Equal Chances
Promote equality in the Belgian education system.
In a fair democracy, every young person should get the opportunity to develop, grow and find their path in life. Education can act as a major lever to achieve this, but unfortunately, our education system is one of the most unequal in the EU and among OECD countries.
The mission of this programme is to achieve greater equality in the Belgian education system. To do so, we bolster the actions of organisations pursuing the same goal. On top of that, we support individuals and organisations who help ensure that social inequality no longer automatically leads to inequality in education. After all, every child has the right to the same ambitions and dreams for the future.
Equal chances in brief
- We support organisations that ensure every single child and every single young person gets every opportunity to find their path in life.
Equal chances is part of the programme Education and development of talents
Calls for projects
2024 Ernest Solvay Fund
Promoting scientific and sustainable development, both in Belgium and abroad.
Selection announced2023 Fonds Ernest Solvay - Spring Selection
Promoting scientific and sustainable development, both in Belgium and abroad.
Selection announced2022 Fonds Ernest Solvay - Spring Selection
Promoting scientific and sustainable development, both in Belgium and abroad.
Selection announcedGrantees
Hanne Billie Thiessen
Allocation of interest-free educational grant for a second bachelor degree in applied audiovisual communication at the Thomas More Hogeschool in Mechelen.
D&L Partners
The Foundation directs D&L to pay and administratively track the 2024 scholarships for youth in the Boost program.
Agir pour l'enseignement
Supporting governments and key players in education in French-speaking Belgium.
Publications & data
Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives
Boost
Boost is a program set up by the King Baudouin Foundation whose objective is to maximize the chances of success for young people from underprivileged backgrounds.
BELvue Museum
Managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, the BELvue was created as a place where visitors, and especially young people, can learn about and better understand Belgium, its history…
Funds and philanthropic tools
ProPulse (Fund)
The fund aims to promote law studies among students, more specifically to promote access to these studies for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Funds for Good Impact (Fonds Vrienden van)
Philanthropists support the projects of Funds for Good Impact, which aims to fight precarity and poverty in Belgium through entrepreneurship.
Sofina Covid Solidarity Fund (Bedrijfsfonds)
Support of initiatives targeting specific challenges in healthcare systems and services and the digital gap in education in Western Europe, Singapore and India as a result of the…
Press Releases
Get down in history: BELvue amps up for Museum Night Fever
Celebrating solidarity: BELvue once again the most popular stop during Museum Night Fever. A jaw-dropping 9,525 visitors came to BELvue!
Entrepreneurship outside Europe: 43 talented young Belgians honoured by the Prince Albert Fund
43 Prince Albert Fund laureates who conducted a one-year mission outside Europe on behalf of a Belgian company were presented with their diploma by HRH Prince Lorenz.