Louvain Coopération
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Louvain Coopération[1] is a Belgian International non-governmental organization (INGO) located in the university city of Louvain-la-Neuve. This organization is a member of the Federation of Development Cooperation NGO (Acodev).[2] The NGO was founded by members of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain)[3] and is an important part of the Belgian universities NGO grouping (Uni4coop),[4] It operates on an annual budgetary basis of around €8 million, and is active in about 40 projects distributed in nine countries of the world, if you count Belgium.[5] Its fields of activity are: health,[6] including mental health[7] and in specific gender-related contexts,[8] food security,[9] microeconomy,[10] mutual organization[11] and international solidarity.[12]
Founded | July 1961; 62 years ago (1961-07) United Kingdom |
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Type | Non-profit INGO |
Headquarters | Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium |
Location |
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Services | health, mental health, food security, microeconomy, mutual insurance and International solidarity movement |
Fields | Legal advocacy, Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns, research, lobbying |
Members | 31 employees (2015) |
Félix Vanderstricht | |
Key people | Marthe Nyssens (President of the board) |
Website | www |