Local and regional citizen involvement

Supporting local and regional citizen initiatives, with a focus on rural areas, and facilitating local philanthropy.

From a region to a town or city, to a village or a neighbourhood, many are the citizens who work to improve our lives together. And numerous are the philanthropists who devote time and/or money to the places in which they grew up or live. The King Baudouin Foundation encourages this citizen engagement and facilitates both individual and collective philanthropic initiatives that support a region or a particular geographic area.

Our activities

  • we support local and regional citizen initiatives that build social cohesion, paying particular attention to rural areas
  • we manage and develop funds that mobilise the socio-economic stakeholders of their region with a view to developing the region
  • and we make the skills and networks of the KBF available to local philanthropic initiatives.

Local and regional citizen envolvement is part of the programme Social engagement

Calls for projects

2023B - Schools Solidarity Accounts

Fundraising to enable schools to financially intervene on behalf of children from underprivileged families and improve their chances of successfully completing their school year.

Ongoing

2023A - Schools Solidarity Accounts

Fundraising to enable schools to financially intervene on behalf of children from underprivileged families and improve their chances of successfully completing their school year.

Selection announced

Schools Solidarity Accounts

Fundraising to enable schools to financially intervene on behalf of children from underprivileged families and improve their chances of successfully completing their school year.

Selection announced

Grantees

Freundeskreis RSI Eupen

Adventure trip to the Ardèche for students of the Robert-Schuman-Institut (RSI), Eupen

Organize an adventure camp as part of an experiential education to improve the physical/mental skills of technical/vocational students.

Median VoG

Coaching for volunteers/host families helping Ukrainian refugees (East-Belgium)

Organise exchanges for German-speaking volunteers on various topics (their experiences, skills, personal limitations) and inform them about social/health services

Vinzenz Verein Eupen

Support for a flood victim

To provide financial support to a person who has found themselves in an emergency situation after the floods.

Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives

Vis mon village

Concrete projects with a local participatory dynamic that improve the quality of life in the village and promote contacts and solidarity between diverse groups of citizens.

Funds and philanthropic tools

Fund 't Muzenestje

The Fund supports projects which bring a warm, human message to the local population of Roeselare.

Fund Van Wonterghem-De Brabandere

Prize for an individual and/or an association who undertakes useful work in the Ypres region in terms of solidarity, the environment, social well-being or citizenship.

Brussels Leaders Fund (new name Fund Alain De Pauw)

Support for people in Brussels so that they can develop their leadership skills and encourage others to set up projects to improve quality of life in their local area.

Press Releases

Solidarity with flood victims

29 07 2021

After the floods in 2021, the King Baudouin Foundation is pleased to contribute its resources, know-how and networks to strengthen citizens' solidarity with their fellow citizens…

Cycling for everyone! - The Bikes in Brussels Fund has awarded almost 600,000 euros to eight new projects

26 07 2021

Stories

Gasol Foundation tackles child obesity in disadvantaged neighbourhood of Barcelona

Children and young people Healthy living Local and regional citizen involvement

“We consider a child’s family and broader relational context, rather than focusing narrowly on nutrition only.”
Cristina Ribes
Safalín project director

Community garden as a meeting place

Local and regional citizen involvement

“I believe we have already made great strides in this direction and have turned an underused, 400-m² site into a green jewel.”
David Reuter
Head of FRI-X-BERG youth art school

Raised beds in a cemetery

Local and regional citizen involvement

"The children and even young people are incredibly proud of themselves when they see how their plants have grown.”
Luciana Saalbach
Head of Prinzessinnengarten project in Berlin