The Belgian Vocation Foundation is a

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organization, founded on 23 November 1963 by the Belgian industrialist

Emile Bernheim Emile Bernheim (1886–1985) was a Belgian industrialist. For more than half a century he was the president of the store '' A l'innovation'' in Brussels, which he founded in 1897 in Brussels. Soon other stores followed in Liège (1899), Verviers ( ...

. The foundation provides support to young people with a vocation, but who can not complete their education by lack of financial resources. Every year the Foundation awards 15 scholarships of 10,000 Euro each.

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is the patron of the Foundation.

History

The idea for the foundation was first raised in 1960 by

Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet (21 August 1906 – 11 April 1996) was a French entrepreneur and advertising magnate best known as the founder of Publicis Groupe. He is also credited with inventing radio advertising in France, helped create the first ...

, the founder of

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. Roger Forthomme, a Belgian journalist, succeeded in conveying his enthusiasms for the foundation to Emile Bernheim, who founded the Belgian Vocation Foundation in 1963.

External links

Belgian Vocation Foundation
Foundations based in Belgium 1963 establishments in Belgium