Belgium offers a highly educated, productive, trained and multilingual workforce.


» High productivity

According to the European Growth and Job Monitor by the Lisbon council, Belgian workers are the second most productive within EU after Sweden.

This study also highligts that productivity is now rising faster in a number of European countries, notably in Belgium, than in the US 

Belgium has one of the highest standards of education, the largest percentage of population who are completely multilingual and the lowest levels of absenteeism, compared with other European countries.
 

» Level of Education & Multilingualism

Brussels thinks internationally.  The schools and universities are world class, and provide a labour pool that is highly trained and educated. Approximately 35% of the million residents in Brussels have a higher education or university certificate. In terms of business education, Belgium is second only to the UK.

Accordingly to the European Cities Monitor 2007 (produced by Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker), Brussels ranked 7th in Europe in terms of qualified staff and 3rd place in terms of language skills. Brussels was one of the cities ranked highest in the survey.
 
140.000 Europeans of other nationalities live in Brussels. This means that there are employable specialists who are fluent in all the European languages. In terms of fluency in English, Belgium only ranks second to the Netherlands in Europe.