Prosperity

In this contribution managing director Fons Leroy of the VDAB deals with the diversity policy of the VDAB, the Flemish Employment Service, and this from the perspective of migrant employment seekers. This contribution provides some critical reflections on the current diversity policy. ...

Michèle Claus of the VBO/FEB exposes in this contribution the vision of employers on the problem of accessibility of the labour market for migrant workers. This contribution presents the sources of this problem, and touches some areas of reflection for a remedy.

The budget debate in our country confronts us with the need for greater fiscal coordination at European level, the think tank Itinera argues. For Belgium the think tank sees but one good remedy: save on public spending at all levels.

Arts education is one of the types of cultural policy for which government spending is the easiest to justify. Itinera also pleads for a revision of the financing of part-time arts education whereby a Matthew effect is being avoided.