Association Welcome Days

Launch Your Association Journey in Brussels: Join us at the Welcome Days ! 

The Association Welcome Days will guide you through Brussels Essentials for international associations' professionals.

Held at The Association Place, our thematic sessions are an opportunity to obtain valuable information on how to live, work, and operate in Brussels within the city and the association community.

Starting the day with knowledge development with a simulation game, ending with local knowledge acquisition.

You may join to all sessions or to those of your choice and interest. 

Held in 2025 only on one day, on September 16th, come and meet all our presenters to have a great take-off for your daily and professional life in Brussels.

Rescue Mission "Raven 13": “Project Management for Associations via Gamification”

Simulation game. Group exercise. Focus on project management. Limited to 20 participants. 

Optional session in the afternoon (13.30 - 16.30) to learn the methodology. Min. 6 participants required.

Information sessions focused on :

* Panorama of international associations in Brussels

* Organising your professional meeting in Brussels

* Learning how to gather intelligence for European Union matters

* Participating in the European Quarter brand development with your association

* Discovering the Brussels art and culture agenda in autumn

This interactive event designed for all persons involved in team and project management will provide the fundamentals of game-based learning. The Rescue Mission Simulation Game aims at improving team alignment and identifying blind spots. 

What to Expect:

Dive into a high-stakes rescue challenge in small teams. This energetic session brings project dilemmas to life and shows how smart collaboration and strategy can lead your organisation to success.

Learning outcomes: 

• Exploring Project Management challenges in real time.
• Introducing new ways of learning via play and experiential knowledge.
• Reflecting on Association needs and challenges, and organising as project-based organisations  

Session organised by Goraj.com and Association by Design

Moderators: 

Blaze Goraj - Chief Game Master & Designer | Founder & CEO of Goraj.com

Stylianos Filopoulos -  founder and managing director of Association By Design SRL.

Prof. Dominik Rinnhofer - a German/Austrian game designer and media artist and has been a professor of game design and media art for 6 years. 

Room: be.Brighter

This session is a "second round" for those interested in the methodology and going further in the scenario development., after their participation in the morning session. 

> Knowledge module - improving the strategy for the next round

> Next round of the game to prove there is a way for improvement

> Wrap-up and conclusions

Min. 6 people required ! 

Brussels offers various opportunities and places for organising meetings and events across its all territory.  Are you familiar with the resources and support provided by the Convention and Association Bureau? Learn more during our information session.

Session organised by visit.brussels

The European Quarter has its own brand and activities taking place all year round. Discover more about the district evolution, the brand and how you could be involved personally or with your organisation based in the area. 

Session organised by visit.brussels

Brussels Capital Region, a region with a multilayer structure and numerous connections among different entities. Organised so simply as an international association. Or not? Check it out at our introduction workshop and provide your own comparison.

Session organised by visit.brussels & European Society for Association Executives - ESAE

Brussels, seat of European institutions and source of large amount of information. How to select and collect the information? Where to focus?

Before a deep dive, learn from a practitioner some good practices in the field of research and political intelligence.

Session organised by visit.brussels & Helio Intelligence

Brussels offers various activities in the upcoming season. Contemporary art, design and architecture and not to forget, 2025 is the Art Deco year., fulfil the agenda. And there is more that you may discover from the present team. 

Session organised by visit.brussels