This report is prepared in the framework of the Europe H2020 project ‘Rebuilding an inclusive, value based Europe of solidarity and trust through social investments’ (RE-InVEST). The project aims to evaluate the social investment strategy of the European Commission implemented in 2013 in response to the social damage of the financial crisis in 2008. The RE-InVEST consortium assesses the social damage of the crisis from human rights and capability based approaches with an eye to those vulnerable groups affected the most by the crisis in the 12 countries (and 13 regions) covered by the consortium. The analyses are carried out by the local partners, who consist of NGOs and/or researchers. The crisis of 2008 didn’t affected Belgium in the same way as other European countries. Belgium was one of the first countries that linked up again with growth. But this revival was temporarily. From 2012 on, the backlash hit Belgium. Economic growth became negative intensified by higher unemployment rates. This backlash was ...