Organisations by alphabetical order

Flanders Chancellery and Foreign Office is responsible for coordinating Flanders’ international and European activities and is therefore in charge of the relations between Flanders and foreign governments, the European Union and international organisations.

This includes:

• International and European trade policy;

• Controlling the import, export and transit of dual use products, arms and other strategic goods from Flanders;

• Establishing and implementing European regulations, and concluding and ratifying international treaties.

Furthermore, the Department functions as Chancellery for the Government of Flanders and is responsible for:

• Better regulation policy;

• Communication and reputation policy;

• Evidence informed policy by statistics, strategic analysis and policy research;

• Long-term strategic vision of Flanders.

To execute these tasks the Department relies on the enthusiasm and dedication of its personnel, which includes:

• about 295 staff members at its head office in Brussel.

• about 26 diplomats and 51 staff members at Flanders’ Diplomatic Representations across Brussels (EU Representation), Berlin, The Hague, London, New York, Warsaw, Vienna, Pretoria, Madrid, Paris, Geneva, Rome and Copenhagen. In addition, there are also offices in Prague and Budapest.

The Flanders Chancellery and Foreign Office cooperates with the agencies Flanders Investment & Trade and Visit Flanders in order to realize Flanders’ international ambitions.