Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office or BELSPO is a Belgian government institution which is 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 supervizes the Belgian federal scientific organisations.
History
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.
In 1959 the structures were created for the political and administrative coordination of the Belgian science policy. These structures 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.
Federal scientific and cultural institutions
* Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
* Center for historical research and documentation on war and contemporary society
* Geological Survey of Belgium
* National and Provincial State Archives
* Planetarium
* Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
* Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
* Royal Library of Belgium
* Royal Meteorological Institute
* Royal Museum for Central Africa
* Royal Museums for Art and History
* Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
* Royal Observatory of Belgium
Federal scientific and cultural partner institutions
* Academia Belgica at Rome
* Euro Space Center
* Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences
* Royal Film Archive
* Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
ee also
* Science and technology in Belgium
* Science and technology in the Brussels-Capital Region
* Science and technology in Flanders
* Science and technology in Wallonia
* Belgian Academy Council of Applied Sciences (BACAS)
* Francqui Foundation
* National Fund for Scientific Research
* Agoria
References
* [http://www.ibgebim.be/nederlands/pdf/entreprise/energie/_belspo.pdf BELSPO]
External links
* [http://www.belspo.be/belspo/home/port_en.stm Belgian Federal Science Policy Office]
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