Training compass: find the path to your professional future

In June 2023, the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training launched the online app ‘Training compass’ (Opleidingskompas), which provides an overview of all adult education offers, as well as various practical information. Before the compass, finding the right course proved difficult for adults, as adult educational provision in Flanders is […]

Ukrainian refugees on the Brussels and Walloon labour markets: one year later

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, more than 8 million Ukrainians fled the war in the following year. EU countries immediately decided to welcome these refugees. Belgium, as all EU Member States, took several measures to help them: they were granted temporary protection, including access to training and the […]

Tailored training for digital test engineers

Faced with a shortage of digital professionals, the technology consulting company Sogeti is rolling up its sleeves by developing a tailored intensive training programme to recruit its future Junior Digital Test Engineers. In November 2021, the launch of the second training round confirmed the success of this public-private collaboration. With […]

‘We are founders’ programme: strengthening entrepreneurial skills

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major challenge for entrepreneurs, forcing a digital acceleration. Four private and public actors wanting to contribute to the economic recovery of Belgium cooperated to set up the ‘We are founders’ programme for tech start-ups in autumn 2021. The first edition was a big success; participating projects attracted […]

Wallonia boosts dual training in construction sector

Following the severe flooding that hit the Walloon Region in July 2021 with 209 out of its 262 communes affected, the distribution of the budget allocated to the Walloon recovery plan had to be modified: EUR 737.706.000 are now granted to support the rebuilding and resilience of disaster-affected areas. Although […]

New projects for the third InnoVET cycle

Starting from 1 September 2021, eight new InnoVET projects take on the continuous challenges brought about by a changing society, labour market and education. InnoVET is an initiative of the Flemish Government’s Department of Education, build in cooperation with the five regional technological centres, which aim at creating synergies between education […]

Flemish qualifications framework – 520 professional qualifications in 10 years

Since the start of the implementation of the Flemish qualifications framework in 2011, over 500 professional qualifications have been developed. They form the basis for recognised vocational education, training, and recognition of acquired competences (RAC) pathways, providing a widely supported and unambiguous frame of reference for lifelong learning. Anchored by […]

DigitalCity, the benchmark for the IT sector!

The Agoria technological industry federation believes that, by 2030, almost all workers in Brussels will have to acquire new digital skills. The new training and employment centre DigitalCity is responding now to this increased training need and offers short- and long-term training courses. Inaugurated online on October 2020, DigitalCity, Brussels' new training […]

S.Kool, the Brussels ‘shop-school’ for apprentice salespeople

ViewStat, the new interactive tool for tracking the training-employment pathway

Producing your own pivot tables or seeing developments over time in the Brussels job market is now possible with ViewStat, the interactive tool from view.brussels.Producing your own pivot tables or seeing developments over time in the Brussels job market is now possible with ViewStat, the interactive tool from view.brussels. With […]

Using VET to integrate migrants in Belgium

At the 2018 Euroskills Budapest competition, a single Brussels resident represented the successful Belgian delegation: Omar Lo, a young political refugee, had benefitted from training offered through one of the existing integration programmes set up in Brussels.At the 2018 Euroskills Budapest competition, a single Brussels resident represented the successful Belgian […]