Dear Colleagues,

The 44th edition of the legendary 20km of Brussels will take place on Sunday 26 May 2024, starting at 10.00 in the traditional 6 start boxes. Your estimated time will determine your start box. The Brussels 20 km is also open to walkers. The maximum time of the race has been increased to 5 hours.

The Running for Europe (RfE) Interinstitutional Organising Committee invites all colleagues from the EU institutions, their family members and retired officials to run or walk in our Running for Europe team.

This year the Running for Europe team will run to encourage every citizen to vote at the European Elections on 9th of June while promoting the ‘Use your Vote’ campaign. To keep Europe strong, we must safeguard our democracy.  And we, the citizens of the European Union, do so by voting. Because the more people vote, the stronger democracy becomes. And the more people vote, the more legitimate the decisions being made become.

Joining the Running for Europe team also means running for a good cause. The team will raise funds for two Belgian non-governmental organizations that aim at protecting nature around us. You can choose to donate to Natagora (for projects in Wallonia and Brussels) or to Natuurpunt (for projects in Flanders and Brussels). The aim of Natagora and Natuurpunt, is to protect the remaining nature in Belgium through buying and managing land, protecting species, running awareness programs for a general and specific public and lobbying local and regional governments.

Practical Information: Please follow the 3 STEPS below to finalise your registration.

1.        How to register?

Registration is open from now until 26 April. Code of our team: RUNN15440

First register using the following link:

https://prod.chronorace.be/inscriptions/ticket.aspx?v=3&Action=JoinGroup&FormId=2158302670818214&lng=EN&gc=RUNN15440&eventId=2159234678608985&hash=Gg12pOteKfgfVw9tj0dkoljg3_Q

and pay the registration fee of EUR 28 directly to the organisers of the 20 km of Brussels (Sibp-Syndicat d'Initiative-Bruxelles Promotion 1886).

2.        How to donate?

Once you have paid your EUR 28 registration fee on the 20km of Brussels website, please proceed to make your EUR 10 donation (or more if you wish) to:

·       Natagora: using the bank account number IBAN: BE53 0682 1403 3153 - BIC/SWIFT: GKCC BE BB

Communication: “Running for Europe”.

AND/OR

·       Natuurpunt: using the bank account number IBAN: BE56 2930 2120 7588 - BIC-SWIFT: GEBA BE BB

Communication: “Running for Europe”.

Instant payment possible with the following QR code: 

You are welcome to contribute to the fundraising effort even if you decide not to participate in the race.

3.        How and when will my race number and running vest be distributed?

It will enable the Running for Europe Organising Committee to coordinate and facilitate the distribution of the race numbers and the running vests in the different institutions.

Please note that for ecological reasons, we kindly ask that the participants who took part in the 2023 edition of RfE use the running vests distributed last year. All new participants will receive a new running vest with the same design that was used last year.

Further information will follow as we get closer to the date of the race. If you decide to register after 26th of April, you will need to collect your race number yourself at the Sibp office. You will still be entitled to a running vest.

You may encourage colleagues, family, friends, and neighbours to join the team. If they do not participate in the race, they are welcome to come and support the RfE team at the fan zone of the EU institutions, located in Bois de la Cambre nearby the kiosk.

If you have any questions, please contact: EC-RUNNING-FOR-EUROPE@ec.europa.eu

Enjoy your training!

The Running for Europe Organising Committee