The start of the academic year of the 4^th class of the 4 regional master’s programs of ERAIFT took place on Monday April 4, in the conference room. The following people attended this opening ceremony: The chairman of the ERAIFT’s Board of Directors, Mr. Jan BOGAERT, Full Professor at the University of Liège, Chairholder at ERAIFT and member of the Academic and Research Council (ARC); Mr. Baudouin Michel, Director of ERAIFT, Professor at ERAIFT, President of the Academic and Research Council, Senior Lecturer at the University of Liège and President of IFA-YANGAMBI; Mr. Jean-Pierre Mate, Full Professor, Academic and Research Secretary of ERAIFT, Professor at UNIKIN; Mr. Bienfait Kasenga, the Administrative Secretary of ERAIFT; and the ERAIFT staff present in Kinshasa.