Since 1987 a National Meeting of Gastroenterology
("Joint Meeting", then "Belgian Week" since 1989)
has been organized by the five Belgian Societies interested in digestive diseases :

Société Royale Belge de Gastro-Entérologie [SRBGE],
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gastro-Enterologie [VVGE],
Belgian Society of Digestive Endoscopy [SBED_BVES],
Royal Belgian Society of Surgery [RBSS],
Royal Belgian Society of Radiology [RBSR]
and various Research Groups.

In 2004 we welcomed our sixth founder Society the
Belgian Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL)

In 2009 we welcomed a seventh founding Society
Belgian Group of Digestive Oncology (BGDO)

The main goals of the national meeting are to promote clinical and basic research studies
in a national setting and to fulfil teaching objectives by organizing Update Lectures.