Ivan Van de Cloot tackles the agenda of reforms and measures to avoid financial catastrophies that can endanger the financial system and whole countries. It’s a plead for more economic sense for reality in Europe, better governance, and a return to real relationship banking. ...

Itinera asks in its election series to focus on one of the underexposed aspects of education policy: the role of teachers, schools and parents. The education debate is often about structures, processes and resources. That is understandable and important. But it is not enough.

The propensity to give of the Belgian is strenghtening although it’s still a bit fragile. A majority of the Belgians prefers focused philanthropy and chooses themselves the project. And almost 40% wants to give for themes regarding health.

There is a need for alternative financing apart from banking credit. Private equity, venture capital but also crowdfunding can play an important role in this. In any case we need to revaluate the development of risk capital as a priority for our country.

A tax shift away from labour should be top priority. The challenge of next government is a more just taxation that stimulates the economy in a transparent way. Itinera pleads for a tax reform that is budgetary realist.