Research, technology and innovation are evolving and the world is changing rapidly. International cooperation is an important lever; the key message is: keep international cooperation as open as possible, as closed/protected as necessary. Together with all stakeholders, we are committed to ‘research security’ (RS). The starting point in our RS is: promote, and not hinder obstruct or control the internationalisation of research, but make it as safe as possible, while increasing the international cooperation.
We are working on a new culture of collaboration in our R&I ecosystem, with a certain vigilance and due diligence in terms of new partnerships, based on a risk-benefit analysis. It is about know and identify potential risks and dealing with them appropriately.
We make effort in our country towards a coordinated supportive RS -framework for. Different levels of science policy authorities are in dialogue (federal, regions, communities), as well as with other relevant departments such as Justice (e.g. State Security), Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs and Economic Affairs.
Some principles in the ‘Belgian policy and measures’ with regard to RS:
