Subsequently, several stakeholders were involved in a number of meetings to discuss folic acid intake in the periconceptional phase. The public health agency ‘Zorg & Gezondheid’ and the Royal Academy for Medicine of Belgium organized these meetings on the initiative of the Flemish Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Family. After the final meeting on 28 April 2011, a public procurement was released on folic acid intake and preconceptional advice. One of the goals of this procurement was the development of an evidence-based website on preconception care, with a particular focus on folic acid intake. A multidisciplinary team from Ghent University worked on this procurement from April 2013 to July 2014. The website was developed in a systematic and scientific manner, and numerous experts were involved in the content validation.