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Table 3. Description of the measures taken and information on their qualitative impact Progress on implementation List of measures and their state of play
that were implemented
List of measures and their state of play that were implemented in re-sponse to the commitment
The estimated impacts of the measures (qualitative and/or quantitative1) National 2020 headline targets
National 2020 employment target
Flanders
Introduction of career vouchers to promote participation in career guidance.
Flanders
So far, interest in career guidance has doubled when compared to the period before the introduction of the measure. By taking more control over their career, people are expected to transition into the jobs they are most suited to more easily. This should increase job satisfaction, productivity and ultimately lead to a reduction in early retirement.
Wallonia
Young Guarantee Initiative Action Plan, with enhanced efforts of dual education (new cooperation agreement adopted in January 2014), development of internships, fight against shool leaving Implementation mainly in 2014-2015, with the support of the Initiative for YEI, and further support from the ESF.
Wallonia
Reduction of early shool leaving, better matching of skills on the labor market, reduction of young people unemployment
Brussels
Young Guarantee Action Plan, implemented through 6 strategic axes, with a new dedicated department inside the regional ment agency, an enhanced cooperation framework between employ-ment, education & vocational training institutions and a cumulative budget of 20 million EUR.
Brussels
Improved guidance and support for young job seekers, increasing the employment rate of less than 25 years, better matching of supply and demand on the labor market
National 2020 R&D target and innovation Flanders
The extra Flemish public budget for R&D&I for 2014 is composed of: + 45 million EUR (competitiveness pact); + 18.9 million EUR (integration of higher education) and + 10 million EUR for SOFI (spin-off fund for research results from the 4 Flemish PROs).
Flanders
The 2014 additional public funding will contribute to the objective of Flanders allocating 3% of its GDP to research and development by 2020.
Wallonia
Wallonia pursuits the Implementation of the research strategy 2011-2015 through mainly the decree on fundamental research funds (104 mio/year), the creation of an institute for sustainable development (5 mio/year), the financing of the institute for life science (6 mio/year), the themes, the modification of the RDA decree, the introduction of new mobility mechanisms and investment in infrastructures.launch of
sev-Wallonia
The objectives of the Wallonia’s strategy are: step up the R&D efforts, promote scientific excellence, strengthen R&D capacity and R&D valorisation
1 Cross references with column 9 of Table 1
eral calls (for SMEs, social innovation, projects in priority Wallonia
Implementation of the Creative Wallonia Plan: multiple actions of creativity learning, sensitization, and support to innovative activities of SMEs. Launch of executive masters, linving labs and creative hubs calls, deployment of the maker’s lab, development of incubation sup-port for start ups, deployment of digital cities, numeric shools,... Eva-luation of the plan is underway.
Promotion of creative economy, boosting innovation and creativity
Brussels
As part of the implementation of its Research, Development and Inno-vation strategy, the Brussels-Capital Region supported in 2013, pro-jects for 33 million EUR in the priority areas of ICT, life sciences and sustainable development. The R&D budget will reach nearly 64 million EUR in 2014
Brussels
The 2014 additional public funding will contribute to the objective of allocating 3% of the GDP to research and development by 2020
FED
The increase of the Belgian contribution to ESA for 25 million EUR over a 5-year period
FED
Further increase the R&D intensity
GHG emission reduction target Flanders
Flemish climate policy plan 2013-2020
Flemish Climate Fund
Flanders
The Flemish Climate Policy Plan is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Flanders by 15% between 2013 and 2020, this in accordance with the target that was set for Belgium in the European Effort Sharing Decision. On February 1 2013, the Flemish Govern-ment approved the draft Flemish Climate Policy Plan 2013-2020.
The Government of Flanders decided on 27 April 2012 to set up the Flemish Climate Fund to provide a financial framework for its ambi-tious long term climate policy. This Climate Fund will mostly draw on revenues from the auction of emission allowances under the EU ETS.
Wallonia
Adoption of the Decree on Regional Strategy for sustainable devel-opment which makes mandatory, for the next regional government, the adoption of a Strategy for sustainable development (adoption in 1st reading in june 2013) and the adoption of a new Alliance Employ-ment-Environment.
Wallonia
The Decree will allow to meet sustainable development objectives including GHG emission reductions.
Brussels
-Adoption by edict of the Brussels Air climate energy code and prepa-ration of the Air climate and energy integrated opeprepa-rational plan -Iris 2 plan with the ambition to reduce car traffic by 20% within the city
Brussels
These integrated and complementary regional plans are contrib-uting to the Brussels objectives in termes of GHG reduction target
Renewable energy target Flanders
Flemish renewable energy action plan 2020/2050 Flemish action plan on renewable heat
Elaboration of support mechanism for green heat production Minimum share of renewable energy in new buildings
Flanders
The Flemish Renewable Energy Action Plan 2020 will be adjusted in function of the intra Belgian burden sharing of the renewable energy objectives 2020. In order to make the realisation of the objective re-garding renewable energy possible, a strong growth of green heat will be required.
The regulation for implementing a minimum share of renewable
ener-gy in buildings came into force in january 2014.
Wallonia
Adoption of a roadmap for large wind turbines and solar photovoltaic Adoption of a decree setting a map for wind turbines.
Wallonia
The objective is to produce 3 800 GWh electricity from large wind turbines and 1 250 GWh from solar PV in 2020 and to contribute to the objective of 8 000 GWh of green energy produced in Wallonia in 2020.
National energy efficiency target Flanders
Elaboration of the third Flemish energy efficiency action plan Energy performance standards for new buildings, action plan for near-ly zero energy buildings
The Energy Renovation Programme 2020 for existing houses Energy policy agreements with the energy intensive industry
Flanders
Within this third energy efficiency action plan, the measures of the second action plan (2011) will be evaluated. By April 30, 2014 it will be submitted to the EC (as part of the national action plan).
On 21 June 2012, the Government of Flanders took note of the action plan for nearly zero-buildings, stipulating that at the latest on 1 Janu-ary 2021, the EPB requirements for all new buildings correspond to the EPB requirements for nearly zero energy buildings and that as of 2019 new public buildings be nearly zero energy buildings. Meanwhile the energy renovation programme 2020 for existing houses will be further implemented.
To improve the energy efficiency of industry, new energy policy agreements with the energy intensive industry will replace the existing benchmark and audit covenants (in 2014).
Wallonia
Implementation of the 1st Alliance Employment-Environment concern-ing sustainable buildconcern-ings. This include e.g. the modification of rules regarding the energy performance of buildings, the prolongation of support for energy efficiency in private buildings (househoulds), the support of energy efficiency in public buildings and investment pro-grammes in social housing.
Adoption of new (2nd generation) voluntary agreements with industry in December 2013
Wallonia
The housing quality and energy performance of buildings were im-proved. Transition towards more sustainable approaches and in-crease in employment rate in the construction sector.
158 sites from 13 industrial federations are involved on a voluntary basis. This measure aims to reduce further energy consumption (and therefore GHG emissions) as well as electricty costs.
Brussels
Energy performance of buildings: “Alliance habitat”
This project aims at reach high energy efficiency standards for the construction of public housing and the renovation of existing social housing.
Brussels
In terms of energy performance, all new public housing buildings will be built according to the "standard passive" (total budget 600 million EUR), while renovation of existing social housing will respect the
"standard low-energy" (300 million). In addition, 100 housing units out of the 6720 planned will be built according to the standard "0 carbon"
by 2017.
National early school leaving target Flanders
On 12th July 2013 the Parliamentary Act on the reinforcement of higher vocational education was approved. This act will contribute to reaching the target of people having a tertiary education degree.
Flanders
It comprises a set of measures which address higher vocational edu-cation in Flanders. These measures are designed to strengthen the cooperation between providers of higher vocational training pro-grammes, to expand the range of adult education, and to facilitate the transformation, development, quality management and funding of higher vocational training programmes. This will contribute to the Flemish target for tertiary education: at least 47,8% of all people aged 30-34 years having completed higher education by 2020.
Wallonia
New decrees (sectoral and cross-sectoral) for school attachment, violence prevention and support to guidance adopted in November 2013.
Wallonia
Reducing early school leaving through a coordinated approach through all involved services
Project of Decree reforming the 1st level of education adopted in De-cember 2013 (1st reading)
Reducing early school leaving through new support tools (collective action plans, individualized learning plans) and reinforcing pluridisci-plinary approach in the 1st level, and support mechanisms for schools with high failure or absenteeism rates.
Brussels
Increase of the budget allocated to the Brussels action plan against early school leaving (1,8 million EUR) decided in sep-tember 2013.
Brussels
Actions promote inclusion of schools in the neighborhoods, help teachers boosting educational team and providing coaching mission.
They are implemented thanks to partnership with municipalities and the associative sector. They will contribute to the reduction of early school leavers
National target for tertiary education Decree on the “landscape of higher education” adopted in November 2013
Optimize resources and raise the performance of the sector: research excellence, consistency of supply, quality of education, accessibility and promoting success.
National poverty target FED
Structural mechanism for adapting social security and social assis-tance benefits to the development of the general standard of living
FED
Supporting the income of the lowest income categories through an increase of (selected) social assistance and social security benefits on top of the adjustment to the consumer price index. In the framework of the ‘interfederal’ pact for competitiveness, employment and support to the economic recovery, the federal government has decided (Novem-ber 2013) that the financial resources, as determined in the law of 23/12/2005, will be used for the adaptation of social benefits to the development of the general standard of living.
Flanders
Embedding poverty test in the drafting of new regulations
Additional efforts to foster the employment of people with an immi-grant background.
Flanders
In March 2014, the Flemish government approved the poverty test.
Henceforth policies are pre-tested for their impact on the poverty situ-ation. Measures that let the gap between rich and poor grow, must then be adjusted based on the poverty test. With this Flanders wants to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of poverty reduction poli-cies significantly.
The Government of Flanders invests in the guidance of underprivi-leged groups to employment. These also include people with an im-migrant background who often have limited Dutch knowledge. Shortly after having registered, each newly registered jobseeker is screened for his or her Dutch knowledge. If the jobseeker's knowledge appears to be insufficient, he or she is referred to a Dutch Language House where his or her knowledge is tested in order to determine his or her level. After that, the jobseeker who does not master the Dutch lan-guage is given an adjusted training programme, called 'Dutch as a second language', as part of a pathway to employment. The result of this approach is evident from the figures. After six months, 27% of job seekers with limited knowledge of Dutch has found work. The 2014 budget was in the context of the integration - and integration policy also 4 million additional registered with the Education and Training policy.
The Flemish government annually provides grants to local govern-ments that are conducting a local children's poverty reduction policy
For the year 2014 an amount of 4,5 million EURO is available. The municipalities where child poverty rates are the highest may rely on these resources. The selected municipalities must appoint a coordina-tor. The coordinators can appeal to a learning network for exchange, coaching and support.
Wallonia
New decree allowing the official recognition of and support to a net-work for fighting against poverty adopted early 2014
Wallonia
Reinforcing effectiveness of policies fighting against poverty through a better and structured dialogue
Brussels
The Brussels council approved in September 2013 the programme of the new “Alliance habitat”, aiming at enhance access to housing, in particular for vulnerable people.(pluriannual budget of 953 million EUR).
Brussels
Poverty in Brussels being often linked to housing because of a sub-stantial rising of real estate prices and the lack of public housing, the construction of new public housing buildings and the renovation of existing social housing (more than 6000/year) will contribute to the fight against poverty.
Euro-plus pact commitments (if relevant) Euro Plus Pact commitment on …
Other Main measures related to implementation of the Flagship Initiatives
Main (new or updated) commitments in the NRP for the next 12 months
Foreseen main measures The estimated impacts of the measures (qualitative and/or quan-titative)2
(Related to AGS priorities, Euro Plus Pact commitments, commit-ments in relation to 2020 targets, to National Job Plans, to other key bottlenecks identified in the NRPs, commitments in relation to flagship initiatives)
Industrial Policy Wallonia
Implementation of an integrated industrial policy, based on the smart specialisation principles, through clustering policy.
9th call for projects : 20 projects financed (65 mio), 10th call was launched end 2013. Development of innovation platforms, creation of an agro-food incubator, support to internationalisation. Evaluation completed in February 2014.
Consolidate Walloon industrial basis on key markets, by constituting a critical mass, a high level of competitiveness in selected specialisation areas.
Flanders
New industrial policy
Considering the New Industrial Policy (NIB), the Flemish Government decided to apply a more focussed approach with respect to the subsi-dies than can be granted to companies. As a result, the existing stra-tegic investment and training support scheme aiming at these compa-nies was adapted into a strategic transformation support (STS) scheme. The new system took effect as of 1 October 2013 and sup-ports investments and training projects that considerably strengthen the Flemish economy, more specifically: investments into strategic clusters and leadplants in Flanders, investments into the international extension of innovation-oriented SME’s in Flanders, or transformative investments that ensure a sustainable anchoring of major employment in Flanders. The annual budget is 40 million EUR. The support system is more easily accessible for SME’s and mutual cooperating compa-nies may also jointly introduce a project (by at least three businesses
2 Cross references with column 9 of the standard reporting table (Annex 2)
that do not belong to the same entrepreneurial grouping).
Small Business Act Implementation of the Walloon SBA:
- New support programme for entrepreneurship (2014-2020) adopted - New start-ups and spin-offs supports
- Support to bank credits for SME, partnerships with private equity funds
- New retail platform for transmission of enterprises - New innovation diagnosis tool
Priorities for 2013: entrepreneurship in higher education, support to export outside EU, support to non technological innovation, creation of living labs, innovation in SMEs, matching between different types of investors and entrepreneurs/enterprises
Administrative simplification: reducing payment delays, reducing permits delivering delays, unique and centralised collect of data, ra-tionalising administrations. Enhanced and simplified procedures of implantations (new code for territorial development adopted in Janu-ary 2013, new Decree on commercial implantations- 1st reading, de-materialization of environment permit underway)
The Walloon SBA aims at 4 priorities : facilitating access to financing, promoting entrepreneurship, developing innovation and international-izing of SMEs.
Flanders:
Various measures aimed specifically at stimulating entrepreneurship, SME’s , and access to finance. The new and recent initiatives include:
- New call for bridging projects “Economy-Education”
- Parenthood projects aimed at female and at 50+ entrepreneurs - Call for starters and young entrepreneurs
- KMO Portefeuille 2.0: the renewed SME wallet now includes a new pillar on coaching, and its strategic advice part has been expanded - SME funds from the 4 main banks are partly guaranteed through
Gigarant (Bankenplan scheme) in order to facilitate the LT financing on 5-12y towards SME’s
- New support measure for incubators aimed at spin-off companies and start-up businesses with an R&D profile
Administrative simplification: the environmental license and planning permission have been integrated into a single permission, the Omgev-ingsvergunning.
Resource efficiency Wallonia
Stable base for the circular economy support mechanism (NEXT) and creation of a reference center for shorts circuits and circular economy
Wallonia
Promoting resource efficiency in industry through circular economy projects and exploiting reduction of operational cost potentials for SMEs