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.