What works in Brussels
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This profile covers practices recorded under this city name in 2 countries — check each practice's own page for its exact location.
Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Brussels
Brussels hosts several evidence-based practices supporting workforce integration and skills development. The Expat Welcome Desk has provided free multilingual relocation support for 25+ years, though an OECD review identified integration services as important for retention without publishing specific outcomes. Interface3 has trained 60 women annually in ICT since 1993, achieving a 70% job placement rate, while She Leads Digital has reached 947 people and empowered 500+ with tech skills. The VDAB employability model assessed all 213,429 registered Flemish jobseekers in 2024, finding 18% with >50% employment probability, though no published evaluations link AI use to actual employment outcomes.
Drawn from: EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970/EU) · EU AI Act — education AI as 'high-risk' · Expat Welcome Desk — Brussels-Capital Region's free multilingual relocation service · Interface3 Training Courses · She Leads Digital · VDAB — Flemish Public Employment Service AI for job matching and employability assessment · ICT 4 the Elderly · Job seekers training programme: Using a digital portfolio
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Inclusiveness / equity +59 pts 100 here · 41 average
Efficiency +48 pts 100 here · 52 average
Scalability beyond pilot +21 pts 87 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +17 pts 100 here · 83 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Documented learning +16 pts 89 here · 73 average
Transferability / replicability +16 pts 75 here · 59 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +11 pts 50 here · 39 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +10 pts 100 here · 90 average
Weaknesses
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -12 pts 67 here · 78 average
Evidence of learning impact -13 pts 17 here · 30 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -15 pts 65 here · 80 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -16 pts 44 here · 60 average
Demonstrated reach -19 pts 56 here · 75 average
Evaluation evidence -36 pts 0 here · 36 average
Effectiveness -81 pts 0 here · 81 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Brussels. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970/EU) · 89
EU AI Act — education AI as 'high-risk' · 80
Expat Welcome Desk — Brussels-Capital Region's free multilingual relocation service · 76
Interface3 Training Courses · 76
She Leads Digital · 76
VDAB — Flemish Public Employment Service AI for job matching and employability assessment · 73
ICT 4 the Elderly · 72
Job seekers training programme: Using a digital portfolio · 72
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Matches your scale
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more