Belgium – ECEC Workforce Profile

This chapter is a part of a digital book with the ECEC Workforce profile of 33 European Countries (Oberhuemer & Schreyer, 2024). It is focused on the childcare and preschool profession in Belgium, a federal, multi-lingual state comprising three autonomous Regions (Flemish Region, Walloon Region, Brussels-Capital Region), three language Communities (Flemish, French, German-speaking). In these three Communities, there is still a clear division of responsibilities for ‘education’ and ‘care’. This administrative split in services between ‘childcare’ for the under-threes and ‘education’ for chi... Mehr ...