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

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body responsible for

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. It designs and implements research programmes and networks and manages the participation of Belgium in

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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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* Sciensano * Center for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society *

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, ...

* National and Provincial State Archives (State Archives in Belgium) *

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* Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences *

Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, for ''Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium - Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique'') is a Belgian federal institute of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO). The insti ...

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 ...

* Royal Meteorological Institute * Royal Museum for Central Africa * Royal Museums for Art and History *

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 Muse ...

* Royal Observatory of Belgium

Federal scientific and cultural partner institutions

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at Rome *

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* Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences * Cinematek *

Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics The von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) is a non-profit educational and scientific organization which specializes in three specific fields: aeronautics and aerospace, environment and applied fluid dynamics, turbomachinery and propulsi ...

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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History

Federal scientific and cultural institutions

Federal scientific and cultural partner institutions

See also

References

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