SamPol

SamPol, short for Samenleving & Politiek (Society & Politics), is a Belgian Dutch-language monthly political magazine. It was first published in January 1994 and is issued by the Stichting Gerrit Kreveld (Gerrit Kreveld Foundation), a centre for social democracy based in Belgium. The editorial office is located in Ghent. The magazine describes itself as an engaged, non-party-affiliated publication for social democracy. Its founding editor was Koen Raes. In 2003, Carl Devos succeeded him as editor-in-chief, serving until 2007. Patrick Vander Weyden then took over, and in 2013 Wim Vermeersch became editor-in-chief. Since 2002, SamPol has organised the biennial Émile Zola competition, an award for the best political essay by young people. The magazine is published by the Gerrit Kreveld Foundation, which has been its publisher since the early 2000s. The foundation is independent and chaired by a board of directors. It is named after Gerrit Kreveld, honouring the founder and former delegated manager of the Blutsyde holiday centre in Bredene aan Zee. The foundation has been a member of the progressive European think tank FEPS since 2008 and a founding member of Denktank Minerva since 2016.

SamPol, short for Samenleving & Politiek (Society & Politics), is a Belgian Dutch-language monthly political magazine. Its first edition appeared in January 1994. The magazine is published by the Stichting Gerrit Kreveld (Gerrit Kreveld Foundation), which has been its publisher since the early 2000s. The editorial office is located in Ghent. The founding editor was Koen Raes. In 2003, Carl Devos succeeded him as editor-in-chief, a position he held until 2007. He was followed by Patrick Vander Weyden, who in turn was succeeded in 2013 by Wim Vermeersch. The magazine describes itself as an engaged, non-party-affiliated publication for social democracy. Since 2002, SamPol has organised the biennial Émile Zola competition, an award for the best political essay by young people. The Gerrit Kreveld Foundation, which publishes the magazine, is an independent organisation chaired by a board of directors. It is named after Gerrit Kreveld, honouring the founder and former delegated manager of the Blutsyde holiday centre in Bredene aan Zee. The foundation has been a member of the progressive European think tank FEPS since 2008 and a founding member of Denktank Minerva since 2016.

• 2013

  Wim Vermeersch becomes editor-in-chief.

• 2007

  Patrick Vander Weyden becomes editor-in-chief.

• 2003

  Carl Devos becomes editor-in-chief.

• 2002

  SamPol begins organising the biennial Émile Zola competition.

• 1994

  First edition of SamPol published in January.

Engaged, non-party-affiliated magazine for social democracy

• Samenleving & Politiek

  Monthly political magazine

• Émile Zola-wedstrijd

  Biennial competition for the best political essay by young people

1. 1Stichting Gerrit Kreveldsampol.be
2. 2SamPol - Wikipedianl.wikipedia.org
3. 3Sampol - Wikidatawikidata.org