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	Flanders (Belgium)
		As an expression of their commitment to non-formal adult education, the Ministry of Culture of the Flemish community of Belgium embarked during the 1970s on a series of promotional campaigns to support organisations active in non-formal adult education.
		DIVA is a partnership between four departments (Education, Employment, Economy and Culture) of the Ministry of the Flemish Community.
		A conference on "Information and Communication Technologies in Non-Formal Adult Education" was organized, and a press conference was arranged to make the media, the providers of non-formal adult education and other education providers aware of the importance of non-formal adult education.
	www.unesco.org /education/uie/InternationalALW/countries/belgium.html (793 words)

	WENR, January/February 2004: Belgium Printer friendly version
		Prior to the Bologna Declaration, the Flemish higher education system was governed by the Act on Universities (1991) and the Hogescholen Act (1994), both of which upheld the traditional ternary structure of Flemish education.
		The Act on the Structure of Higher Education in the Flemish Community, which was passed in April 2003, was the first piece of legislation to introduce Bologna-related reforms.
		In the French-speaking community of Belgium, the structure of university education is governed by a September 1994 decree and the structure of non-university higher education by an August 1995 decree.
	www.wes.org /eWENR/PF/04Mar/PFBelgium.htm (1854 words)

	SIGMA Belgium Report
		So, the Flemish community and the French community have different ministers of education, a different education policy and different structures for schools and universities.
		So, although nowadays for the two communities, the possibility exists to go their own way in matters of education, the structure of higher education in both parts of the country still has many common characteristics.
		This was a national initiative, so there existed a Flemish Support Point at the university of Antwerp and a French one at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
	webhost.ua.ac.be /women/sigma/belgium.html (3402 words)

	Belgian School System
		Within the Ministry of the Flemish Community, the Education Department is responsible for nearly all aspects of the education policy, from nursery school to university education.
		First and foremost, the inspectorate of the Flemish Community was given the task of supervising educational quality and of recognizing the educational institutions and guidance centres.
		The Flemish Community is fully responsible for the Dutch-speaking area and partly for the metropolitan area of Brussels.
	www.sh-dilsen.be /Europa/BelSchools.htm (3556 words)

	Department for Educational Development, Flemish Community of Belgium
		DED, established by the Flemish Community in 1991, is responsible for providing the Government and the Minister of Education with scientifically argued advice.
		This task involves, among other things, work in the area of the Flemish Government�s recent equal opportunities policy and in the area of inclusive education.
		Conceptual and development work in the continuum of special needs, covering nursery up to adult education.
	www.ond.vlaanderen.be /dvo/english/index.htm (3556 words)

	Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers - Country Note for the Flemish Community of Belgium
		The visit was not a review of Flemish education as a whole, but rather an analysis of the issues concerned with attracting, developing and retaining effective teachers in primary and secondary schools.
		The reviewers trust that this Country Note will also contribute to discussions within Flanders, and inform other countries about Flemish innovations.
		Featuring articles by Noel Dempsey, Minister for Education and Science, Ireland, and Barry McGaw, Director, OECD Directorate for Education, among others.
	www.oecd.org /LongAbstract/0,2546,en_2649_33723_32023763_119663_1_2_1,00.html (3556 words)

	Flemish language
		In 1802 when Napoleon set up the new schools - "lycées" - to give everyone the chance of a free education, pupils in this area had their lessons in French, but were permitted as a concession to converse amongst themselves in Flemish.
		The Nazis tried to use Flemish cultural identity to divide the local population, and some supporters of Flemish dialect and traditions were accused of collaboration after the war.
		Today the Flemish language is virtually dead in northern France, but there is a body of local slang words called "Ch'ti", in which many Flemish words survive.
	www.theotherside.co.uk /tm-heritage/background/language.htm (3556 words)

	ETV-Information Resources
		At community level, the same policy applies to matters such as community employment plans, apprenticeship promotion (in the training context of the "classes moyennes"; industrial apprenticeship is a federal matter), teacher training, reorganization of higher education institutes infrastructure and adult education (the latter being the subject of a planned reorganization via a decree).
		In the September declaration (1996) of the Flemish government, it was stated that, in addition to the BFR 750 million for retraining, the government will also take concrete measures to match supply and demand within the training sector, at both the community and the sub-regional level.
		As far as policy-making in the Flemish Community at federal level is concerned, it is clear that the competent authorities have chosen to pursue employment and training measures that have already proven effective (cf.
	www2.trainingvillage.gr /etv/vetsystems/report/be_en.asp (1546 words)

	Flemish language
		In 1802 when Napoleon set up the new schools - "lycées" - to give everyone the chance of a free education, pupils in this area had their lessons in French, but were permitted as a concession to converse amongst themselves in Flemish.
		The Nazis tried to use Flemish cultural identity to divide the local population, and some supporters of Flemish dialect and traditions were accused of collaboration after the war.
		Today the Flemish language is virtually dead in northern France, but there is a body of local slang words called "Ch'ti", in which many Flemish words survive.
	www.theotherside.co.uk /tm-heritage/background/language.htm (501 words)

	report on the situation of libraries, archives and museums in Belgium
		The Communities are essentially competent for culture and education and the so-called personalized matters related to health policy (health care policy and health education) and to assistance to individuals (family, youth, elderly, etc).
		Fully operational Community decrees are still in preparation (this will soon change in the Flemish Community with the decree of 1996 that organises the museums' official approval and public funding).
		Belgium consists of three Regions - the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region- and three Communities: the Flemish Community, the French Community and the German-speaking Community.
	www.stis.fgov.be /cultivate/nfpe5.htm (1566 words)

	FSRC Federalism Report - Chapter 4
		The question is not how do you ensure that Belgian children have the right education it is how do you ensure the Flemish or French-speaking children have the right kind of education…Belgium as a federal state has no…right to interfere.
		The Flemish Community Council and the parliament and government of the Flemish Region immediately elected to merge their institutions, creating a single Flemish Parliament and Flemish Government.
		The French and Flemish Communities receive a share of radio and television fees, of personal income tax and of the value-added tax, while the German Community is funded by direct federal transfer.
	www.parliament.vic.gov.au /fsrc/Report3/body/chapter4.htm (1928 words)

	Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG - Ministry of the Flemish Community (Belgium) awards record outsourcing contract to Siemens Business Services
		The Ministry of the Flemish Community has regional competences in the fields of economy, education, science, innovation, media, culture, employment, agriculture, environment, etc. The Ministry has 12,000 employees and is located in Brussels.
		Eddy Baldewijns, Flemish Minister of Education and State Service, said, "The Ministry spends US$41 million (37 millions EUR) per year on its IT.
		The administration of the Ministry of the Flemish Community makes extensive use of IT.
	www.siemens.com /page/1,3771,221976-1-2_0_0-0,00.html (584 words)

	Art Education: Free oil Painting Lesson.
		Very many paintings in which artists did not use the classic Flemish Masters' techniques of 7 layers, did not pass the test of time.
		I was classically trained and have dedicated most of my time to studying and emulating the 7 layer techniques of the 16th century Flemish Masters such as Rubens, Van Duke and Snyders, which is practiced by very few artists today as it is no longer taught in art schools.
		The energy which we receive from old paintings in museums, like ghosts in old castles with old paintings, is related to this magic figure.
	www.1art.com /tips.htm (1497 words)

	2001 Annual Review for Belgium
		The unions involved were protesting against the Flemish education minister's plan to raise the early retirement age for teachers from 55 to 58, with the stated aim of addressing teacher shortages ( BE0110304F); and
		A new feature of the 2001-2 agreement is that part-time workers are also now entitled to paid education leave for vocational training.
		The new Institute's role is to conduct studies and propose instruments for the production of gender-related statistics, issue recommendations to the public authorities on all matters relating to equality between women and men, organise support for organisations that promote equality between women and men, provide the public with information and implement equality legislation; and
	www.eiro.eurofound.ie /2002/01/feature/be0201196f.html (1497 words)

	ESIB - The National Unions of Students in Europe
		Its asks the Parliament of the Flemish Community of Belgium to take into due consideration and after careful reflection include the amendments to the draft decree our member national union of students from the Flemish Community of Belgium, the Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten (VVS), suggests.
		ESIB asks the Parliament of the Flemish Community of Belgium to thoroughly discuss the draft decree once it will have been introduced in Parliament so as to be able to make a clear and positive decision.
		This is also in line with the recommendations made by the European ministers responsible for higher education within the Bologna Process and the outcomes of the Bologna follow-up seminar on student involvement in higher education governance in June 2003 in Oslo, Norway.
	www.esib.org /policies/motionsbm45.html (1497 words)

	Directory of open access journals
		Subject: Linguistics --- Education --- Media and communication
		Subject: Education --- Languages and Literatures --- Linguistics
		Publisher: Department of Linguistics at the University of Tromsø, Norway
	www.doaj.org /ljbs?cpid=122 (302 words)

	Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG - Ministry of the Flemish Community (Belgium) awards record outsourcing contract to Siemens Business Services
		The Ministry of the Flemish Community has regional competences in the fields of economy, education, science, innovation, media, culture, employment, agriculture, environment, etc. The Ministry has 12,000 employees and is located in Brussels.
		Eddy Baldewijns, Flemish Minister of Education and State Service, said, "The Ministry spends US$41 million (37 millions EUR) per year on its IT.
		On Tuesday, 23 February 1999, the Ministry of the Flemish Community (Belgium) and Siemens Business Services (SBS) signed a five-year outsourcing contract for managing all its Information Technology (IT).
	www.siemens.com /page/1,3771,221976-1-2_0_0-0,00.html (302 words)

	Flemish far right sets its sights on Brussels , by Serge Govaert
		By way of reassurance, the Flemish nationalist party proposed a "contract" whose most surprising clause was the maintenance of French speakers’ rights in matters of culture, language use and education.
		But if the Flemish parties of the outgoing coalition lost support - which is perfectly conceivable - the Vlaams Blok would only have to take 10,000 votes from the French-speaking parties and 5,000 from the CVP, SP or Volkunie in order to win half the Flemish seats in the Brussels parliament.
		If it tones down its Flemish nationalist rhetoric and concentrates on issues traditionally favoured by the far right, it can win votes among those sections of the Brussels population that are bearing the brunt of the economic crisis.
	mondediplo.com /1998/01/06brussels (302 words)

	BBC Education - Languages
		Flemish is a West Germanic language most closely related to Dutch and generally regarded as the Belgian variant of Dutch.
		Flemish is spoken by about 55% of the population of Belgium.
		Flemish is spoken by approximately 5.5 million people in Belgium and by a few thousand people in France.
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/languages/european_languages/languages/flemish.shtml (302 words)

	Flemish Sign Language Dictionary
		Flemish Sign Language thus still is not used as a/the language of education, something most sign language researchers and a large part of the Flemish Deaf Community would very much like to see happening.
		The Dutch spoken in Flanders (in the past sometimes referred to as Flemish) is the same as the Dutch used by people in the Netherlands.
		The division of Belgium into two states has also influenced and continues to influence the sign language used by the Flemish Deaf.
	www.signwriting.org /belgium/flemishdict02.html (302 words)

	STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM IN BELGIUM - FLEMISH COMMUNITY
		Courses at postgraduate level are also organized at postgraduate training institutions, three of which are recognized by the Flemish government: Vlerick Leuven-Gent Management School, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde and Instituut voor ontwikkelingsbeleid en-beheer.
		Flemish Council of Hogescholen (Vlaamse Hogescholenraad - VLHORA)
		Next to regular studies, one can obtain qualifications of continuous education such as the Getuigschrift Posthogeschoolvorming (Certificate of Post-Hogeschool Studies) at the Hogescholen and the Getuigschrift Postacademisch Onderwijs (Certificate of Post-university Studies).
	www.euroeducation.net /prof/belco.htm (302 words)

	Flemish far right sets its sights on Brussels
		By way of reassurance, the Flemish nationalist party proposed a "contract" whose most surprising clause was the maintenance of French speakers’ rights in matters of culture, language use and education.
		But if the Flemish parties of the outgoing coalition lost support - which is perfectly conceivable - the Vlaams Blok would only have to take 10,000 votes from the French-speaking parties and 5,000 from the CVP, SP or Volkunie in order to win half the Flemish seats in the Brussels parliament.
		The government of the Brussels-Capital region has five ministers, two of whom are Flemish.
	mondediplo.com /1998/01/06brussels.html (302 words)

	Dutch in Flanders
		Between 1814 and 1830 there was a short-lived reunification under king William I. At that time (from 1823) Flemish was the compulsory language of government, education and law, but the Belgian revolution of 1830 reinstated linguistic freedom for the citizens, which in effect meant a restoration of French as the main language.
		Flemish has a noticeable tendency to adapt foreign words into Dutch speech patterns; for example in the words "record" and "cabaret" the final letter is pronounced, and in the word "passagier" Flemings use a "soft g".
		Flemish immigrants had certainly brought some southern elements with them in the previous century, but wars and conquests gradually led to a weakening of the former cultural and economical dominance of Flanders.
	www.ned.univie.ac.at /publicaties/taalgeschiedenis/en/vlaams.htm (1488 words)

	Flanders
		The Flemish Community is competent for personal matters (health, welfare), cultural matters, education and training, and co-operation between the communities and the regions.
		The Flemish Community comprises the inhabitants of Flanders and the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the bilingual region Brussels-Capital.
		The Flemish Region consists of the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg and Flemish Brabant.
	www.flanders.be /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=MVG_FL/Template/MVG_FL_Html_Detail&cid=1061902912794&p=1053963211306 (352 words)

	Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flemish people live mainly in the Flemish Region (covering 13,522 km� and containing over 300 municipalities) and in the Brussels-Capital Region.
		Flemish feeling of identity and consciousness grew through the events and experiences of war.
		Flemish weavers had gone over to Worstead and North Walsham in Norfolk in the 12th century and established the woollen industry.
	en2.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flanders (352 words)

	Brussels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regions are one component of Belgium's complex institutions, the three communities being "the" other component: the Brussels inhabitants must deal with either the Flemish Community or the French (speaking) community for matters such as culture and education.
		Geographically, it is an enclave in the Flemish Region.
		Brussels is also the capital of Flanders and of the French Community of Belgium (Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles in French) ; all Flemish capital institutions are established here: Flemish Parliament, Flemish government and its administration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brussels (352 words)

	Flemish Sign Language Dictionary
		Flemish Sign Language thus still is not used as a/the language of education, something most sign language researchers and a large part of the Flemish Deaf Community would very much like to see happening.
		The Dutch spoken in Flanders (in the past sometimes referred to as Flemish) is the same as the Dutch used by people in the Netherlands.
		At the beginning of the century every Flemish province had a Deaf school.
	www.signwriting.org /belgium/flemishdict02.html (352 words)

	Flanders biography .ms
		The somewhat more contesting nature of Flemish politics is probably related to the fact that initially, Flemings were massively discriminated against by the official Belgian institutions which had chosen to use French exclusively in public life (mainly for the reason that there was not one Flemish language, but several Flemish dialects).
		Flemish weavers had gone over to Worstead and North Walsham in Norfolk in the 12th century and established the woollen industry.
		Their suffering is still remembered by Flemish organizations during the yearly "IJzerbedevaart " (Yser pilgrimage) and "IJzerwake " (Wake of the Yser) in Diksmuide at the monument of the "IJzertoren " (The Yser tower).
	flanders.biography.ms (352 words)

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