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Regional economy

 

Research and consultancy in the field of regional economy is the cradle of WES.

WES disposes on a permanent basis of a collection of socio-economic indicators in the field of employment, unemployment, housing, demography, prosperity, … and this for Belgium and its regions as well as for neighbouring regions abroad. Analyses and prognoses are possible at municipal level or even for its sub-sectors.

WES supports its clients in the different phases of their policy management, going from policy preparation, over policy elaboration and policy implementation to policy evaluation.

WES has a broad experience and expertise in research analyses and policy consultancy in the field of regional economy. Hereafter follows a selection from what we offer:

  • Research analyses:
     
    • economic profiles of cities, municipalities, regions and sectors
    • prognoses of the (working) population and needs analysis of the infrastructural needs or services
       
  • Practice-oriented consultancy:
     
    • policy plans local economy for cities and municipalities
    • development strategies for regions and sectors
    • policy evaluation
    • feasibility studies

In the past decades WES has acquired special expertise in the field of labour market and education.

For more information, please contact Tanja Termote: +32 50 36 71 35 or tanja.termote@wes.be, or click here for the contact sheet.

 
 
  References  

Liveability survey Ghent

The socio-economic significance of water in Flanders

Study of the agricultural industry in the Euregio Scheldemond

Transvisite: purchase and visitor flows between West and East Flanders and North of France

Research into the impact of the port of Brugge-Zeebrugge in the field of employment (direct and indirect)

Research into the economic significance of the off-shore sand extraction sector in Belgium

Housing need calculations

Research into the impact and origin perspectives of the economic activities in the rural area of the land use project 'Brugse Veldzone'

Strategic plan for the port of Brugge-Zeebrugge

Tourist-Recreational Projects 2002-2007

Evaluation European programmes in the Westhoek

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