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European Defence Fund - Infoday
FEB
Fri
21

This was 7 months ago

Location

FOD Economie - City Atrium C

FOD Economie - City Atrium C
Vooruitgangstraat 50
1210 Brussel
Programmes
Security Cybersecurity Defence EDF

The FPS Economy, in collaboration with Defence and the three regions, is organizing an information day to inform Belgian entities about the possibilities offered by the European Defence Fund (EDF).

The information session takes place in the context of the publication of the EDF Work Programme 2025

Programme of the morning

08.30 – 09.00  Reception / Registration
09.00 – 09.10  Welcome and general introduction
Séverine WATERBLEY, President of the FPS Economy
09.10 – 09.50  European context of EDF and its functioning
Thierry SEGERS, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), European Commission
09.50 – 10.10  EDF – Role of the FPS Economy
National Focal Point Xavier HAEZEBROUCK, NFP – FPS Economy, Pierre DE MAN, Alternate NFP
                      Defence Guarantees of autonomy
Lisa MASHINI / Sander DRIEGHE , FPS Economy

10.10 – 10.30  Break

10.30 – 11.30  EDF – Role of the Belgian Defence
BE Defence & EDF - Colonel Dirk VANDERREYDT, ir – National Armaments Directorate
EDF & BE security aspects, Maj d'Aviation Damien GOBYN – Chief Security Clearance ACOS IS
11.30am – 12.15pm Export control obligations
Flemish Region Miek LAMAIRE – DKBUZA Strategic Goods Control Service
Brussels Capital Region Cataldo ALU – Brussels International – Cell licensing weapons and dual-use goods
Walloon Region Lia CAPONETTI – SPW EER – Direction des Licenses d'armes

12.15 – 1.15pm Lunch

Afternoon program per region (separate rooms)

Flemish Region
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Testimonial: Added value, lessons learned and reflections from an SME
1:45 PM – 2:05 PM Opportunities and European support for SMEs within EDF [NCP Flanders – Mark ANTONISSEN]
2:05 PM – 2:30 PM Flemish policy and support options in security and defense [EWI – Paris VAN PAESSCHEN and VLAIO – Mark ANTONISSEN]
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM International support in security and defense [FIT – Michel HOFMAN]

Participation is free but registration is required!

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Testimonial

image of Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe

Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe

The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.