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Country Profile - Belgium


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Education Procurement in Belgium

CountryProfile_BELGIUM.pdf

Numbers

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Number of schools K-12 Number of teachers K-12 Number of students K-12 Number of computers per student K-12
3.689 204.312 1.660.210 0,112

Sources / note:
Numbers only for Flanders, 2018-19. Numbers for 2017, see OECD Numbers for 2017. See report, p.18 Value only for Wallonie-Bru.
(2017, see report, p. 13)

Legislation of Education

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Education in Belgium is regulated by the first Constitution of 1831, by the constitutional reform establishing cultural and linguistic communities (completed in 1993), and by several school laws. Article 17 of the Constitution of 1831 set "freedom of education," prohibiting efforts to hinder said freedom, and that the state would legislate publicly funded education. Article 17 has been consistently interpreted as meaning that the state must fund education but could not hold a monopoly in it, and that free institutions—in particular the Catholic Church—may provide public education parallel to the state. Accordingly, Belgium has several education systems, and the understandably numerous disputes between these systems have been settled primarily by means of supplemental legislation.

The educational system is different in the flemish community, french community and german-speaking community.

Communities in Belgium
Source: www.flemishparliament.eu/about-the-flemish-parliament/structurebelgium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organisations

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Organization responsible for education Role of the organization Website
Federal State
  • Responsible for the age range of compulsory education
  • Sets the required regulations for educational staff
  • Establishes the minimum requirements for qualifications
 www.federal-government.
be/en

 

School boards
  • Manage one or more schools
  • Usually belonging to an umbrella organization which provides support for them and represent them in discussions with the government
 
Flemish Community
Department for Education and Training Policy coordination https://onderwijs.
vlaanderen.be
Agency for Educational Services (AgODI) Implementation of education policy in elementary, secondary, part-time autistic education, student guidance centres www.agodi.be
Agency for Higher Education, Audit Education, Qualifications and Study Allowance (AHOVOKS) Grant funding for universities, university colleges and centres for adult education.

 

Responsible for teachers’ salaries and provide pupil and student grants.

 

Collection of data on student enrolment, credits and diplomas from all universities and university colleges in a central information system (DHO).

https://onderwijs.
vlaanderen.be
Agency for Educational Infrastructure (AGIOn)
  • Manages the design, planning and building as well as the renovation of school buildings.
www.agion.be
French Community
General Administration of Education (AGE)
  • Provides general services.
  • There are sections being responsible for compulsory education, education staff, scientific research, school supervisions, general policy steering, coordination, design and social relations.
www.enseignement.be/
index.php?page=2571
0&id=470
Walloon region authorities
  • Responsible for school transport
  • Maintain school buildings together with the French Community authorities
www.belgium.be/en/about_
belgium/government/
regions/walloon_region
German-speaking Community
Ministry of Education
  • Responsible for education and academic research
www.dg.be/en/desktopd
efault.aspx/tabid-2815/5363_read-34691
Schools
  • Set their own curricula (it has to support the achievement of core learning outcomes which are legislatively determined)
  • Recruit their own staff on the basis of the corresponding legal regulations
Sources:

OECD: Education Policy Outlook – Belgium, 2017

European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Belgium – Flemish Community Overview,
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/belgium-flemish-community_en

European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Belgium – French Community Overview
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/belgium-french-community_en

European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Belgium – German-Speaking Community Overview
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/belgium-german-speaking-community_en

Funding of education

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Type of schools Source of funds
Publicly funded schools Direct authority of the Community
Publicly managed grant-aided schools Cities or municipalities
Privately managed grant-aided schools (for example religious schools, schools with specific training methodologies)
 

The majority (95% in 2013) of expenditure on educational institutions are financed from public sources. Education is financed by the above mentioned three Communities, however, the German-speaking Community receives funding from the Province of Luxembourg as well. This funding is received particularly for special education needs.

 

The source of the procurement of educational technology objectives comes principally from national grants.

 

Sources:

OECD: Education Policy Outlook – Belgium, 2017
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Belgium – Flemish Community Overview:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/belgium-flemish-community_en
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Belgium – French Community Overview:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/belgium-french-community_en
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Belgium – German-Speaking Community Overview:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/belgium-german-speaking-community_en

Public expenditure on education ISCED (2011) (million EUR)

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Year Primary education Lower secondary education Upper secondary education Total
2012 6038,5 3491,2 7226,0 16755,7
2013 6083,3 3517,0 7458,3 17058,6
2014 6138,4 3587,9 7514,9 17241,3
2015 6327,3 3626,7 7596,1 17550,1
2016 6617,5 3731,2 7691,7 18040,3
 

Source: Eurostat (online data codes: educ_uoe_fine01)

Expenditure on educational institutions ISCED (2011) (Million EUR)

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Year Expenditure Primary education Lower secondary education Upper secondary education Total
2012 Current expenditure 5 795,2 3 480,5 6 986,9 16 262,6
Capital expenditure 290,1 76,9 157,8 524,8
Total 6 085,3 3 557,4 7 144,7 16 787,4
Share of capital expenditure (%) 4,8 2,2 2,2 3,1
2013 Current expenditure 5 825,9 3 505,0 7 171,1 16 502,0
Capital expenditure 353,0 83,8 181,0 617,8
Total 6 178,9 3 588,7 7 352,0 17 119,6
Share of capital expenditure (%) 5,7 2,3 2,5 3,6
2014 Current expenditure 6 016,6 3 570,1 7 219,5 16 806,2
Capital expenditure 259,8 90,0 187,2 537,0
Total 6 276,4 3 660,1 7 406,8 17 343,3
Share of capital expenditure (%) 4,1 2,5 2,4 3,1
2015

 

Current expenditure 6 154,3 3 600,0 7 249,2 17 003,5
Capital expenditure 256,4 86,5 178,9 521,8
Total 6 410,7 3 686,5 7 428,1 17 525,3
Share of capital expenditure (%) 4,0 2,3 2,4 3,0
2016 Current expenditure 6 441,3 3 689,7 7 298,6 17 429,6
Capital expenditure 337,4 124,1 254,3 715,8
Total 6 778,7 3 813,8 7 552,8 18 145,3
Share of capital expenditure (%) 5,0 3,3 3,4 3,9
 

Source: Eurostat (online data code: educ_uoe_fini01)

Investment plan for education / ICT in education

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Year Amount in (€) Main pillars of investments Share of pillars (%)
2020 8,9 million Tablets; Laptops Ex.: Tablets (32%); Laptops (28%)
 
Source: Values for Wallonia: École Numérique 2020 (see article)

Procurement Procedure

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The public procurement system is also connected to the three regions.

At federal level:

  • Federal Public Service Chancellery of the Prime Minister: prepares, coordinates and monitors legislation regarding public procurement processes and the development of e-procurement as well as the adjusting of the national law to EU directives.
  • Central Procurement Body for the Federal Services: each of its 11 units is specialized in one of the following areas: insurance, fuel, hygiene, IT, furniture, office supplies, telecommunication, drinks and snacks, cars and light commercial vehicles. It manages contracts on behalf of the federal state.
  • Purchasing Advice and Policy Unit: provides advice to purchasing departments of the federal institutions.
  • Commission for Public Procurement: special advisory body including representatives from the federal authority, federal entities, public corporations, supervision bodies and representatives of businesses and trade unions.
  • Belgian Court of Audit: exercises financial control regarding public federal institutions, communities, regional authorities and provincial authorities.
  • Belgian Court of State and civil courts: Their task is the review of public procurement procedures. They can issue a penalty, suspension, cancellation of the contract. The decision of the Belgian Court of State is not subject to appeal.

Schools have no right to make decisions regarding procurement of educational technology tools. It is preferred to keep the decisions regarding learning content and budget centralized.

 

Source:
Public procurement – Study on administrative capacity in the EU Belgium Country Profile:
https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/policy/how/improving-investment/public-procurement/study/country_profile/be.pdf

Other Important Information

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In the French Community, significant investment has been made since 2011 in order to promote innovative teaching skills and to develop strong ICT skills among students. In the framework of these investments, Internet connections have been provided for Walloon schools with the cost of 35 million Euro, and multimedia equipment was purchased for schools in the Brussel Capital Region (with a total value of 6 million Euro).

Between 2014 and 2019 an initiative called “Fiber to the School” has been implemented for providing high-speed Internet connection to all secondary schools (with investing 10 million Euro).

LEA contact

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André Henriques
Startup Europe Regions Network
andre.henriques@startupregions.eu

 

 

LEA – 779803: This project has been funded with support from the European Commission in the context of the H2020 Programme. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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