2015 | - The taskforce ‘People’ of Leuven MindGate surveys institutions, employers and internationals on the needs and experiences of internationals in the Leuven region
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2017 | - The International House Leuven is launched during Expatival (Dec)
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2018 | - IHL is started with 1 employee (Jan)
- First Newcomers evenings start (Oct)
- Start dual career week, start newsletter
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2019 | - Start Expats in Facebook Group (March)
- IHL keeps growing: more social events, additional career support,
- start European project UrbAct Welcoming International Talent
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2020 | - (corona unfortunately) switch to online services, online conversation groups of Babbel and coffee mornings
- Start inter-provincial policy group (Leuven, Limburg, Gent/Oost-Vlaanderen) on “labour migration - warm welcome”
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2021 | - Start of the bi-weekly career sessions & tax consultations
- Kick-off HR network (Oct)
- IHL hires second person (Nov)
- IHL starts their instagram (Nov)
- IHL starts the meetup group Internationals and expats in Leuven (Dec)
- Inter-provincial group Warm Welcome expands to all 5 Flemish provinces
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2022 | - Start weekly open consultations on Tuesdays
- Interprovincial policy group on welcoming internationals
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2023 | - IHL launches Ambassador programme (Feb)
- We reach 1000 members on meetup (Aug)
- Expatival celebrates 5 years of IHL with a one day festival - 800+ registrations!! (Oct)
- IHL wins a EUR100k grant from VLAIO to expand across Vlaams Brabant (Dec.)
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2024 | - IHL team expands with part-time staff (Mar)
- IHL runs voter registration campaign to help internationals understand how to vote (May-Oct)
- Added Bite of Dutch to our offer after a successful pilot run (Aug)
- Collaborated more with tourism agencies of Leuven and Vlaams Brabant to help internationals explore the region (ongoing)
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