The official opening was made by the chair of the BECCLE board, vice rector Mette Bjørndal from Norwegian School of Economics, on September 9 2011.
Speeches with greetings to the new center were made by deputy rector Berit Rokne at University of Bergen, director general Christine B. Meyer from the Norwegian Competition Authority, dean Knut Helland from Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Bergen and dean Asbjørn Strandbakken at Faculty of Law at University of Bergen.