Charity Ball, November 29, 2008
Please note that the faxnumber on the invitation is incorrect. It should be: 0031-43-3884864

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your charitable goodwill with a unique evening programme? Would you like to get more in touch with the vibrant international community of Maastricht University?  

Then the Charity Ball of Maastricht University might be what you have been looking for. After the success of last year’s edition, the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) is hosting this international event on November 29. The Charity Ball will give you the opportunity to contribute to sustainable development and at the same time to take that black tie attire out of your closet again.

Participation offers you an enchanting evening filled with a special dinner served by the renowned Maastricht restaurant, Le Courage, dancing, live music and a “Silent Auction”. During the Silent Auction, guests have the opportunity to bid on the numerous donations which the School has received from generous shops, hotels and restaurants from the Maastricht region and beyond. 

The Charity Ball is part of the School’s fundraising activities that contribute to the scholarship fund of MGSoG and SWOL (Universiteitsfonds Limburg). The fund gives talented students from developing countries the opportunity to come to Maastricht and participate in the high quality education in an international, multi-cultural and engaging academic environment. Since many talented and motivated individuals in these societies lack the financial resources to follow such education, development in their countries is stagnating due to insufficient use of human resource capital. Therefore, investing in such motivated and talented individuals is one of the most powerful means by which to improve sustainable development.

The MGSoG, set up by the Maastricht University Board in September 2004, has a mission to enable its international students to contribute to the development of their societies, increasing local capacity to deal with global influences. Alumni of the School make a difference every day as policy-makers and analysts all over the world.

For only €100, you can be part of this unique event and support a good cause at the same time. It’s also possible to book an entire table for 8 people for a reduced price of only €600. For reservations and additional information, please contact givingto@governance.unimaas.nl.

Please see click here to see an overview of the sponsors of Silent Auction

Last year's Charity Ball
On Saturday December 1st, the School hosted its first Charity Ball. With about 70 guests, this pioneering event was well attended and generate around € 10.000 for the MGSoG/UM scholarship fund. The guests enjoyed a wonderful evening, including a delicious four-course dinner served by Restaurant le Courage, live music from two bands, a special dance performance by Marcus van Teijlingen (known from the popular TV programme “Dancing with the Stars”), and a “silent auction”. Being the first of its kind organized by Maastricht University, the silent auction was well received and guests enthusiastically engaged in bidding races. The auction boasted a range of attractive items that had been donated by shops, restaurants, museums and other generous businesses from the Maastricht region. The special guest of the evening was Curtis Roosevelt, grandson of the famous American president FD. Roosevelt who has a special bond to the School, having already been a guest speaker at the official opening of the School in 2005.The evening was a great success and for everyone who asked for a repetition of the evening, we can assure that there will definitely be another Charity Ball next year (29 November 2008)! We would like to thank all donors mentioned below for their support.

Frits Barend initiates the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Scholarship Fund with the ‘Kick Off ‘event’
21 May 2007





On May 21, 2007 Frits Barend initiated the Scholarship Fund of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance ( Maastricht University). The Scholarship Fund‘s aim is to create study possibilities for talented students from developing countries. Frits Barend, a journalist and well-known moderator for the Dutch tv-programme ‘Barend en van Dorp’, presented at this occasion his new book on the world-famous Dutch talent ‘Johan Cruijf’.

Together with a select company of local entrepreneurs, Frits Barend, Maastricht’s mayor Gerd Leerd and academic director Chris de Neubourg discussed the importance of investing in and recruiting for of young talent world-wide and the role the private sector can play in this. Every year, dozens of talented students without the necessary financial means for an academic education. The MGSoG Scholarship Fund makes sure that these deprived students can still opt to accomplish their academic aspiration.

The ‘adoption’ of a student or the sponsoring of innovative training and education venue in the new MGSoG building, are just a few of the numerous sponsor possibilities. The ‘Kick Off’ event is only the first of a wide variety of activities which will be organised by the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. In October this year, the new MGSOG head quarters will be opened festively with all the School’s national and international partners. Furthermore, 2007 will have a grand finale as the School will organize a black tie charity ball with a silent auction, for which several renowned restaurants, galleries and hotels from the European region have contributed generously.About the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

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