Our analysis: Verification made from Actiris, in 2023, the real percentage of people trained at Molengeek having won a job within six months is 14.61 %. After a year, it reached 21.1 %. As for the professional activation rate (employment, internship, training, etc.), it is 63.47 % after six months and climbs to 70.29 % after a year. In addition, the data does not specify whether the use (minimum 28 consecutive days of work) won is or not in the technological sector. The Brussels organization also stresses that the employment rate at the end of short training is a little relevant indicator, because it can only be demonstrated the position obtained is the direct consequence of this training. The latest data (2022) of Brussels Formation, however, confirm the rate of 50 % employment (without being able to specify the sector of activity) within six months of the outing of the Molngeek course. But by comparison, the percentage of employment for all the training in Brussels Formation is 59 % in women and 66 % in men. According to the VDAB, among participants in training organized at Borgerhub (2022-2024), 29 % won a job after three months. That organized in partnership with Proximus (11 participants) has not yet delivered its results. Finally, according to Forem, 40 % of people who passed by Charlewood worked (in an undefined sector) at least one day over the period of six months consecutive to their training.
Find the 1st part of our investigation: the interview with Julie Foulon
An inflated success rate and ineffective external controls
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Cost of trainers
Ibrahim Ouansari: “Our employees are remunerated on the basis of grids taking into account their experience, their role in the project, and their seniority. Some coaches are in integration internship and follow a main coach during their training period. Compare a net amount to gross financing without integrating all the actual charges related to employment and training is misleading. Time being devoted to educational preparation, its continuing education, individualized support for learners, administration or even information sessions on short training courses with potential candidates open to the public, which are not billed in Actiris. Molearning educational platform. “
Our analysis : To cover the indirect costs of its training, MOLENGEEK has additional resources to ICT checks.
Find the 2nd part of our investigation: the story of Molengeek
Links between Molengeek and Urbantech
Ibrahim Ouansari: “MOLENGEEK works in ecosystem with several external suppliers, of which Urbantech is a part. Urbantech employs employees who are distributed in several customers, including MOLENGEEK. They work on well -defined missions. MOLENGEEK benefits from these expertise at a particularly advantageous rate. The other external suppliers are mainly independents and small structures (SRL). Entities were domiciled at the same address is a practical choice, and that does not question the independence of each structure.
Our analysis: It is therefore admitted that Molengeek has no employees. Consequently, the ASBL trainers are supplied and billed in Molengeek by the Urbantech external provider. In practice, this means that Ibrahim Ouassari is his own supplier, since he administers the two entities. As for “other suppliers”, their identities were not communicated to us.
Find the 3rd part of our investigation: the portrait of Ibrahim Ouassari
Links between Molengeek and Applefield
Ibrahim Ouansari : “Mr. Kharbouch and Mr. Masse have been collaborating with Molengeek since the creation of the project. Mr. Masse has been involved in an administrative and operational role, which he still pursues today in the context of his accounting functions. As for Mr. Kharbouch, he was present from the launch of the project and supported the initiative via his Applefield company, providing his expertise. He also collaborated with Mr. Masse on the administrative and operational aspects.”
Find the 4th part of our investigation: a dive in the heart of the functioning of Molengeek
MoLengeek accounting balance sheets and turnover
Ibrahim Ouansari : “Our accounting is rigorous, controlled by corporate revisers. Although the legislation applicable to small non -profit organizations does not force us to file our accounts annually at the registry, this has never prevented complete and regular financial monitoring. From 2022, in a reinforced transparency process, we decided to deposit all of our accounts in the registry, and the 2024 accounts will also be deposited within the expected deadlines.”
Our analysis: The balance sheets consulted by Paris Match do not allow you to know what exactly the turnover of Molengeek is made up. That of 2023 is abbreviated and only the gross margin is available. The reviser’s report is not annexed. Ibrahim Ouassari, who estimates 40 % of the annual business volume (2.5 million euros) of his non-profit organization the cumulation of framework contracts from the public sector and private funding, does not answer our question: where the remaining 60 % comes from, or 1.5 million euros?
The peer learning system
Ibrahim Ouansari : “MoLengeek has always adapted his pedagogy to his audience, the vast majority of young people who have been breaking with conventional teaching methods. We fully assume the use of the peer-to-peer model. It is today at the heart of our method, the most effective in promoting skills acquisition, commitment and success. We have tested other approaches, using trainers from traditional training centers, but this has led to disalgency Our audience and at an unusual abandonment rate. The peer-to-peer model for economic concern: this system costs more because it presents a main coach and a cohort assistant coach. “
Training and breaches denounced
Ibrahim Ouansari: “The breach of contract with Brussels Formation has been based on 10 complaints out of 306 students in Brussels over the past two years. These complaints have been encouraged by the group effect and Brussels Training, based on subjective student views, and pinning up without verification. No control was done by Brussels training to check the veracity of these testimonies. Some students from the class” MOLENGEEK, and we continue to train them. average satisfaction is 4.5/5. “
Our analysis: According to our overlaps, the allegations about the training concerned has been verified and objectified.
Audits and other independent controls of Molengeek activity
Ibrahim Ouansari: “MOLENGEEK is regularly the subject of checks of the Court of Auditors, in particular within the framework of its collaboration with the Digital Belgium Skills Fund (DBSF). These audits are carried out by accounting year. We were also audited in 2024 by Actiris – the report highlights our compliance, the quality of the premises, the equipment, the compliance with the rules and the management of the training – and the management of the training – and training in Flanders. “
Our analysis: Actiris never made any audit proper. The document transmitted by Molengeek is the summary of an unexpected inspection visit made on May 23, 2024, the result of which is in fact positive. Since 2016, Actiris has only carried out one other control of this kind, in mid-201. With regard to the DBSF, organizations that benefit from this fund must provide a company reviewer report which guarantees the accuracy of their expenses. In doing so, they agree to be possibly controlled by the Court of Auditors. MoLengeek responded to this requirement but, since 2017 and according to the DBSF, it has not been the subject of any targeted audit.
The accusations aimed at the verbal violence of Ibrahim Ouassari
Ibrahim Ouansari: “In a context where some project stereotypes on people from difficult neighborhoods like Molenbeek, I can imagine that my direct tone can sometimes impress. But I want to say it clearly: I am nothing of everything that I am accused of. Directing a project like Molengeek requires composure, intensity, and a lot of reactivity. Responsibilities.
