Last September, Enabel’s Board of Directors extended the mandate of CEO Jean Van Wetter for a term of six years.
Enabel is the Belgian agency for international cooperation. It is tasked to help shape Belgian foreign policy through governmental cooperation and to offer solutions tackling pressing global challenges: climate change, social and economic inequality, urbanisation, peace and security, and human mobility. Thanks to its experience in state-to-state cooperation, Enabel succeeds in attracting more and more European funding, complementing and strengthening Belgian projects.
Delphine Moralis, president of the Board of Directors of Enabel: “We are delighted having Jean Van Wetter for a second term as CEO. In recent years, Enabel has built a solid reputation at home and abroad and the agency has taken the lead in outlining a future-proof vision on international cooperation.”
“With Enabel, Belgium has a professional and internationally respected agency making a meaningful contribution to poverty reduction in the least developed countries,” says Minister of Development Cooperation, Frank Vandenbroucke. “In today’s context, international solidarity remains an absolute geopolitical, economic and human necessity.”
“International cooperation is not just an act of global solidarity,” adds Jean Van Wetter. “It is a strategic investment that will bring numerous benefits to Belgium, its businesses and its citizens. In a world marked by increasing political instability, inequality, climate change, pandemics and migratory pressures, Belgium’s commitment to international cooperation offers significant advantages. By encouraging stability, growth and sustainability in partner countries, Belgium strengthens its own security, economy and international reputation. To achieve this, Belgium can benefit from the experience and expertise Enabel has built up over the past 25 years with its partners in Africa and the Middle East. Enabel’s expertise is eagerly sought-after – by the Belgian government, the European Union, partner country governments and the private sector.”
Enabel has experience in areas ranging from education and health care to agriculture, environmental protection, digitalisation, employment and governance. The agency has signed more than 60 cooperation agreements with Belgian, Flemish, Walloon and Brussels government departments, research centres and universities. The agency is also working with some 20 Belgian companies. “The knowledge and know-how of those organisations and companies is particularly useful for the projects that Enabel is implementing in Africa and the Middle East. And it strengthens Belgium’s image abroad,” Van Wetter adds.
With 2100 staff, Enabel manages about 200 projects in more than twenty countries, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
