Some entrepreneurs chose for the profession out of necessity while others made a deliberate choice in order to grasp a business opportunity. For the first group, push factors like the small amount of job opportunities triggered by a high unemployment were a sufficient motivation.

A budget of 380 million euros has been freed for the Cancer Plan for the period 2008-2010. This testifies of a middle-term vision. It would be an error to think this plan guarantees results though. The Cancer Plan needs more than only a budget to be successful.

Approximately 90% of the Flemish between 18 and 45 years old dispose of a computer and access to the internet. Whereas the digital gap in terms of ICT possession was only recently filled, a new form of digital inequality suddenly emerges.