# Flemish Artificial Intelligence Policy Plan

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Flanders (Belgium)
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Flemish Government
- **Adopted**: 2019-03-22

## In brief

The Flanders AI policy plan is a non-binding national strategy of Flanders (Belgium), issued by Flemish Government. It was adopted on 22 March 2019. Flemish research institutions, businesses and the public. The Flemish government's AI programme, funding research, business adoption through VLAIO, and awareness, training and ethics.

## Summary

The Flemish government's AI programme, funding research, business adoption through VLAIO, and awareness, training and ethics. The first plan (2019) had about €32 million a year; a second cycle for 2024-2028 was approved in 2024.

## Scope

Flemish research institutions, businesses and the public.

## Who it applies to

Organisations taking part in the Flemish AI programme.

## Key dates

First plan approved 22 March 2019; second cycle (2024-2028) approved 22 March 2024.

## Notes on dates

Dates as stated in search extracts of the official source; confirm against it.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0026 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0026; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/be-flanders-ai-policy-plan
- **Official source**: https://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/onze-opdracht/excellerend-onderzoek/ai-voor-vlaanderen/ai-programma-vlaanderen
- **Source document**: AI programme Flanders
- **Published by**: Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (Flanders)
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Flemish Artificial Intelligence Policy Plan" [AIPT-POL-0026, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0026 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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