“Benjamin Dalle drives already open doors: it is new in the assembly and does not have the memory of the debates and information of the previous mandate. I have already indicated in Parliament, in 2023 and 2024, as well as to the government, which has decided nothing, that our method of controlling availability, is neither effective, nor exhaustive, nor just.”
The specific difficulties of Brussels were also objectified in the analysis of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), presented in October 2023. The study points to institutional fragmentation and the fact that in Brussels, the employment skills (Actiris) and training (Brussels Training) are separated – while they are not in Flanders (VDAB) and Wallonia (Forem). The lack of coordination is also highlighted.
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“Mr. Dalle drives already open doors: it is new to the Brussels Parliament and does not have the memory of the debates of the previous mandatereplica Bernard Clerfayt (Défi), Brussels Minister of Employment. I have already indicated in Parliament, in 2023 and 2024, as well as to the government, which has decided nothing, that our method of controlling availability is neither effective, exhaustive, nor just. The drop in the number of controls is not a political choice of inaction, but a direct consequence of the procedural limitss control. “
Last year, Actiris carried out an evaluation of the procedure by an external partner (IDEA Consult). This evaluation had been carried out at the request of the director general of Actiris, Cristina Amboldi, whose appointment was canceled last week by the Council of State (he is accused of the former assistant cabinet of Bernard Clerfayt for having had access to the documents of the selection procedure before the others.)
This assessment, which aimed to make changes and improvement avenues, was submitted to the Actiris management committee. But no agreement could be found internally. “”It has been recommended to set up a control methodology identical to the other two regions, with shortened deadlines, a simplification of procedures, One judge instead of the college of three people, etc.confirms Bernard Clerfayt. In April 2024, I myself was submitted a project to reform the procedure. But this was blocked by the social partners within the Actiris board of directors. This also blocked in the Brussels government, because it was a file clearing the left and the right and we were in times of electoral caution. The work of analysis and proposal is made and the reform, urgent, is ready. What is missing is a political majority to adopt it. “
Will the limit of unemployment to two years increase the shortage in certain trades? “Without allowances, I will have to interrupt my studies”
The absence of Brussels government, again and again …
In the Brussels Region, now, we almost always come back to the same observation: the capital awaits, more than a year after the elections, the formation of a government …
