Recent political events have made the Re-Bel initiative (co-ordinated by Paul De Grauwe and Philippe Van Parijs) more timely than ever. Its third public event of will be held on 3 June 2010. It will focus on two questions: (1) Why do pupils perform better in Flemish schools than in Francophone schools? (2) How should social policy competences be allocated in Belgium's multi-level welfare state ?
Re-Bel public event n°3
Thursday 3 June 2010, 2-6pm
University Foundation (11 rue d'Egmontstraat, 1000 Brussels)
The Re-Bel initiative aims to rethink in depth, in an open, rigorous, non-partisan way, what the institutions of the Belgian federal state - or of whatever else this part of the world needs to become - can and must look like in the longer term. The recent crisis and the imminent elections have made this initiative more important and timely than ever. Our objective is to think and debate together, across the language border, without prejudices or taboos, using the most reliable evidence and the most insighful analyses. There is no better way of learning from each other, no more promising avenue towards intelligent compromises and win-win reforms.
The third public event of the Re-Bel initiative will be held at the University Foundation (11 rue d'Egmontstraat, 1000 Brussels) on Thursday the 3rd of June 2010. It will focus on two questions:
(1) Why do pupils perform better in Flemish schools than in Francophone schools?
(2) How should social policy competences be allocated in Belgium's multi-level welfare state ?
The full programme appears below. The two lead pieces will be downloadable in due course.
If you wish to participate, please register online without delay. Participation is free of charge but obligatory, no later than the 27th of May.
Programme
13.30:Registration
14.00-15.45
Educational divergence
Why do pupils perform better in Flemish schools than in Francophone schools?
Lead piece by Vincent VANDENBERGHE (UCL)
Comments by
Jean HINDRIKS & Marijn VERSCHELDE (UCL & UGent),
Sergio PERELMAN (ULg)
Frank VANDENBROUCKE (K.U.Leuven & UA),
15.45-16.15 Coffee break
16.15-18.00
Social federalism
How should social policy competences be allocated in Belgium's multi-level welfare state?
Lead piece by Bea CANTILLON, Patricia POPELIER & Ninke MUSSCHE (UA)
Comments by
Benoit CRUTZEN (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Danny PIETERS (K.U.Leuven)
Johanne POIRIER (ULB)
Frank VANDENBROUCKE (K.U.Leuven & UA)
18.00 Reception
At the start of the reception, the Camille Gutt Prize 2010 will be awarded to Daan STRUYVEN (ULB) for a thesis on the ways in which Belgium's Regions could be "responsibilized" in matters of employment policy
