Francis Baert
Belgium
Francis Baert is since 2015 Strategy Planning Manager at the Chief Executive Office of Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT). At FIT he is also project coordinator of the ‘Flanders accelerates’ programme, the official internationalization strategy of the Flemish Government 2017-2021, a large strategic stakeholder and business acceleration programme. Previously he worked for 9 years at the College of Europe and the United Nations University in Bruges as researcher and project coordinator on several EU-funded projects (Framework Programme 6 &7). He was a visiting researcher at the universities of Cambridge, Ghent and Gothenburg. He is the co-author of 3 edited volumes and 40 academic articles including in journals like International Affairs, Review of International Studies & Global Policy. He obtained masters in international relations and international and European law at Ghent University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is part of the organization team of the TCI Global Conference 2019 in Antwerp.
