...And up to Kortrijk February 23, 2007 10:20 AM  After the visit to Enschede, the filmcrew arrived in Kortrijk to shoot the necessary film material about the local projects. On the agenda were : visit to the gate building with its various activities ( sport school, circus school, interview with the theatre association, recording of the CD of the L'Orchestre International du Vetex ), shooting at the business centre and the recording of the statement of the Mayor and some explanation about the project of the new library.

Local service economy in Kortrijk September 8, 2006 10:49 AM Local service economy in Kortrijk Kortrijk plays a leading role in local service economy in Flanders. This is part of social economy, in which new services on the scale of a neighbourhood, are set up in order to improve the quality of life of the users by focussing on collective and personal needs.

Renovation social housing : the results April 10, 2006 1:26 PM Clarus is a social economy project : a construction company where 10 long term unemployed get training in renovation skills : masonry, carpentry, wiring..

Services at home paid with service vouchers February 7, 2006 3:34 PM Service vouchers are a method to pay individual help at home. Service vouchers cost 6.

Expansion of social economy project abroad November 8, 2005 3:24 PM Mobile Environmental Care ( MEC ) exists since 5 years and recycles plastics and cleans jerrycans in Belgium. Since last year they are located in Kanaal 127 and now they opened a mobile unit in Lille ( F).

Ecological renovation by social economy November 30, 2006 12:10 PM Ethimmo, a social economy project of Kanaal 127 that renovates houses in a ecological way, presented recently the first renovated house on the neigbourhood Venning -Veemarkt. The focus in the way of working is on Housing quality and sustainable use of energy.

4 startcentres of social economy responsible for start up of 42 companies July 5, 2006 7:43 AM West-Flanders counts 4 regional incubation centres for social economy since 6 years. One of them is Kanaal 127, one of the VISP partners in Kortrijk.

Ambassador of Social Economy March 10, 2006 4:20 PM                         The Secretary of the State Els Van Weert hands over the placque with the title of Ambassador to Mobiel ( Photo : Valerie Lambertyn ) During the week of social economy from the 3rd to the 10th of March, Mobiel received the title of Ambassador of Social Economy ( category Employment and Environment ) of the Secretary of the State Els Van Weert. Mobiel is a social economy project in Kortrijk that promotes environmental friendly transport by bike while providing employment for unemployed people.

Makkie starts a new service December 23, 2005 11:04 AM Makkie is a social economy initiative at Kanaal 127 in Kortrijk. It now starts a transport service of the less mobile and persons of age.

Mölndal visited Kortrijk October 19, 2005 11:22 AM Kortrijk has got the honour to welcome a delegation of 18 visitors from the city of Mölndal. From Tuesday 11th  until Friday 14th of October 2005, the 18 social and cultural workers, teachers and politicians had the opportunity to follow different presentations about city planning, culture, social economy, welfare, unemployment and cultural integration and Life Long Learning.