The Prince Philippe Fund is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 foundation, which wants to contribute and maintain the dialogue between the different communities of Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 (Brussels

Brussels

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, Flanders

Flanders

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, Wallonia). The fund was founded in 1998, as an initiative of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, and it operates within the framework of the King Baudouin Foundation

King Baudouin Foundation

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In order to improve the dialogues between the Belgian communities it supports exchanges, meetings and a dialogue between groups of citizens from all three communities in order to stimulate greater mutual recognition, which transcends linguistic barriers (French

French language

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 in Wallonia, Dutch

Dutch language

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 in Flanders, French and Dutch in Brussels

Brussels

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, German

German language

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 in the east of Wallonia). The foundation wants to create a climate of respect for the specific features and cultures

Culture

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of all Belgian communities.

Projects

Currently the Fund supports four projects:

1. Trèfle (Intercommunity exchanges for primary and secondary education)
2. Trialogue (Intercommunity exchanges between students in non-university higher education).
3. Trois + (Inter-community exchanges in the non-market sector)
4. Exchange of journalists