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Crowdfunding (or collective financing) to provide support for books is an alternative means of financing that enables the general public to make a contribution to book publishing and conservation projects related to our heritage libraries.

The commemorative silver pipe recently acquired by the Léon Courtin-Marcelle Bouché Fund is currently part of the exhibition "Gedreven door talent. 350 jaar edelsmeedkunst en Academie", at the Sterckshof Silver Museum in Deurne until 26 January 2014.

Four of the five « word paintings » from the series entitled Le Radeau de la Méduse, jointly created by Hugo Claus and Serge Vandercam, are on show until January 5 2014 as part of the exhibition “Hugo Claus. Omdat ik geen beeld ben” at the Mu.ZEE in Ostend. A large part of Hugo Claus’s pictorial works are assembled in this exhibition.

The Claire and Michel Lemay Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has awarded prizes to three students for their innovative end of studies projects relating to Internet technologies. The prizes were awarded at the end of the session marking the new 2012-2013 academic year at the Eurometropolitan e-campus in Tournai.

The brother and sisters of Didier Comès, one of our greatest cartoonists, wished to preserve their brother’s work. The King Baudouin Foundation came to their aid.

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