Alumni roundtable on careers
On 27 March 2024, the annual Alumni Roundtable organised by the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies (IRD) took place. This “Life after IRD”-themed roundtable offered another...
The 'Friends of the College of Europe Fund' within the King Baudouin Foundation was created thanks to the initiative of the Joseph Bech Promotion, wishing to support one of the College's students yearly with a scholarship. Recently the Friends of the College of Europe Fund has been extended and now its purpose is to collect financial support from alumni, sympathizers and companies to support one of the following College's projects in a tax-efficient way:
Other College's promotions can also create their own scholarship within the Friends of the College of Europe Fund, in order to help future students to study at the College of Europe.
If your promotion would like to create its own funded scholarship, please contact the Fundraising Office for more information.
Creation of a scholarship by companies or foundations
Several organisations and companies have already granted one or more scholarships to College of Europe students in the past. A list of those companies can be found here.
Please contact the Fundraising Office for more information if your organisation or company wishes to create a new scholarship.
‘Transnational Giving Europe’ (TGE) is a partnership of leading European foundations and associations that facilitates tax-efficient cross-border giving within Europe.
The TGE network enables donors, both corporations and individuals, resident in one of the participating countries, to financially support the College of Europe in other member countries, while benefiting directly from the tax advantages provided for in the legislation of their country of residence.
TGE is currently operational for donations from:
For further information, please contact the relevant foundation in the country you wish to make your gift from.
Tax-efficient giving also applies for donations from the USA if they are made through the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS)
Address: 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176
Tel: 212-713-7660
Email: info@kbfus.org
Website: www.kbfus.org - Ways To Give – KBFUS
Make here an online donation.
To make a donation through the TGE network, please contact the partner organisations directly or make an online donation here.
Bulgarian donors can contact Ms Lyudmila Atanassova:
Email: lucy@bcause.bg
Tel: T+359 2 981 19 01
Croatian donors can contact Mr Branko Logaric:
Email: tge@europskazaklada-filantropija.hr
Tel: T+38 5 1 6458 949
Estonian donors can contact Ms Jete Alsmäe:
Email: jete@oef.org.ee
Tel: +372 6 155 700
French donors can contact Ms Noura Kihel:
Email: Noura.Kihel@fdf.org
Tel: +33 1 442 187 60
German donors can contact Ms Marie-Catherine Heereman:
Email: mh@maecenata.eu
Tel: +49 30 28 38 79 09
Greek donors can contact Mr Sotirios Petropoulos:
Email: s.petropoulos@higgs3.org
Tel: +30 211 411 63 00
Hungarian donors can contact Ms Bata Boglárka
Email: boglarka.bata@cfoundation.org
Tel: +36 36 516 750
Italian donors can contact Ms Elena Redini:
Email: elena.redini@fondazioneitaliasociale.org
Tel: +39 02 806 29 20
Thanks to Luxembourg's legal framework, donors living in Luxembourg can make their donations directly to the foreign beneficiary without passing through TGE and will benefit, under certain conditions, from income tax deductibility in Luxembourg.
Contact person: Ms Audrey Lesperoy
Email: tge@fdlux.lu
Tel: +352 274 74 81
Polish donors can contact Ms Kaja Petryka-Siemionczyk:
Email: k.petryka@filantropia.org.pl
According to the Slovenian law, donors living in Slovenia can make their donations directly to the foreign beneficiary without passing through TGE and will benefit from income tax deductibility in Slovenia.
Contact person: Primoz Sporar
Email: info@sklad05.si
Spanish donors can contact Mr Francisco Abad:
Email: fabad@emprsaysociedad.org
Tel: +34 676 27 08 16
Donors living in Switzerland and wanting to make a donation of at least 500 CHF should first contact the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation before making their donations.
Contact person: Ms Aïssata Traoré
Email: TGE@swissphilanthropy.ch
Tel: +41 22 732 55 54
The College of Europe has been registered with the Dutch fiscal authorities under the status 'ANBI' (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling).
RSIN-number: 8256.32.201
Donations can therefore be made directly to the College of Europe, being tax-deductible in the Netherlands.
Donors living in the UK and wanting to benefit form Gift Aid should first contact the Charities Aid Foundation before making their donations.
After a short KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure, CAF will provide the donor with all the instructions to make his/her donation.
Contact person: Mr Andrew Fakley
Email: tge@cafonline.org
Tel: +44 30 00 12 33 80