Public Utility Foundation

International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders

CIFAL stands for ‘Centre International de Formation des Autorités et Acteurs Locaux’ or International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders.

CIFAL Brussels is a UNITAR-affiliated centre of expertise on the SDGs offering trainings, project development and coaching.

CIFAL Brussels is a Foundation of Public Utility (Stichting van Openbaar Nut | Fondation d’Utilité Publique) by the Royal Decree of 26 April 2012 with the company number BE0845.946.106.  Read more .

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Mission

CIFAL Brussels promotes peace, human rights and sustainable development and the declarations, principles and guidelines of the United Nations, with focus on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Vision

CIFAL Brussels is devoted to strengthen a just transition towards a sustainable society and economy through capacity building of all actors in society.

Working in Belgium & abroad

CIFAL Brussels is an SDG expertise and training centre based in Brussels with a wide range of (in-house) lectures and workshops:

  • In Dutch, French and English
  • In-person or online
  • For all actors of society
  • In Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia, across the European Union and abroad

Our activities have taken place across Belgium and internationally, connecting participants with practical knowledge, peer learning and sustainable-development expertise.

Our Impact at a Glance

13 years of impact in numbers

  • 31,000+ beneficiaries reached (50% ♂ and 50% ♀)
  • 750 lectures/workshops/events/training courses organised
  • 40+ Partnership and Co-Founders of SDSN Belgium
  • 282 UNITAR Certificates of Completion
  • 56 internships via Flanders trainee programme
  • 5,500+ subscribers to our newsletter
  • 1,000+ followers on Facebook and +1,500 followers on LinkedIn

Work with CIFAL Brussels

Interested in developing your organisation’s sustainability capacity, participating in one of our learning networks or collaborating on a project?