By Eric Corijn, Jessica van de Ven
Gathering texts written by means of the simplest specialists on Brussels who're affiliated with the Brussels for Europe Masterclasses, this booklet relies on a five-year instructing event to expats. along with chapters on a number of facets starting from the historical past, geography, tradition, and politics to migration and institutional association of Brussels, the e-book includes walks and visits to various components of the town and a few of its most vital associations. this is often the 1st reader supplying an in-depth knowing of Brussels’ city dynamics in English. The Brussels Reader is a needs to for somebody intrigued, concerned, or drawn to the town changing into the capital of Europe.
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Other services like public transport, recreation, health care and culture need to be substantially increased, not to mention employment. THE MAIN CHALLENGES The rapid growth of the population only accentuates the tensions within the Brussels urban system. Let us take up the main challenges: employment, housing, education and mobility. Employment The Brussels economy is not doing so badly. The Brussels metropolis, looking at the territory of the old province of Brabant, accounts for one third of the Belgian GDP and the inner centre alone, the BCR, represents nearly one fifth (Vandermotten, 2013).
The development is basically determined by four interactions: the region and its periphery, the two Communities operating within one territory, the city-region and its 19 municipalities and finally the capital city and the different state levels concerned. Moreover the financial structure of the BCR is not very positive: taxing a poor population accounts for much less than taxing fluctuating real estate. A high number of city dwellers do not contribute, such as the 260,000 commuters or the many thousands international staff not submitted to local income tax.
Educational gap There is no 舖Brussels舗 educational system. The institutional organisation of this city-region does not give it competences at the level of personal matters like welfare, culture or education. Thus the two Communities present in this bilingual capital region organise their own educational systems. Then there is a third operator made up of the international schools, the private academies and the European schools. The French community caters for nearly 80 % of the education, the Flemish for about 15 % and the third sector for the remaining 5 %.