies of Belgium
Science and technology ministries
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