Organisations based in Brussels

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The supranational union has a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi), an estimated population of approximately 451 million (2025), and the EU member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion (2025), accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 32 member states—30 in Europe and two in North America. Founded in the aftermath of World War II, NATO was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The organization serves as a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any outside party. This is enshrined in Article 5 of the treaty, which states that an armed attack against one member shall be considered an attack against them all.

parliament of the European Union directly elected by the citizens of the Union

executive branch of the European Union

institution of the European Union representing the member states' governments bringing together national ministers from each EU country to adopt laws and coordinate policies

international trade organization and free trade area

former international organization and military alliance

association and interest group of universities in Europe

global union federation of journalists' trade unions

right-wing European political party

GS1 is a global coordinating office leading a collection of neutral not-for-profit organizations which together develop and maintain standards for barcodes and other supply chain technologies. The best known of these standards is the UPC/EAN barcode, a symbol printed on products that can be scanned electronically.

political international grouping

international umbrella organization for LGBTI organizations

The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films; ), created in 1933, is an organization composed with 36 member associations from 30 of the leading audiovisual production countries. Its Secretariat is located in Brussels, Belgium. FIAPF is also in charge of regulating international film festivals, including some of the world's most important ones.

political international

standards organization

federation representing co-operatives and the worldwide co-operative movement

institution for basic research funding in the European Union

federal scientific institute

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international organization in Belgium

European social democratic youth association

European field hockey governing body

intergovernmental agency

organization representing European transmission system operators

non-governmental organisation, campaigning for a Federal Europe

platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organizations in Europe

EUMETNET (European Meteorological Network) is a network of 33 European National Meteorological Services based in Brussels, Belgium. It exists to provide a framework to organise co-operative programmes between the members in fields of meteorology, data processing and forecasting products.

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Jewish political organisation

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women's rights organization

Cineuropa is an online information portal dedicated to the promotion of European cinema. It publishes daily news, reviews, interviews, and industry reports and maintains a database of information. It is available in four languages: English, French, Italian and Spanish. It is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union. El País described Cineuropa as "an online media outlet that is very popular in the industry."

network of the European national institutes for culture

trade association of European airlines

abbreviated COST, a European intergovernmental organization

PostEurop is the association of European public postal operators, one of the constituent unions of the Universal Postal Union. PostEurop was created in 1993 to simplify the exchange of mail in Europe, a task previously undertaken by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT, from its French acronym). A smaller but similar organization is the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation.

organization of major European retailers

European agency that manages the financing of the European Commission in the areas of education, culture, audiovisual sector, sport, citizenship and volunteering

non-profit research and campaign group

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European non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on financial regulation

organization of Belgian film critics

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worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Guiding

European university network

European organization founded by the Muslim Brotherhood

national academy for the French language in Belgium

nonprofit organization

organization for engineering education in Europe

European non-governmental organization

former global union federation (1995–2012)

Fern (also Stichting Fern) is a Dutch foundation created in 1995. It is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) set up to keep track of the European Union's (EU) involvement in forests and coordinate NGO activities at the European level. Fern works to protect forests and the rights of people who depend on them.

Belgian women's organization

national meteorological service of Belgium

european International Architectural Organization

former agency of the European Union managing programmes in the field of infrastructure, research and innovation projects as well as transport, energy and telecommunications

DigitalEurope (stylized as DIGITALEUROPE) is a European trade association located in Brussels, Belgium, that represents the information technology industry.

Belgian polar research organisation