Joint founder of ESHRE Certified by EAA Certified by Ebcog 
The CRG is part of a network of research and treatment institutions and/or acts as an engine of international co-operation.
On the one hand, the CRG works very closely with universities, other than the VUB, both in Belgium and other countries.
On the other hand, the CRG has official collaboration agreements with other (foreign) hospitals.
For instance, April 2005 saw the inception of our official collaboration with Clinica Alemana, one of the leading hospitals in South America. The Clinica Allemana is connected to the Universidad Del Desarrollo (Santiago de Chile) and has a tradition of setting up collaborations with other Centres of Excellence. This facilitates the fluent exchange of know-how, as well as the mutual training of medical specialists.
They chose the CRG as Centre of Excellence in the field of
Reproductive Medicine.
Joint founder of ESHRE
The CRG is joint founder, and for many years has been an active member, of ESHRE, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology – www.eshre.com.
This European organisation maintains good contacts with the scientific world in the United States.
Its objective is to stimulate the interest for and the knowledge about reproductive biology and medicine. This is why ESHRE aims to:
– stimulate research in this field;
– ensure that the research results reach the general public, scientists, medical staff and patient organisations;
– inform politicians and policymakers across Europe; and
– contribute to an improvement of clinical practice on a more applied level.
It does so by organising training and courses and bringing specialists together to discuss specific reproductive themes.
The CRG has played a key role in the establishment and development of ESHRE:
- in 1985 we were joint organisers of the very first ESHRE congress in Bonn;
- in 1986 we organised the second ESHRE congress in Brussels, at the Free University;
- in 1994 we organised the tenth congress, again in Brussels; and
- over the years we made our CRG infrastructure available for ESHRE symposiums and workshops. This allowed many fertility specialists to receive further training
This is apparent if you look at the history (
1985,
1986,
1994 and many other years).
Certified by the EAA
The CRG built a strong reputation in the field of male infertility.
In 1997 we became a certified training centre of the EAA, thee European Academy of Andrology.
This certification was renewed in 2005.
More information about the CRG and the EAA is available under ‘Our research and education’.
Certified by EBCOG
Since 2008 the CRG has been certified by EBCOG as a training institute in reproductive medicine. Our centre is the second ever to receive this certification. In 2015, the accreditation was extended for five years.
EBCOG, the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is part of UEMS, the Union Européenne des Medécins Spécialistes. The organisation groups specialists in gynaecology and obstetrics in 36 member states. Its aim is to improve the health of women and children by pursuing the highest quality of care in all European countries.
With a view to this, EBCOG supports training in various medical specialities. For reproductive medicine twelve centres in Europe were awarded an accreditation as a training institute, including the CRG of UZ Brussel.
And in 2012, the CRG installed a ‘clinical fellowship’ in reproductive medicine. Gynaecologists in (other) European countries can come to our centre to improve their medical knowledge about, and skills in, reproductive medicine.