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OECD Skills Outlook 2021: How does Belgium compare?

The Skills Outlook Country Profile details key indicators to assess the extent to which Belgium is able to provide strong foundations for lifelong learning; promote effective transitions into further education, training and the labour market and engage adults in learning. It also evaluates the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult learning and the labour market.

Preventing Harmful Alcohol Use: Key Findings for Belgium

Belgium consumes 11.1 litres of pure alcohol per capita per year, roughly equivalent to 2.3 bottles of wine or 4.3 litres of beer per week per person aged 15 and over. In addition, in Belgium, some population groups are at higher risk than others.

The Future for Low-Educated Workers in Belgium

Over the Rainbow? The Road to LGBTI Inclusion - How does Belgium compare?

This note provides a comprehensive overview of the extent to which laws in Belgium and OECD countries ensure equal treatment of LGBTI people, and of the complementary policies that could help foster LGBTI inclusion.

How's life in Belgium?

This note presents selected findings based on the set of well-being indicators published in How's Life? 2020.

Belgium: keep up reforms to increase employment and productivity growth

Belgium’s tax, labour, pension and education reforms have improved the potential for stronger, sustainable and inclusive growth over the long term. Keeping up this momentum on structural reforms is key to energise the economy and keep it resilient to external risks and uncertainties, according to a new OECD report.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Brussels on 3 February 2020

The Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Angel Gurría, will be in Brussels on 3 February 2020 to present the 2020 OECD Economic Survey of Belgium, alongside Ms. Sophie Wilmès, Prime Minister of Belgium.

Fit for the future: learning from the COVID-19 crisis to reinforce democratic governance, OECD Roundtable

The roundtable will launch the OECD's Government at a Glance 2021, a flagship OECD report which provides a comprehensive set of rigorous, internationally comparable data on government resources, activities and results in OECD countries and beyond.

In-Depth Productivity Review of Belgium

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Brussels on 8 July 2019

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Brussels on 8 July 2019 to attend the EU Employment and Social Policy Council meeting, where he will present the OECD report on the Economy of Well-Being.