Inaugurated in 1972, the Québec Government Office in Brussels seeks to promote Québec and its interests in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, as well as within the European institutions.
Covered territories
Belgium, Luxembourg, Kingdom of the Netherlands and European institutions.
DADO the clown at Namur en Mai26 May 2017 au 28 May 2017|
Arts and Culture
DADO Daniel Warr, also known as Mon Oncle le bossu or DADO, is a street performer, magician and clown. Namur en Mai Place d’Armes - 45min FRI 26 MAY : 16:45 & 20:45 SAT 27 MAY : 12:00, 15:15 & 20:30 SUN 28 MAY : 11:00, 15:00 &...
Busty and the Bass at the Pinkpop Festival4 June 2017 au 4 June 2017|
Arts and Culture
BUSTY AND THE BASS Busty and the Bass have come a long way in a short time. The nine members of the band connected in their first week at McGill University’s jazz school in Montreal and started jamming. Casual house party gigs...
Dany Laferrière and Rodney Saint-Eloi invited to Ayiti La7 June 2017 au 9 June 2017|
Arts and Culture
AYITI LA – Les lettres haïtiennes en mouvement To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the bilateral cooperation between Haiti and Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Coopération Education Culture (CEC) is inviting Haitian authors to...
To monitor work done by European institutions in areas relevant to Québec’s competencies and interests;
to develop, maintain, and coordinate relations with the various institutions of the European Union and other European authorities, including the Council of Europe, as well as with certain regional associations including the Assembly of European Regions and the Conference of European Regions with Legislative Power (REGLEG);
to organize missions to European institutions carried out by Québec political figures and representatives of Québec institutions and organizations, host and advise delegations, provide support in organizing any visits to Québec by representatives of European institutions;
to watch and analyze the development of European institutions and European multi-region institutions.
To develop, coordinate and maintain relations with various political and administrative authorities from the Benelux countries;
to prepare missions to the Benelux countries for Quebec political figures and help organize visits for political figures from the Benelux countries in Québec;
to help Quebec institutions and/or agencies prepare missions to promote Quebec’s interests;
to develop cooperative relationships between Quebec and Benelux institutions, notably in terms of higher education and training, research, science and technology;
to ensure the implementation of all cooperative agreements already concluded between Quebec and the regions or communities of Belgium, Belgium, Luxembourg and of any other agreement which can occur with one or the other of the three Benelux countries;
to monitor the sociopolitical situation of countries in the Benelux region in order to inform Québec authorities of social and political developments in these territories.
Public affairs sector
To present Québec society as fairly and comprehensively as possible within the Benelux region and with European institutions;
To develop effective communications tools (newsletters, press reviews), distribute information at public events, provide assistance to researchers, make available a wide range of sources of information on Québec;
To identify suitable opportunities and events in the institutional, university, and scientific communities to promote Québec and undertakes the steps required to take advantage of them; cooperates with centers for Québec and Canadian studies;
To handle press relations with media representatives and press agencies; assist journalists;
To encourage the presence of Québec figures in the media and their participation in the public sphere; looks after communications and public affairs during visits by Québec figures.
Promote and encourage market development of Quebec culture in the Benelux territory.
Sensitize the professional community to Quebec creations and promote Quebec cultural events.
Provide support to companies and Quebec artists in planning various promotional activities and support their prospecting efforts with specialized networks, in different sectors.
To promote dialogue between Québec and Benelux companies in view of increasing the number of business, industrial, and technology partnerships;
to provide information and support services to Québec companies seeking to do business in the Benelux region, answer local inquiries into Québec products and technologies and partnership opportunities involving Québec businesses;
in cooperation with the main Québec investment promotion agencies, to liaise with head offices of Benelux companies established in Québec;
to publicize, promote, and oversee the implementation of Québec’s economic strategies;
to monitor changes in European Union economic policies and determine their impact on Québec;
to track and report on changes in trade policies, practices, and techniques in the target territory to Québec organizations, companies, and government.
Michel Audet took up his duties as Québec General Delegate in Brussels on December 1, 2014. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Audet was Deputy Minister at the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie. He was also the Commissioner General of the French Language World Forum held in Québec City in 2012.
From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Audet was the first Québec Government representative at UNESCO. Earlier, he was a full professor in the Department of Industrial Relations in Université Laval’s Faculty of Social Sciences and served as director of the Francophone Centre for the Computerization of Organizations (CEFRIO), as well as of the Institute for Information technologies and Societies (IITS), and of the Institute for Advanced International Studies (HEI).
Today, Québec is a place to connect and create that is highly valued by talented people around the globe. That’s because ideas are expressed freely and can collide, flourish and become realities in Québec; because Québec is both peace-loving and assertive, forward thinking and proud of its roots, northern yet warm and inviting, rich in contrasts. Québec is autonomous in areas within its constitutional jurisdiction and bases its international action on the extension of its powers within the Canadian federation.
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Fostering worker mobility while protecting worker rights
This agreement allows Québec nationals working in Belgium and Belgian nationals working in Québec to contribute to the social security systems of their territory of origin without having to contribute to the equivalent plans of their host territory.
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