Patronages & Memberships

Queen Mathilde has a granted her royal patronage to:

- Europa Donna Belgium    
https://www.europadonna.be/nl/newsletters_nl/Newsletters-2011-2003_nl/nl_let_2005_05_mathilde.html

- BIG: Breast International Group, who have appointed her as honorary chairwoman.

https://bigagainstbreastcancer.org/nl/over-big/erevoorzitter/

- Fondation contre le cancer / Stichting tegen kanker: https://kanker.be/resource/stichting-tegen-kanker-viert-100-jarig-bestaan/#:~:text=In%202024%20zijn%20we%20verheugd,bij%20de%20strijd%20tegen%20kanker.

- Fondation Charcot

http://www.fondation-charcot.org/nl/node/384

- Centrum voor de Evaluatie van Vaccinaties of the Institute for Vaccines and Infectuous Diseases (Antwerp University).
https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/onderzoeksgroep/cev/over-cev/

- Brailleliga Belgium
http://www.braille.be/nl/over-ons/nieuws/2015/05/eerbetoon-van-koningin-mathilde-aan-de-brailleliga

- Handicap International (since 2000)

http://www.handicapinternational.be/nl/actueel/prinses-mathilde-geeft-opnieuw-hoge-bescherming

- SOS Child Villages Belgium
https://www.sos-kinderdorpen.be/

- Youth Start

https://youthstart.be/

- Voorleesweek.

https://www.iedereenleest.be/voorleesweek

- Antwerp Royal Ballet School

https://www.koninklijkeballetschool.be/nl/opleidingen/koninklijke-balletschool-antwerpen/hoge-bescherming-van-hare-majesteit-koningin

- The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/en/royal-patronage/

- Young Belgian Strings

http://www.youngbelgianstrings.be/en/

Queen Mathilde is the honorary chair of UNICEF Belgium.
https://www.unicef.be/nl/missie-en-structuur/erevoorzitster-hm-koningin-mathilde

In 2019 Mathilde became an honorary member of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique.
https://www.armb.be/l-academie/composition/les-membres-dhonneur/

She's also the honorary chairwoman of Child Focus. 
https://childfocus.be/fr-be/

The patron of Missing Children Europe.
https://missingchildreneurope.eu/about-us/

And the honorary chair of the King Baudouin Foundation.
https://kbs-frb.be/

Mathilde is the honorary chairwoman of the Federal Council for Sustainable Development, FRDO/CFDD.

https://frdo-cfdd.be/nieuws/nieuwe-voorzitter-van-de-federale-raad-voor-duurzame-ontwikkeling-frdo/

Queen Mathilde has been appointed as a UN advocate for Sustainable Development Goals.
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdgadvocates/

Queen Mathilde is an honorary board member of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
https://www.schwabfound.org/people

The Queen is a member of the informal group of global leaders who support the World Bank's Human Capital Agenda.

https://queenmathilde.blogspot.com/2018/10/patronage-new-job-at-world-bank.html

Past patronages:

Queen Mathilde used to be a member of the International Center for Research on Women's Leadership Council.

http://www.icrw.org/who-we-are/ICRW-Leadership-Council

For a number of years she was a special representative for UNAIDS, focusing on children and AIDS.

https://www.unaids.org/fr/keywords/her-royal-highness-princess-mathilde-belgium-unaids-goodwill-ambassador-gwa-advocacy