Measures Flanders

NVAO is taking a number of measures to limit the further spread of the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus) in the Netherlands and Flanders. If the situation changes, we will inform you again on this page. For questions, please contact the NVAO. 

Update September 2021 

We start to organise our assessment activities on campus again. Where it has an added value, we will continue to organise parts of the procedure (e.g. preparatory meetings with the panel) online. 


We continue to monitor the situation. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact your contact person or process coordinator (specific procedure) at NVAO.


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Update 15th of July 2021 

We hope that after the summer, life on the campus will soon resume as normal. In function of our work, we are closely monitoring the situation. If the numbers continue to evolve favourably, we will once again organise our assessment activities (partly) on site after summer. In the future, we will continue to organise certain parts of the procedure (e.g. preparatory meetings with the panel) online, where this offers added value. 



If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact your relationship manager (general) or process coordinator (specific procedure) at NVAO.


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Update 23th of February 2021 

In view of the current measures and the ongoing COVID crisis, we have decided to organise our assessment activities online until the summer. This will ensure clarity towards future procedures and help us keep the campus open as much as possible for those who need it most right now. 

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact your relationship manager (general) or process coordinator (specific procedure) at NVAO.


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Working as a panel member in times of COVID-19

Current circumstances demand greater vigilance. 

In general

  • We comply at all times with all measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19;
  • If you or one of your family members feel ill and an on campus site visit is planned, please inform the NVAO process coordinator well in time;
  • Depending on the number of COVID infections in the region / city of the site visit and the measures taken, we may postpone reviews, organise them hybrid or online.

Domestic and foreign travel 

  • If you need to travel as a panel member (domestic and foreign traffic), follow the travel advice of the region / country where you officially reside and your region / country of destination:
    • Dutch government: https://www.rivm.nl/coronavirus-covid-19/reisadviezen
    • Belgian authorities: https://diplomatie.belgium.be/nl
    • Other countries: see official communication from the authorities 
  • The following also applies:
    • Always read the full (travel) advice and do not rely solely on the colour code. Only this way you know for sure whether quarantine is an obligation or an advice.
    • You are not allowed to travel to red regions. We will look for a suitable solution together. 

Insurance activities on behalf of NVAO 

When NVAO staff or panel members travel abroad, they are covered by a NVAO travel insurance. In doing so, the insurer takes into account the guidelines of the government where the insured resides. For example, a panel member living in the Netherlands is insured by the travel insurance, provided that travelling to Belgium is still permitted by the Dutch government.  The site visits that we are currently organising as part of our review procedures and for which you would have to cross the border, are necessary for organizational reasons. This means that you are also insured for travels to orange regions, not for travels to red regions. If needed, we will provide alternatives for the on campus site visits.

Domestic travelling is additionally insured under NVAO's travel insurance if this also includes a pre-booked overnight stay.


At all times, if you, as a panel member, do not feel comfortable with the way in which an assessment is organised and / or when traveling to certain regions, you should discuss this with the process coordinator well in time. This way we can still find a suitable solution.


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Update 17th of March 2020 

NVAO suspends all assessment activities in Flanders until further notice. The resumption of these activities will be announced one month in advance. This gives the institutions, NVAO and the assessment committees the opportunity to properly resume these activities and to draw up a schedule for this. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact your account manager at the NVAO. 


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Update 12th of March 2020 

In view of the current developments regarding COVID-19 (Corona virus), NVAO’s Flanders Department has decided to postpone meetings with institutions in the context of assessment procedures, with the exception of one assessment, where decision-making can no longer be postponed. In this specific case, we will discuss with the institution how to conduct the conversation online. 

This measure certainly applies until Easter. 

We organize or postpone other external meetings online. The process coordinators will contact the relevant programmes and institutions. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact your contact person at NVAO.