Flanders in Action is a social

Social

The term social refers to a characteristic of living organisms...

 and economic action programme for Flanders

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 which was established by the Flemish government

Flemish government

The Flemish Government is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region. It consists of up to a maximum of eleven ministers, chosen by the Flemish Parliament...

 on 11 July 2006. Baron Paul Buysse

Paul Buysse

Paul Henri Maria, Baron Buysse, CMG, CBE is a Belgian businessman. He is the main author of the Belgian Code for Corporate Governance and chairman of the board of directors of Flanders in Action.-Education:...

, is chairman of the board of directors. A socio-economic forum was established to monitor the progress of the programme, which is chaired by Mimi Lamote

Mimi Lamote

Mimi Lamote is a Belgian businesswoman. Since December 2006, she is the Chair of the Flemish Socio-economic Forum of Flanders in Action of the Flemish government. She is a member of the board of Belgacom...

.

Organisation

The Flanders in Action program is based on the various challenges Flanders is facing. To deal with these challenges, several projects have been initiated. Those projects can be clustered in two groups (I-IV) and (V-VI) of which Challenge V and VI are spread out transversally across the other four:

• Challenge I: All the stops out for every talent
• Challenge II: Creativity, the culture of innovation, entrepreneurial spirit
• Challenge III: Flanders as the gateway to Europe
• Challenge IV: The government in action
• Challenge V: More internationalisation
• Challenge VI: Using sustainability as an opportunity

See also

• Flanders
  Flanders
  Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
  
  
• Flanders Investment and Trade
  Flanders Investment and Trade
  The Flanders Investment and Trade was founded by the Flemish government in 2005. The FIT agency helps both Flemish companies with expanding their business abroad as well as to assist foreign companies sourcing Flemish suppliers of quality goods and services. The FIT agency is headed by Christ’l...
  
   (FIT)
• Flemish Council for Science Policy (VRWB)
• Flemish Energy Agency
  Flemish Energy Agency
  Flemish Energy Agency is a government agency of the Flemish Region under the Flemish Ministry of Environment, Nature and Energy, tasked with the preparation and execution of Flemish energy policy.-Overview:...
  
  
• Flemish institute for technological research
  Flemish institute for technological research
  The Flemish institute for technological research or VITO, is a research centre, located in Mol, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. The institute performs contract research and develops products and processes in the fields of energy, environment and materials, for both the public and the private sector...
  
   (VITO)
• Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB)
• GIMV
  GIMV
  Gimv is a European investment company with experience in private equity and venture capital. The company is listed on Euronext Brussels. Gimv currently manages around EUR 2.0 billion of assets ....
  
  
• Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology
  Institute for the promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology
  The Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology is a public institution in Flanders to provide R&D and innovation support. The institute was established by the Flemish government in 1991...
  
   (IWT)
• Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen
  Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen
  The Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen is an independent organization owned by the Flemish government which supports economic investment initiatives in Flanders.-History:...
  
  
• Science and technology in Flanders
  Science and technology in Flanders
  Science and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...
  
  
• Technopolis
  Technopolis (Belgium)
  -Flanders Technology International:Technopolis is an initiative which grew out of the Flanders Technology International Foundation, which was an initiative of the Flemish government. Since 7 October 1999, the FTI offices are located within the premises of the Technopolis centre and the name of the...
  
  
• Politics of Flanders
  Politics of Flanders
  Flanders is both a cultural community and an economic region within the Belgian state, and has significant autonomy.Historically, the contemporary Flemish community grew out of the Catholic southern part of the medieval XVII provinces of the Low Countries. The contemporary Belgian Flanders area...
  
  

External links

• Flanders in Action (Dutch only)