Opening ceremony by
- Andris PIEBALGS, European Commissioner for Development
- Prince Philippe of Belgium
- Yves LETERME, acting Belgian Prime Minister
- José Manuel BARROSO, EC President
- Jerzy BUZEK, EP President
- Madhav KUMAR NEPAL, Prime Minister of Nepal, Chair of the 49-Nation Least Developed Countries Group at the United Nations
- Lesley-Anne KNIGHT, European Union Ambassador of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Dominique STRAUSS-KAHN, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
