Innovation for social solutions
Social innovation is a new approach which can be a key instrument for combating youth unemployment, bringing people with greater difficulties into the labour market and revitalising more outlying regions and run-down urban areas. Today’s social challenges are...
Celebrating Europe Day with liberal Mayors
To celebrate Europe Day on 9 May our Mayors Bart Somers of Mechelen and François Decoster of Saint-Omer organized events to bring Europe closer to their citizens In Mechelen, people joined our President and Mayor Bart Somers at a gathering around the statue of Ludwig...
Bart Somers, 2016 World Mayor prize winner, pays tribute to Dr Benjamin Barber, author of If Mayors Ruled the World, and founder of the Global Parliament of Mayors
Bart Somers, 2016 World Mayor prize winner, pays tribute to Dr Benjamin Barber, author of If Mayors Ruled the World, and founder of the Global Parliament of Mayors “Barber was an inspiration to mayors all over the world. He understood that in a world where more...
At UN, Bart Somers discusses migration
Our President participated in the International Dialogue on Migration 2017 organised by the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) in New York. The event gathers key migration actors to strengthen international cooperation and migration governance...
