Astronomy in Belgium: 

• Physicalia Magazine, 27, pp. 275-280 (2005)
• Publication of the Federal Science Policy Office - Belspo (2009)
• French version
• Flemish version
• update 2011

Role of the Belgian National Committee for Astronomy

Composition of the Belgian National Committee for Astronomy

• Presidency & Secretariat
• Members

Sub-Committees

• None at the present time

Astronomy Departments at Belgian Universities, and Research Centres 

Astronomical Meetings and Workshops in Belgium

Jobs and vacancies

BNCA agenda, minutes and annual reports (for members only)

BNCA internal standing rules (for members only)

BNEC documents (for members only)

Public Outreach

• from the Belgian Royal Observatory (French/ Dutch/ English) 
• from the Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography Department of the University of Liège

  Links to Belgian consortia

	MESS - Mass-loss of Evolved StarS Guaranteed Time Key Programme for the Herschel Space Observatory
	HERMES : High Efficiency and High Resolution Mercator Echelle Spectrograph KULeuven - ULB - ROB - Geneva Observatory - Landessternwarte Tautenburg
	GREAT : Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training ESF Research Networking Programme
	Belgian Asteroseismology Group (BAG)
	Groupe de Contact Astronomie et Astrophysique (FNRS)
	Belgian National ESO Committee (BNEC) (managing the Belgian guaranteed time on ESO VISA/VLTI)

 Links to international organizations

	International Astronomical Union (IAU)
	Optical Infrared Coordination Network (Opticon)
	Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (Radionet)
	European Southern Observatory (ESO)
	European Astronomical Society (EAS)
	European Space Agency (ESA)
	European Science Foundation - European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC)
	ASTRONET - Towards a strategic plan for european astronomy

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Created by A. Jorissen - August 2004