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

Fund for Future - call 2024

support for youth and children's activities in Lennik & Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

Ongoing

Seal of approval "Louise in Ré"

Award of the "Louise in Ré" seal of approval to East Belgian schools (primary schools and kindergartens).

Selection announced

2024B - 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

Grantees

Projectwerking Ringland 2023: realisatie Toekomstverbond / Projet Ringland (ring d’Anvers) : Réalisation du ‘Toekomstverbond’

Project Ringland on the study and promotion of mobility and structural planning in and around Antwerp with respect for quality of life and health.

Projectwerking Ringland rond heraanleg en overkapping van de Ring van Antwerpen / Projet Ringland : reconstruction et recouvrement du Ring d'Anvers grâce à l'Alliance de l'avenir

Project Ringland on the study and promotion of mobility and structural planning in and around Antwerp with respect for quality of life and health.

Projectwerking Ringland / Opération Ringland

Support for the project Ringland on the study and promotion of mobility and structural planning in and around Antwerp with respect for quality of life and health.

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

KRC Genk Foundation (Fund Friends of)

Philanthropists support projects that support vulnerable groups in society, including the disadvantaged, young people, the unemployed, ... supports and (re-)integrates.

Germaine Thibaut (Fund)

Support for the welfare of vulnerable residents in Halle. Prevention and control of life-threatening diseases, especially cancer. Humanitarian, medical emergencies around the wor…

Jeannine et Louise Jacquemotte (Fund)

Worldwide, support to poor people and children in the field of health and protection of biodiversity. In Belgium, support to cancer patients and for the heritage of Huy.

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