Advisory reports
VARIO's main activity is to publish advisory reports to the Flemish Government and the Flemish Parliament on science, technology, innovation, industry, and entrepreneurship policies. The advisory reports are either in response to a request from the Flemish Government or drafted on the VARIO members' own initiative. You will find all VARIO advisory reports and other reports on this page.
On our Dutch website there is also an archive, with the advisory reports and other publications from VARIO's predecessors, the VRWI (2010-2016) and the VRWB (1985-2009).
Advisory Report 46: Flemish Strategy for Sustainable Development (VSDO5), joint advice advisory report with SERV, Minaraad, SALV and SARC
Advisory report 45: Breakthrough science and technology in Flanders
VARIO calls for a research culture that tolerates risk.
Advisory report 44: Draft note of the Flanders Spatial Policy Plan
Advisory report 43: Climate Leap for Industry – Programme Note 2026–2030
Advisory report 42: Responding strategically to the volatile situation for researchers in the USA
Advisory report 41: AI in the workplace
In response to the request for advice from the Committee on Social Affairs, Employment, and Pensions of the Federal Chamber of Representatives regarding the draft resolution for a proactive policy and a coherent strategy on the use of algorithms, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, VARIO formulates a number of recommendations.
Advisory report 40: Towards a level playing field for all business forms in function of greater societal impact
Businesses 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. VARIO makes a series of recommendations to remedy this.
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