Northern Ireland Executive Office Brussels – Working for Northern Ireland in Europe

City of Belfast Youth Orchestra, European Tour – Brussels

The City of Belfast Youth Orchestra, formed in 1955, has toured Europe this Summer including stops in both Belgium and the Netherlands. Their time in Belgium included performances in Leuven …

Brussels NI News

Working with the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels

Conor, Work Experience Student, July 2019 I completed two weeks of work experience in the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels. During the two weeks I received a …

Brussels NI News

We are recruiting

The Office is now hiring two recent graduates for a full time internship. This is a good opportunity to develop your skills and gain experience in a diverse work area, …

Brussels NI News

QUB Study Tour & Networking Reception 2019

Queen’s University Belfast students visit key EU Institutions. Photo by Tom Mervyn, QUB. Every year we welcome a group of students from Queen’s University Belfast to Brussels for a Study …

Brussels NI News

Green and Blue Performance comes to Brussels

On the 13th February, the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels was delighted to welcome Belfast-based theatre company Kabosh for a sold-out performance of, ‘Green and Blue’ at …

Our Events

City of Belfast Youth Orchestra Europe Tour

Culture / Music

Culture Night Brussels

Culture / Music

Brussels Networking & Queen’s Alumni Reception

Music

About Us

There are currently 14 members of staff based at the Northern Ireland Executive Office in Brussels. Some are employed by the Executive Office, some are locally employed and others are from a range of departments in the Executive. Invest NI has an office in the same premises.

Our aims

To assist the Northern Ireland Executive

To assist the Northern Ireland Executive To assist the Northern Ireland Executive to further the aims of its Programme for Government through supporting Northern Ireland’s engagement with the EU. To …

EU Structural Funding

Northern Ireland receives support from a number of EU Structural and Investment Funds. The five main Funds work together to support economic development across all EU countries, in line with the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.

EU Competitive Funding

There are a range of EU competitive funding programmes which government, businesses, organisations, and individuals in Northern Ireland can access. Please find below a description of some of the main funding sources and links to the relevant websites where you can find information on the open calls.