Flemish Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
VARIO advises the Flemish Government and the Flemish Parliament on its science, innovation and entrepreneurship policy.
VARIO in new composition off to a flying start
On March 19th, Flemish minister-president Matthias Diependaele installed the newly composed VARIO. Lieven Danneels remains chairman. Katrin Geyskens, Koen Vanhalst, and Vanessa Vankerckhoven are also reappointed. The new members are Ann Caluwaerts, Veroniek Collewaert, Stephanie De Bruyne, Stijn Kelchtermans, and Jan Vander Stichele.
Advisory report 42: Responding strategically to the volatile situation for researchers in the USA
VARIO draws the attention of the Flemish Government to the volatile situation for researchers in the United States. To respond strategically and make a difference as a leading knowledge region in Europe, VARIO puts forward four recommendations as part of a coordinated Flemish action plan.
Advisory Report 40: Towards a level playing field for all business forms in function of greater societal impact
Enterprises at the intersection of financial profit and societal impact face an unequal playing field on various fronts. Much of this is linked to the uneven playing field for the different (legal) business forms. In its advisory report 40 VARIO makes a series of recommendations to remedy this.
Advisory report 39: The dynamics of creative destruction as lever for internationally oriented ambitious entrepreneurship
Turbulent times require more dynamism from our society. The dynamics of creative destruction as a lever of internationally ambitious entrepreneurship is essential in this respect. To facilitate this, VARIO proposes 11 recommendations that are also highly relevant to the Flemish Government's productivity and competitiveness agenda (2024-2029), Flemish Acceleration.
Other recent reports
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Advisory Report 38: Opportunities and needs for the Flemish defence industry and -innovation
Advisory report 37: Towards higher productivity growth
Advisory report 36: ‘The future of Flemish cluster policy – Green Paper’
VARIO states that spearhead clusters are a driver for economic valorization and for addressing societal challenges through R&D&I, and calls for them to be used more explicitly within transformative innovation policy.
