Science and technology in Belgium
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Science and technology in Belgium is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes. As Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 is a federal state, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 is organized at several levels. At the national level, there is the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office or BELSPO is a Belgian government institution responsible for coordinating science policy at a federal level. It designs and implements research programmes and networks and manages the participation of Belgium in European and international organisations...

 (BELSPO) and each of the three regions: Brussels-Capital Region, Flanders
Science and technology in Flanders
Science and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...

 and Wallonia
Science and technology in Wallonia
Science and technology in Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.-Technology institutes:Wallonia is home to several science and technology organizations....

 have their own regional science and technology development.

See also

  • Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
  • Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
    The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
    There are two Royal Academies for Science and the Arts in Belgium, corresponding to the two main languages of the country, Dutch and French . The Academies are located in the Palace of Academies in Brussels....

  • List of Belgian Nobel laureates
  • Economy of Belgium
    Economy of Belgium
    The modern, private enterprise economy of Belgium has capitalised on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base...

  • Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
  • Education in Belgium
    Education in Belgium
    Education in Belgium is regulated and for the larger part financed by one of the three communities: Flemish, French and German-speaking. The national legislator only kept a very few, minimal competences for education as the age for mandatory schooling, and, indirectly, the financing of the...


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