Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility and Internationalisation
From Eurydice
Overview Belgium (Flemish Community)
Contents
- 1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Political, Social and Economic Background and Trends
- 2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation and Governance
- 2.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Fundamental Principles and National Policies
- 2.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Lifelong Learning Strategy
- 2.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of the Education System and of its Structure
- 2.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Private Education
- 2.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Qualifications Framework
- 2.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Administration and Governance at Central and/or Regional Level
- 2.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Administration and Governance at Local and/or Institutional Level
- 2.8 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Statistics on Organisation and Governance
- 3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Funding in Education
- 4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Early Childhood Education and Care
- 4.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Childcare
- 4.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Childcare
- 4.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Childcare
- 4.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Pre-Primary Education
- 4.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Pre-Primary Education
- 4.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Pre-Primary Education
- 4.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisational Variations and Alternative Structures in Early Childhood Education and Care
- 5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Primary Education
- 5.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Primary Education
- 5.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Primary Education
- 5.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Primary Education
- 5.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisational Variations and Alternative Structures in Primary Education
- 6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Secondary and Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary Education
- 6.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of the First Stage of Secondary Education
- 6.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in the First Stage of Secondary Education
- 6.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in the First Stage of Secondary Education
- 6.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of the Second and Third Stage of Secondary Education
- 6.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in the Second and Third Stage of Secondary Education
- 6.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in the Second and Third Stage of Secondary Education
- 6.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Vocational Secondary Education
- 6.8 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Vocational Secondary Education
- 6.9 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Vocational Secondary Education
- 6.10 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of secondary-after-secondary education
- 6.11 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and learning in secondary-after-secondary education
- 6.12 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in secondary-after-secondary education
- 7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Higher Education
- 7.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Types of Higher Education Institutions
- 7.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:First Cycle Programmes
- 7.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Second Cycle Programmes
- 7.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Programmes outside the Bachelor and Master Structure
- 7.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Third Cycle (PhD) Programmes
- 8 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Adult Education and Training
- 8.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Distribution of Responsibilities
- 8.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Developments and Current Policy Priorities
- 8.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Main Providers
- 8.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Main Types of Provision
- 8.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning
- 9 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teachers and Education Staff
- 9.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Initial Education for Teachers Working in Early Childhood and School Education
- 9.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Conditions of Service for Teachers Working in Early Childhood and School Education
- 9.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Continuing Professional Development for Teachers Working in Early Childhood and School Education
- 9.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Initial Education for Academic Staff in Higher Education
- 9.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Conditions of Service for Academic Staff Working in Higher Education
- 9.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Continuing Professional Development for Academic Staff Working in Higher Education
- 9.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Initial Education for Teachers and Trainers Working in Adult Education and Training
- 9.8 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Conditions of Service for Teachers and Trainers Working in Adult Education and Training
- 9.9 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Continuing Professional Development for Teachers and Trainers Working in Adult Education and Training
- 10 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management and Other Education Staff
- 10.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management Staff for Early Childhood and School Education
- 10.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Staff Involved in Monitoring Educational Quality for Early Childhood and School Education
- 10.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Education Staff Responsible for Guidance in Early Childhood and School Education
- 10.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Education Staff or Staff Working with Schools
- 10.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management Staff for Higher Education
- 10.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Education Staff or Staff Working in Higher Education
- 10.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management Staff Working in Adult Education and Training
- 10.8 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Education Staff or Staff Working in Adult Education and Training
- 11 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Quality Assurance
- 12 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Educational Support and Guidance
- 12.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Special Education Needs Provision within Mainstream Education
- 12.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Separate Special Education Needs Provision in Early Childhood and School Education
- 12.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Support Measures for Learners in Early Childhood and School Education
- 12.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Guidance and Counselling in Early Childhood and School Education
- 12.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Support Measures for Learners in Higher Education
- 12.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Guidance and Counselling in Higher Education
- 12.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Support Measures for Learners in Adult Education and Training
- 12.8 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Guidance and Counselling in a Lifelong Learning Approach
- 13 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility and Internationalisation
- 13.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Early Childhood and School Education
- 13.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Higher Education
- 13.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Adult Education and Training
- 13.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Early Childhood and School Education
- 13.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Higher Education
- 13.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Adult Education and Training
- 13.7 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Bilateral Agreements and Worldwide Cooperation
- 14 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Ongoing Reforms and Policy Developments
- 14.1 Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in Early Childhood Education and Care
- 14.2 Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in School Education
- 14.3 Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning
- 14.4 Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in Higher Education
- 14.5 Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms related to Transversal Skills and Employability
- 14.6 Belgium-Flemish-Community:European Perspective
- 15 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Legislation
- 16 Belgium-Flemish-Community:Glossary
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Political, Social and Economic Background and Trends
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Historical Development
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Main Executive and Legislative Bodies
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Population: Demographic Situation, Languages and Religions
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Political and Economic Situation
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation and Governance
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Fundamental Principles and National Policies
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Lifelong Learning Strategy
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of the Education System and of its Structure
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Private Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Qualifications Framework
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Administration and Governance at Central and/or Regional Level
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Administration and Governance at Local and/or Institutional Level
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Statistics on Organisation and Governance
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Funding in Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Early Childhood and School Education Funding
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Higher Education Funding
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Adult Education and Training Funding
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Early Childhood Education and Care
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Childcare
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Childcare
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Childcare
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Pre-Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Pre-Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Pre-Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisational Variations and Alternative Structures in Early Childhood Education and Care
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisational Variations and Alternative Structures in Primary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Secondary and Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of the First Stage of Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in the First Stage of Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in the First Stage of Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of the Second and Third Stage of Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in the Second and Third Stage of Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in the Second and Third Stage of Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of Vocational Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and Learning in Vocational Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in Vocational Secondary Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Organisation of secondary-after-secondary education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teaching and learning in secondary-after-secondary education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Assessment in secondary-after-secondary education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Types of Higher Education Institutions
Belgium-Flemish-Community:First Cycle Programmes
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Bachelor
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Short-Cycle Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Second Cycle Programmes
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Programmes outside the Bachelor and Master Structure
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Third Cycle (PhD) Programmes
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Distribution of Responsibilities
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Developments and Current Policy Priorities
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Main Providers
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Main Types of Provision
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Teachers and Education Staff
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Initial Education for Teachers Working in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Conditions of Service for Teachers Working in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Continuing Professional Development for Teachers Working in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Initial Education for Academic Staff in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Conditions of Service for Academic Staff Working in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Continuing Professional Development for Academic Staff Working in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Initial Education for Teachers and Trainers Working in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Conditions of Service for Teachers and Trainers Working in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Continuing Professional Development for Teachers and Trainers Working in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management and Other Education Staff
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management Staff for Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Staff Involved in Monitoring Educational Quality for Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Education Staff Responsible for Guidance in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Education Staff or Staff Working with Schools
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management Staff for Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Education Staff or Staff Working in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Management Staff Working in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Education Staff or Staff Working in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Quality Assurance
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Quality Assurance in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Quality Assurance in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Educational Support and Guidance
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Special Education Needs Provision within Mainstream Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Separate Special Education Needs Provision in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Support Measures for Learners in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Guidance and Counselling in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Support Measures for Learners in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Guidance and Counselling in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Support Measures for Learners in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Guidance and Counselling in a Lifelong Learning Approach
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility and Internationalisation
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Early Childhood and School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Adult Education and Training
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Bilateral Agreements and Worldwide Cooperation
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Ongoing Reforms and Policy Developments
Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in Early Childhood Education and Care
Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in School Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning
Belgium-Flemish-Community:National Reforms in Higher Education
Belgium-Flemish-Community:European Perspective
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Legislation
Belgium-Flemish-Community:Glossary
- Austria
- Belgium (Flemish Community)
- Belgium (French Community)
- Belgium (German-Speaking Community)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom (England)
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
- United Kingdom (Scotland)
- United Kingdom (Wales)
In 1993, Flanders was given the powers to conclude its own international treaties on all the various areas under Flanders’ remit. These treaties allowed for the development of working programmes which extend beyond the fields of education and culture, open the doors to various forms of financing and facilitate thematic cooperation.
Flanders has participated very actively in the European programmes (such as Comenius, Erasmus and Leonardo Da Vinci) right from the start. In multilateral cooperation (Unesco, the Council of Europe and the OECD), Flanders opts mainly for projects that tie in with Flemish education policy or where Flanders is able to make a structural contribution.
In the White Paper on Education 2009-2014 and the policy letter 2010-2011 of the Minister of Education and Training, the following are among the operational goals.
- To further encourage studying abroad, extra financial support is planned under the Youth on the Move scheme for students with financial obstacles and with a functional disability. Likewise, under the ASEM-DUO programme, scholarships are provided for student exchanges with Asian countries. In addition, Flemish students will also be able to go on internships at international institutions and businesses in the USA. To make internationalisation easier, the language regulations will also be relaxed (among other things so that in Bachelor’s programmes up to 30 credits can be offered in another language).
- Foreign language learning is being intensified among other things by encouraging exchange projects with a special emphasis on the teacher training programmes [see 13.1], by means of a CLIL experiment in secondary education and through participation in the European Survey on Language Competences [see 11.1.2.6].
- The international dimension of education policy is being actively pursued in the European Union (with particular emphasis on the acquisition of basic skills, education for sustainable development, mobility promotion and European cooperation on vocational education and training), in the OECD [see 13.7.2], and through pupil exchanges with schools from the French and German-speaking Communities and from other European countries, twinnings between Moroccan and Flemish schools [see 13.1.1], and development cooperation with South Africa [see 13.7.1].
The Nadia database of the Policy section of the Flemish Department of Foreign Affairs archives the Intergovernmental and International Acts of the Flemish government. The intergovernmental acts are the domestic cooperation agreements that are entered into by the Flemish government with the federal government and/or the governments of the other Communities and/or Regions.
The following websites are particularly relevant to education:
- The Flemish Department of Foreign Affairs: among other things, this has details of the policy framework, white papers, the Flemish government accord (foreign policy and international cooperation section), Flanders’ contribution to the European Union, the OECD, the Council of Europe, and Unesco.
- The Department of Education has also devoted web pages to internationalisation in education.
- At Flanders in Action details can be found of the EU 2020 strategy and the Flemish Reform Programme Europe 2020
- EPOS vzw implements the European LLP (Lifelong Learning Programme); the Department of Education and Training is responsible for the conduct of policy in this area.
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Early Childhood and School Education
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Higher Education
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Mobility in Adult Education and Training
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Early Childhood and School Education
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Higher Education
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Other Dimensions of Internationalisation in Adult Education and Training
- Belgium-Flemish-Community:Bilateral Agreements and Worldwide Cooperation