Migration, Equality and Racism is the work of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) think tank 
The European Commission has awarded a consortium involving VUB, led by Brussels-based consultancy company ICF and South Korea-based consultancy Ecosian, and also comprising three other partners the €2.4million project EU-Republic of Korea Dialogue Support Facility. The KF-VUB Korea Chair will lead management of the VUB's involvement in the project, in particular with regards to security- and connectivity-related activities. 
Belgian minister of Defense Ludivine Dedonder has announced the creation of a new strategic defense committee that will scrutinise the role and priorities of the Belgian military in the 21st century, with the aim to finalise the new vision and accompanying budgetary implications by September 2021. 
Research Team from the 3E (Environment, Economy and Energy) Research Centre of IES has published a comprehensive report for the Office of the Prime Minister of Finland on greening public procurement. The research consortium in Project HILMI, with professor Harri Kalimo as the Principal Investigator and Max Jansson, Lea Mateo and Selçukan Unekbas contributing, included also the University of Eastern Finland, Finnish Environment Institute and the Lappeenranta University of Technology. IES in the media...
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Alexander Mattelaer
Vaccins kopen van Vladimir Poetin: is dat wel zo verstandig?
8 Feb 2021
In: De Morgen
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Ramon Pacheco Pardo
North Korea's human rights issue most divisive for South Korea, US
8 Feb 2021
In: The Korea Times
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Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Korea faces growing calls to join Quad plus
7 Feb 2021
In: The Korea Times
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Ramon Pacheco Pardo
[ANALYSIS] 'Moon, Biden urged to narrow differences on North Korea'
4 Feb 2021
In: The Korea Times
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The European Commission published a feasibility study on the technological options and the possible “governance framework” necessary for the deployment and management of the Global Internet Policy Observatory.
The SOURCE Network of Excellence on societal security organized a sector survey meeting with high-ranking experts from different fields at the VUB on 5 June 2014. About 20 invited representatives from different professions and institutions, including partners of the SOURCE consortium discussed a number of security problems and solutions, following a structured approach of decision support for security solutions, based on the DESSI method.
The IES was present for the successful kick-off meeting of the TEMPUS project 'Innovating Teaching and Learning of European Studies' (INOTLES) on 12 February in Maastricht. The partners are now working on the first substantive Work Package aimed at mapping the state of the art in teaching European Studies.The IES is one of nine partners of the consortium led by the University of Maastricht and involving universities from the UK, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the 