Flemish approval for reforms of the African Development Fund
Official title: Ontwerp van decreet tot instemming met 1° de Overeenkomst tot oprichting van het Afrikaans Ontwikkelingsfonds en Bijlagen, opgemaakt te Abidjan op 29 november 1972; 2° de Wijzigingen, aangenomen te Sharm el-Sheikh bij resolutie F/BG/2023/04 op de 49e jaarvergadering van de Raad van bestuur van het Afrikaans Ontwikkelingsfonds op 23 mei 2023, aan de onder 1° vermelde Overeenkomst
Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘adopted in plenary’)
In plain language
- Flanders approves the founding agreement and recent amendments to the African Development Fund, allowing the fund to borrow money on international capital markets to finance development projects.
- This mainly affects the fund itself and African partner countries, which will gain access to more resources for infrastructure, education, and healthcare.
- For your daily life, this brings no direct change, but it enables Flanders to support international development aid through more efficient financing.
Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.
From proposal to law
- Submitted 15 July 2026
- Approved by parliament 21 October 2026
- Given royal assent by the government not yet
- Published in the Belgian Official Journal not yet
- In force not yet
After the vote, the government (or, for a European law, the Council) still has to sign the proposal. Then it appears in the official journal. This usually takes a few weeks; we check every day.
How parliament voted
Passed on 21 October 202670 for · 0 against · 33 abstention(s)
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N-VA Voted for
27 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Vlaams Belang Abstained
0 for · 0 against · 24 abstentions
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Vooruit Voted for
16 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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cd&v Voted for
13 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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PVDA Abstained
0 for · 0 against · 8 abstentions
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Groen Voted for
7 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Anders. Voted for
5 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Onafhankelijke Voted for
2 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Team Fouad Ahidar Abstained
0 for · 0 against · 1 abstention