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 announcedGrantees
Freundeskreis RSI Eupen
Organize an adventure camp as part of an experiential education to improve the physical/mental skills of technical/vocational students.
Median VoG
Organise exchanges for German-speaking volunteers on various topics (their experiences, skills, personal limitations) and inform them about social/health services
Vinzenz Verein Eupen
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
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
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.”
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.”
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.”