Marc De Vos proposes to combine reduced unemployment benefits with enhanced investment towards new work, using the budget of current employment plans for tailor-made support for the unemployed. Eventually, the unemployment insurance becomes organized work insurance: the only remaining employment plan.
Flexicurity is meant to help achieve the best of two worlds: a flexible and therefore competitive labour market and economy, and at the same time job and income security for workers.
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.
Everyone who wonders what the big, fundamental priority of the Belgian labour market policy should be, doesn’t need to search for a long time.
