#hilde crevits

[ronnydeschepper]

De peperbus van nonkel Miele (65): neemt de honger naar winsten de ouderenzorg over?

Veertig jaar lang vreet het neoliberalisme als een sluipend gif aan de welvaartsstaat. Na vier decennia zijn de etterbuilen niet meer weg te moffelen, onder meer: een falende overheid en niets ontziende jacht van Vlaamse en multinationale entiteiten op maximale winsten, onder meer in de zorgsector. Vlaanderen wordt gekoloniseerd, ook in de ouderenzorg. Continue reading De peperbus van nonkel…

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you do not have to answer if you don't want to, but.do you have any idea which party you're going to vote for during the federal elections in belgium, because i'm.honestly at a loss atm

Yeah, I understand. The choice is def not easy.

First of all, the won't vote for parties:

Those that want to split Belgium in any way. Racists. Vlaams Belang being the most extreme obv. The Federal states ~solution~ Bart De Wever is bringing is bull and will only make the discrepancy bigger. Working together and sharing the wealth and workforce is the way to go here.

Never been a big CD&V fan. They haven't been doing the best of jobs historically. Also I am generally against the Catholic notion :) Hilde Crevits is the only one there I think is doing a fine job (on the top of my head). The CD&V are however a good possible partner for a lefty oriented government. Ze draaien zoals de tjeeven ze zijn.

VLD is doing a lot of shooting themselves in the feet lately it's becoming a sitcom (dramatic). It's a party that has always stood for the wealthier part of the population (including the ones that just think they are / want to be). So nope for me. (though maybe they did make the right decision appointing Paul Van Tigchelt, he seems competent at least)(so far)

So Groen, PVDA and Vooruit remain.

Why I personally don't want to vote Groen (federally) is because of their insistence on closing down the nuclear power stations. We should invest in them, not close down!.. Love for Petra De Sutter though, her cleaning out BPost is a good thing!

I'm not sure what to think of PVDA tbh. Them never having been in a government in Belgium before makes it hard. Buuut, they might have a chance soon. PTB (the Walloon version) is going pretty hard in the polls, so voting for the Flemish one might not be a waste in a Federal election!

Well, I think we all know the current Vooruit problem. Conner Rousseau's reputation sure is shit atm. He's a populist. I still think it's the party doing the ~most~ good both planning and historically wise. They also have the most chance of being in a future coalition. That coalition being another Vivaldi type. Lots of other parties, like CD&V and NVA will turn down PVDA/PTB, and very much favour a coalition with Vooruit.

I know Vivaldi got some shit reputation, but imo they did an "okay" job considering corona and the war in Ukraine. (them mostly supporting Israel publicly is gross though, but in line with what Belgium always does (following Germany and the US and other big countries))

So conclusion and prediction

We either have an extreme right wing government with NVA and/or Vlaams Belang with the help from a payed Walloon party (De Wever is hoping the PS will agree here for millions of €€€€ because they need that money)

We have a central Vivaldi 2.0 thing with possibly MR/VLD, NVA, CD&V, Groen and Vooruit/PS (Bartje hates MR so they might get left out though)

Or we go leftie-liberal with PTB/PVDA, Vooruit/PS, Groen, VLD/MR and CD&V

Imo, the odds of the middle one are the highest and I will probs vote Vooruit because of that. But yakno. I'm not entirely sure either :))

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Vlaams minister Hilde Crevits benadrukt cruciale rol apothekers tijdens werkbezoek https://www.westnieuws.be/vlaams-minister-hilde-crevits-benadrukt-cruciale-rol-apothekers-tijdens-werkbezoek/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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Voilà, veel beter met ne glimlach 

[yanavinck]

CD&V houdt paars-groene deur dicht: “Paars-geel blijft onze basisoptie”

Is CD&V stilaan klaar om federaal te praten over een paars-groene coalitie? Kamerfractieleider Servais Verherstraeten houdt de deur gesloten. “Paars-geel blijft onze basisoptie.”

Tijdens het CD&V-partijbureau afgelopen maandag gooide kopstuk Hilde Crevits de vraag op tafel: wat als we in de oppositie belanden bij een paars-groene coalitie? Kan de partij dan het verschil maken naast het geweld van N-VA en het Vlaams Belang in de oppositie? Heel wat aanwezigen lazen daarin een poging mee aan boord te klimmen van een paars-groene coalitie.

lees verder: https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/cd-v-houdt-paars-groene-deur-dicht-paars-geel-blijft-onze-basisoptie~a9687a85/

In mijn mening vind ik het belachelijk dat we hier nog altijd over bezig zijn. Hoe lang hebben we het nu al niet over hoe we de regering kunnen samenstellen. Als ze nu gewoon eens zouden luisteren naar wat de mensen willen en welke partijen dat ze hebben gekozen zou dit het ook veel makkelijker maken. We kunnen zo bezig blijven met discussiëren. Er moet ooit eens een akkoord zijn. Wat ik ook belangrijk vind is dat bepaalde partijen zich niet beter gaan voelen dan de andere. Iedere partij zou evenveel inbreng moeten hebben en zou niet meer moeten doen dan de andere.

[sheslayx-blog]

sheslayx’s woman of the week: Hilde Crevits

Hilde Crevits is currently the Flemish minister of Education in Belgium. Prior to her political career, she became a lawyer in the 90s. Her political career started in 1999 when she sat on the provincial council of West Flanders. In 2004, she was elected into the Flemish Parliament. From 2000-2007, she was also an alderman in Torhout. 

Her first cabinet position in the Flemish government was as the Minister for Public Works, Energy and the Environment. In 2009, she became the Minister for Mobility and Public Works.

In 2014, she became the Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish government, and at the same time, she was also made the Minister of Education. Since 2016, she is the mayor of Torhout.

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Het gaat zelfs zo ver dat een uitgebluste, slecht functionerende maar vast benoemde leerkracht bijkomende uren kan opeisen. Zo is het niet ongewoon dat ze de vervangingen doen van zieke collega’s en zo ook andere klassen besmetten met schoolmoeheid door hun zo gemotiveerd voorkomen...

Of wat dacht u mevrouw de minister van een vast benoemd leerkracht die de uren van een jonge gemotiveerd en ook nog in de praktijk werkende leerkracht opeist en krijgt, ook al doet deze persoon al 25+ jaar niets actief in het vak? Ja dat kan en ja dat gebeurd want het diploma + de benoeming is momenteel heilig.

Ik en vele anderen geloven momenteel niet veel van een strengere of nieuwer evaluatie systeem. Want A) ze gebeuren niet grondig genoeg en B) met de gehele beroepsprocedure enzo erbij ben je toch al onmiddellijk jaren verder. Nee nee, in het onderwijs is het gewoon wachten tot je TADD wordt en dan hopen dat de benoeming ook niet al te ver wegblijft. En dan mag je niet zo’n ‘slimme’ directeur hebben die mensen meestal wegschuift net voor dat ze het TADD statuut hebben gekregen om toch maar niet aan bepaalde mensen vast te hangen omdat ze eindelijk bijna niet meer weg te krijgen zijn nadien...

[drivemains]

Amazon itsmine

“We are very pleased with the architecture of the building by A1AR, and the delivery of the project in time, in scope and in budget by Willy Naessens Group. “These new premises illustrate both ECA Group’s strong desire to establish itself in Belgium over the long term They represent a substantial investment of more than €10 million, which would not have been possible without the significant support of the Flemish Region,”says Dominique Giannoni, CEO of ECA Group. I am pleased that ECA Group has chosen Flanders to further flourish their expertise in robots and drones,” says Hilde Crevits, Deputy Prime Minister of the Flemish Government. In this case it keeps navy personnel as far away from danger as possible. “Innovation is not only a lever for economic growth and employment, but it also offers solutions. Naval Mine Warfare NATO Centre of Excellence), local industries and academic players in Belgium. This new facility will further strengthen ties with the Belgium and Dutch navies, the Naval Academy (with a.o. Lean manufacturing of AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) and USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicles), efficient supply chain management, and demonstrations to customers will be the core of its activities. In parallel, this facility will also serve the other contracts and prospects of ECA Group. Already the hundreds of drones contracted by the Belgium and Dutch Navies are due to be manufactured and support in this facility with deliveries starting in 2024. This state-of-the-art facility will be dedicated to the production and support of the Mine Warfare Drones of ECA Group, one of the world leaders in Mine Counter Measures solutions. ECA Group opens its brand new factory in Ostend, Belgium, in the presence of Hilde Crevits, Deputy Prime Minister of the Flemish Government and Admiral Hofman, Chief of Defence.

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36È « FLORALIES GANTOISES », JUSQU’AU 08 MAI

© « Floraliën » Ce dernier jeudi 28 avril, à 10h, nos Souverains ont inauguré les 36è « Floralies gantoises », en présence de la ministre régionale flamande de l’agriculture, Hilde Crevits, de la présidente du sénat,  Stephanie D’Hose, de la gouverneure de Flandre orientale, Carina Van Cauter, et du bourgmestre de  Gent, Mathias De Clercq. Leurs Majestés le roi Philippe et la reine Mathilde en…

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Construction of major battery energy storage system in Belgium commences

Construction of major battery energy storage system in Belgium commences

Today, Vice Minister-President Hilde Crevits and Energy Minister Zuhal Demir, in the presence of senior Nala Renewables management, drove the first symbolic spade into the ground to mark the start of construction of one of the largest battery energy storage systems (“BESS”) in Belgium, located at Nyrstar’s zinc smelting operation in Balen. The BESS, which represents an investment of 30 million…

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Hilde Crevits presenteert ‘Tussen eb en vloed’ in Torhout https://www.westnieuws.be/hilde-crevits-presenteert-tussen-eb-en-vloed-in-torhout/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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Second-hand, good for climate and employment

The second-hand market is booming like never before, also when it comes to employment. We took a closer look at the –originally Lithuanian - Think Twice-shop in Ghent (B). "I prefer not to contribute to the throwaway culture of fast fashion."

"Everything for 2 euros." Under a soft midday sun, a dozen young people queue up in front of the Ghent branch of Think Twice, a clothing chain specializing in vintage, second-hand. A sale attracts a lot of candidates, but due to corona the number of customers inside is limited to eight. Once inside, they have a maximum of half an hour to search the increasingly emptying clothes racks.

The fact that a sale is being organized today is a bonus, "but I also come here if no discounts are given," says Magali Lauwers as she sits down. The young architect consciously chooses second-hand to limit her environmental impact. "A friend once convinced me," she says. "I think it is important that we use scarce materials sparingly."

Shalva Nikuashvili also prefers not to contribute to the "throwaway culture" of fast fashion, and the "overproduction" by large clothing chains. "I don't like the way they work and interact with their employees," said Nikuashvili, who used to work at nothing less than H&M. "Think Twice is also a chain, but it has a better approach."

Almost exclusively young people line up here today. Especially for students, the low prices - in addition to sustainability - are an important argument. Several customers who did not find what they were looking for at the sale on Ajuinlei, we see again later in the Nederkouter, where Think Twice has a second location. There are people waiting at both stores, and in the otherwise sparsely populated shopping streets the striking paper shopping bags immediately catch the eye.

Job engine

If second-hand clothing has been gaining in popularity in recent years , Think Twice, which is originally Lithuanian, is an excellent illustration. The first Belgian branch was opened in 2007, now there are ten. "Their growing success is undeniable," says Joi Herremans, who has consciously opted for second-hand for years. "I can only applaud it, but it does make it harder for me to find clothes myself."

This growth also translates into employment. Think Twice now employs 65 people, says director Joseph Carmichael. "Not only in the stores themselves, but also in the depots and the back office." The retail chain is no exception. The circular economy is becoming an increasingly important job engine in Flanders. Over the past ten years, the number of jobs has grown almost three times faster than in the general economy, according to a new study by the Policy Research Center for Circular Economy and research consortium Michelle at the request of the Flemish government. Since 2008, the circular economy has created roughly 6,000 jobs, an increase of 16.4 percent, while general employment increased by 5.8 percent. The growth was mainly in the second-hand sector and rental and leasing services.

"Underestimation"

Today, more than 43,000 people work in the Flemish circular economy (out of more than 2.8 million working Flemish people), the study shows. "But that's an underestimate," says research leader Kris Bachus (Hiva-KU Leuven). "We only counted the jobs in the sectors that we already consider fully circular. The construction sector, for example, is almost completely excluded, while it also has many circular activities. " Since 2016, job growth in the circular economy has shifted up a gear. -Only last year, after the corona crisis broke out, was a slight decline recorded. "But further growth is expected in the longer term," says Bachus. He refers to earlier models of the Policy Research Center for Circular Economy that predict that an additional 30,000 jobs could be created in Flanders by 2030. The Flemish government, which wants to be a pioneer in the circular economy, sees its "ambition reinforced" with the study, says Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir. According to Minister of Work Hilde Crevits, the study also shows that striving for a circular economy "is not only good for the climate, but also for more sustainable job creation". Because on average there are more short and medium-skilled workers in the sector (whose unemployment is sensitively higher than among the highly skilled), this means that extra profit can be made.

In its recovery plan, the Flemish government has therefore set aside 45 million euros for research and innovation in the circular economy.

Source

Korneel Delbeke, Tweedehands, goed voor het klimaat en de tewerkstelling, in: De Standaard, 4 May 2021 https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210503_97402624

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Belgium: Anti-Semitic caricature removed from textbook

Background: Belgium: Antisemitic Latuff cartoon published in textbook

Via Ynet:

Two months after Ynet first made public a Belgian textbook contained a caricature that could be construed as anti-Semitic, the country's Education Ministry announced Thursday that the upcoming edition of the book will be published without the offensive drawing. A letter forwarded by Belgian Education Minister Hilde Crevits Thursday to attorney Yifa Segal, director of the International Legal Forum—who first exposed the story—notified the lawyer that after a probe and a talk with the book's publisher, the caricature will be removed starting with the book's next edition. The minister added that, "One of the education system's goals is to bring up the younger generation to become respectable, informed citizens" and that the Flemish government only set a bar on academic achievement, leaving selection of appropriate books to each school. The matter initially came to light in late March, when the International Legal Forum NGO was informed by parents from Bruges of a geography textbook intended for 15 year olds and approved by the country's education system. The chapter in which the caricature appeared dealt with purported inequality in water distribution between Israelis and Palestinians residing in the West Bank. The caricature showed an overweight Jew with traditional Jewish payos (or sidelocks) asleep in a bathtub filled with water, contrasted with an old Palestinian woman with an empty water bucket. The cartoon—which may have come from the international human rights group itself—carried a caption that read, "Amnesty International: Israel is denying Palestinians access to adequate water … While settlers enjoy lush lawns and swimming pools!" Attorney Segal, who is deeply involved in the international struggle against the worldwide Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, was astounded by a copy of the textbook she obtained and consequently sent a scathing letter to the Belgian education minister demanding the anti-Semitic caricature be removed summarily. 

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[summersinger]

Het aantal werkzoekenden blijft stijgen, maar de procentuele stijging vlakt af. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van Vlaams minister van Werk Hilde Crevits. In augustus 2020 telde Vlaanderen 213.294 niet-werkende werkzoekenden. Dat is 8,6% meer dan in augustus vorig jaar.

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Flanders Make bouwt gloednieuw toptechnologisch centrum in Kortrijk

Vlaams minister van Economie en Innovatie Hilde Crevits heeft afgelopen vrijdag in Kortrijk symbolisch de eerste steen gelegd van een derde centrum voor toptechnologisch onderzoek. ... from B&W Algemeen nieuws https://www.bouwenwonen.net/artikel/Flanders-Make-bouwt-gloednieuw-toptechnologisch-centrum-in-Kortrijk/47806