Academics for Development (AFD) was founded in 2013 to offer students practical experience and professional skills through social impact projects in developing countries. AFD has grown from 3 projects in 2013 to 11 projects in 2015-2016 across Africa and South America. AFD organizes multidisciplinary student teams to develop and implement solutions during summer placements. AFD also organizes events to inform students about development issues. AFD is based in Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve and aims to inspire students from across Belgium through its projects and events.

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ACADEMICS FOR
DEVELOPMENT

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Louis Wouters
President AFD Leuven vzw
WE ARE AFD
Academics for Development was founded in 2013 in Leuven to offer students
the opportunity to have social impact in developing countries in a purposeful
and sustainable way. AFD is a non-profit student organisation inspired by the
increasing importance of student entrepreneurship and consulting as a vital
part of a student’s education. Through our projects AFD aims to provide practical
experience and professional skills complementary to the academic program and
necessary to kick-start a professional career. We do this by organising both social-
impact projects and informative events.
What started off as three projects in 2013 has evolved to 11 different projects for
the academic year 2015-2016, clearly depicting our quick growth. Students of 11
different faculties work together in multidisciplinary teams of 5 to 6 to solve real
problems in cooperation with an NGO, a local start-up or a 4th pillar organisation
active in the South. During the summer, the students travelto the respective region
for 6 to 8 weeks in order to implement their solution to this need or problem. In
Leuven 11 different faculties offer the possibility to acquire credits for their AFD
project. The LLN branch is on the right track to achieve the same academic
recognition at the UCL.
In addition, AFD organises a variety of events throughout the year to inform
students about development, social impact and entrepreneurship. We aspire
to reach as many students as possible. Karel van Eetvelt, Rudi Vranckx, Jeanne
Devos, Alexander De Croo, Guibert del Marmol and Piet Colruyt are just some of
the many guest speakers at our events.
In the framework of our mission to reach more students, AFD is currently based
in two cities, Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve. In both cities a dynamic team of
motivated students, consisting of 9 board members in Louvain-la-Neuve and 21
in Leuven, runs the daily management of the organisation. As both cities have
a large student population, AFD can inspire and assist people from all over the
country, in at least two different languages.
louis@academicsfordevelopment.be
+32 477 55 31 32
Timothy Lambert
President AFD LLN asbl
president.lln@academicsfordevelopment.be
+32 475 37 30 29

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Economics & Business
Engineering
Law
Other
Economics & Business
Engineering Science Bioscience Engineering
Law
Social Sciences Medicine Philosophy
Psychology &
Educational
Sciences
Science
Kinesiology
and
Rehabilitation
Sciences
Theology&
Religious
Studies
Engineering
Technology
Arts
Economics & Business
Engineering
Law
Other
Business Engineering Management
Engineering
Science
Bioscience
Engineering
Law
Communication Human Sciences
0 5 10 15 20 25
AFD LLN
AFD LEUVEN
0 5 10 15 20 25
Other
B. Overview per faculty: AFD LLN Board, Entourage & Project Students 2015 - 2016.
2013 - 2014
2014 - 2015
2015 - 2016
Coaches
Leuven
GROWTH 0 25 50 75 100 125
C. Growth of AFD.
Project Students Leuven
BoardLeuven
Project Students Leuven Board & Entourage Leuven
Project
Students
LLN
BoardLLN
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Project Students Leuven
Coaches
Leuven
Board & Entourage Leuven AFD GAProject Students LLN
Coaches
LLN
Board & Entourage
LLN
A. Overview per faculty: AFD Leuven Board, Entourage & Project Students 2015 - 2016.

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PANAM
ECUADOR PER
CENTRAL & SO
SENEGAL
ZAMBIA
TANZANIA
BENIN
BURKINA FASO
TOGO
CONGO DR
SOUTH AFRICA
GHANA
KENYA
AFRICA
WELCOME TO OUR WORLD
The projects are the cornerstone of AFD. To ensure the successful end of these
undertakings, the board and its entourage are constantly working to select appro-
priate candidates, support the project students and provide anything necessary
to achieve success.

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MA
CHILE
RU
VENEZUELA
OUTH AMERICA
PHILIPPINES
SOUTHEAST ASIA

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PROJECTS
“My experiences in being part of an AFD team, as project student as well as coach, have broadened my vision,
opened my mind, increased my skills and expanded my group of friends, all this through the realization of
feasible and sustainable projects for the South. I would recommend it to everyone!”
Marie Pieters
Master student Business - Vlerick Business School - AFD Project Coach
Multidisciplinary teams
Projects are selected on a year-to-
year basis, based on their inherent
merit after careful examination by
our project development team.
After preparation by this team, our
human resources team reviews
potential project students, to
ensure only the people with the
necessary skills and aptitudes are
assigned to each project.
Every student team is assembled
from different faculties. For
example, a team typically consists
out of a combination of students
with a background in business
management, civil engineering,
law, psychology and political
sciences.
Support
While a certain amount of
autonomy and creativity is
expected, AFD assures the
needed support and guidance.
They provide each team with a
coach to give them guidance and
facilitate progress towards the
planned goal. For specific matters
concerning finance, business
economics, law, marketing and IT
the project teams can turn towards
the respective support groups.
A team has large ownership of
the project, under supervision
from both their coach and the
responsible board members.
Social & Sustainable
After almost a year of intensive
preparation, the team leaves for
a period of approximately six to
eight weeks during the summer
to implement their solutions and
achieve their goals. The utmost
care is taken to ensure that
these solutions are both socially
responsible and sustainable.
Often, the goal is to support a
social start-up in the early stage
or to do market research for a
sustainable product. AFD yearly
revises the projects according to
the workload and their relevance
for potential students. When a
follow-up of a project is advised
and feasible, AFD will reconsider
this project the subsequent year
as to provide a sustainable impact
in the long run.

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Sénérgie, Senegal
2013-2014, 2014-2015 & 2015-2016
“Sénérgie aims to provide clean, safe and affordable energy solutions fitted to the
needs and abilities of the rural population of Senegal, by selling and installing
compact solar home systems, with extensive after sales service. By collaborating
with a microfinance institution, even the people with a very low income can take part.
They are proud to announce that 30 systems have been installed since May 2015,
and a local manager has been recruited to sustain and increase growth in the long
term.”
Marnick Vanlee
Master student Business Engineering - KU Leuven
Vevoza, South Africa
2014-2015
“The main goalof this projectwas setting up a job office to match potentialemployees
and employers for the informal sector, by informing the local population, arranging
meetings with major stakeholders, advertising through different channels and
purchasing equipment. A local, educated young man now runs the office in Calvinia,
South Africa, and people in need can borrow equipment necessary for their jobs for
free.”
Noesjka Defillet
Master student Psychology - KU Leuven
Codeart, Congo DR
2014-2015 & 2015-2016
“The objective of this project is the development of a viable business dedicated to the
production and commercialization ofsoap in the region ofBandulu, in the Democratic
Republic of Congo. Indeed, this region is rich in palm oil that local communities could
use in order to produce qualitative soap and support the economic development of
the region. In addition, greater use of soap would contribute to the improvement of
public health in Congo.”
Rome Mercken
Master student Business Engineering - UC Louvain

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EVENTS
The second focus of AFD is the organisation of a wide range of events, such as
panel debates, lectures, job fairs and student fairs to an audience consisting of
students from all faculties. These events all aim to achieve three main goals.
First of all, they raise attentiveness to the importance of sustainable development
and social entrepreneurship among the broader student community. Secondly,
the events are meant to make people familiar with AFD and increase our brand
awareness. Lastly, they provide an ideal networking opportunity for students, both
part of AFD and of our audience.
Examples of previous events:
29.09.2015 Info-Event AFD/AFC/AFT
Promotion and explanation of the student projects - Leuven
780 attendees
12.10.2015 AFD Lecture: Guibert del Marmol
The power of a new regenerative economy - LLN
170 attendees
27.10.2015 Building Society: One nail at a time
Building a shelter - LLN
110 attendees
05.11.2015 AFD Debate: The Fight against Child Poverty
Peter Adriaenssens, Karen Daniëls & Sandra Galbusera - Leuven
90 attendees
12.11.2015 Social Entrepreneurship Day:Job Fair & Keynote
Alexander De Croo, Olivier Vanden Eynde & Luc Bonte - Leuven
230 attendees
23.11.2015 So Special Entrepreneurs
Ethiquable, Bees Coop & Local Eat - LLN
90 attendees
Valerie Eeckhout
Board Member Events
Leuven
valerie@academicsfordevelopment.be
+32 477 55 31 32
Antoine Roba
Board Member Events
Louvain-La-Neuve
events.lln@academicsfordevelopment.be
+32 474 64 46 85
“Being durable is no
longer enough. We need
a "regenerative" economic
model that creates more
value than it destroys,
a model that unites
economy, ecology and
sense.”
Guibert del Marmol

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Info-Event AFD/AFC/AFT.
Social Entrepreneurship Day.The Fight against Child Poverty.

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OUR ASSETS
Broad student publicity
As a student organisation in
Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve,
AFD is gaining a market share on a
national level. We are represented
in nearly every faculty and on
most social media. Therefore the
publicity offered by AFD is both
large and diverse.
Feature your logo on our website,
brochures, online communication
and social media. Or sponsor an
event and appear on posters,
flyers, online marketing, roll-up
banners and more!
Active contact with high
potentials
Ourorganisationattractsmotivated
and team-oriented students, with
outstanding academic records
and extracurricular experience.
The combination of the benefits
received in the South by our
high-potentials and the skill
development offered by AFD
to these high-potentials is what
makes us unique.
Credible Corporate Social
Responsibility
Every year the project students
put their hard work into practice
in the South to realise the ultimate
goal of AFD: achieving social
impact in the South. Because of
their extensive preparations and
high grade of professionalism, we
can proudly say that we realise
real and tangible social impact. By
establishing events, awareness of
these results is raised among the
student community.
Therefore a partnership with AFD
enhances the corporate social
responsibility of our partners.
Supporting our organisation
offers the opportunity to be seen
cooperating with a professional
and dynamic team of young and
motivated people.

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Top speakers.
A durable social impact in the South.

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BECOME A PARTNER
Larysa Engelen
Board Member PR
Leuven
larysa@academicsfordevelopment.be
+32 474 44 53 02
Gaëlle Bomans
Board Member PR
Louvain-La-Neuve
partner.lln@academicsfordevelopment.be
+32 494 69 45 85
AFD is looking for structural partnerships that can take many different forms. All
our partnerships will be tailored to your needs and the specifics of your company.
We are happy to elaborate on this during a personal meeting. A partnership can
consist of the following three pillars.
1. Sponsorship of the organisation and events:
You can financially support the organisation or a specific event. Your contribution
will have a direct, durable and lasting social impact.
2. Workshops, speakers and consulting advice:
Support our projects by providing helpful workshops, speakers for events or
professional consulting advice for our students and their projects.
3. Technical and organisational support:
The organisation could use professional legal, actuarial, organisational and
structural advice and guidance to provide an even better service.

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2
3
PILLAR3
TECHNICAL AND
ORGANISATIONAL
SUPPORT
2
PILLAR2
WORKSHOPS, SPEAKERS
& CONSULTING ADVICE
1 SPONSORSHIP OF THE
ORGANISATION AND
EVENTS
PILLAR1
Info-Event AFD/AFC/AFT.
Info-Event AFD/AFC/AFTVlerick Workshop: Business Canvas

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WHAT ABOUT AFD?
“In a fast changing environment, A.T. Kearney strongly believes in the need for entre-
preneurs motivated to have an impact. We are strongly convinced by AFD’s mission
statement and are willing to work together. We want to help students reach their
goals and foster success in their different projects.”
Ludovic Battard
Senior Business Analyst - AT Kearney
“Academics for Development was founded in the true spirit of social entrepreneur-
ship. We are not here just to give a fish, nor to teach how to fish. We will not rest
until we have revolutionized the fishing industry. And to skyrocket this revolution, the
business world is the keystone to give means and know-how to our students in the
developed world and our partners in the developing world so they can start their
journey together.”
Laurens De Poorter
Consultant - Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Founder Academics for Development
“I admire the way AFD contributes to the international dimension of the KU Leuven
and its mission of social service by providing students with opportunities for social
and sustainable entrepreneurship”
Prof. dr. Rik Torfs
Rector - KU Leuven
“Students should try to increase their personal development by means of student
consulting or entrepreneurship. AFD offers wonderful opportunities in these areas,
especially since AFD combines a practical experience with useful ways of develop-
ment cooperation. Therefore I fully support AFD”
Prof. dr. Luc Sels
Dean of the Faculty of Economics & Business - KU Leuven

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MEET OUR TEAM
AFD Leuven vzw
Board & Entourage
Front row: Larysa, Paulien, Ann-Evelyn,
Bo, Carmen, Charlotte, Julie, Annelies &
Valerie.
Back row: Dries, Marnick, Jef, Seppe,
Wouter, Dick, Louis, Conrad & Arnout.
AFD LLN asbl
Board & Entourage
Justine, Noémie, Estefania, Antoine,
Sarah, Marie, Victoria, Timothy & Gaëlle.

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