BEPIDS
The Belgian Economic Potential in the Industry of Defence and Security
The global objective of this research project is to give a complete overview of the different actors in the Belgian Defence Technological and Industrial Base (BE-DTIB) as well as the competitive structure thereof and to provide an overview of the instruments we can use to support our DTIB in line with current European regulations on Competition Policy and State Aid. Supporting these Belgian undertakings not only directly impacts our economy but also indirectly as we decrease our strategic dependency. In order to arrive at this goal, we identified the following research objectives:
1. Definition and mapping of the Belgian Defence Technological and Industrial Base (BE-DTIB).
2. Development of a BE-DTIB database
3. Development of a policy toolkit to support the sector.
Research output
European State Aid Law Quarterly
Wout De Cock, Gregory Kegels, Caroline Buts and Cind Du Bois
2023
January 2024
2023
Gregory Kegels, Olykke Grith Skovgaard, Caroline Buts and Cind Du Bois
Seminar paper BE-DTIB Day
Wout De Cock, Gregory Kegels, Caroline Buts and Cind Du Bois
BEPIDS report
June 2024
Grith Skovgaard Ølykke
Public Procurement Law Review
Researchers
Brussels Centre for Competition Policy
The Brussels Centre for Competition Policy is a research group of the VUB structured around the research question: “How can we advance national and European competition policies in a methodologically sound manner, looking particularly at legal soundness and consistency, the treatment of efficiencies and sector-specific considerations and political aspects?”.
Prof. Dr. Cind Du Bois
Prof. Dr. Cind Du Bois is professor in Economics at the Royal Military Academy (RMA). She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economic Sciences from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and a Master in Political Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Her current research interests are economic security, economic Statecraft and defence economics.
Gregory Kegels
Gregory Kegels is a doctoral researcher at the department of Applied Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He also works at the Department of Economics Management and Leadership at the Royal Military Academy as a military reservist.