Opening of business centre Kortrijk
October 18, 2006 1:56 PM

            Photo : Valerie Lambertyn On Thursday the 12th of Octobre 2006, the official opening of the business centre in the inner city took place. The renovated building houses offices, a cafe, a high-tech videoconference room funded by VISP, 2 meeting rooms and 5 classrooms.

How to counter brain drain in Kortrijk ?
July 5, 2006 7:38 AM

According to a study of the Province West-Flanders, about 770 youngsters between 20 and 34 years leave Kortrijk every year. University and high schools look for ways to counter this brain drain.

Study about combination LLL and Library
April 10, 2006 12:45 PM

                        Some members of the steering group New Library On the 9th of March 2004, a work group New Library with external experts and key players of the city administration has got the assignment to investigate a desirable concept for the New Library in Kortrijk. This resulted in 2005 in two vision texts about the funtion of the library and decisions on the concept of the library, the decentralised structure and work, the role as provider of educational services, automation, competence management, location and building program.

New open learning centre in Kortrijk
February 8, 2006 8:58 AM

Students of the Provincial Technical Institute in Kortrijk can improve their learning process thanks to the new open learning centre and the electronical learning environment with 36 computers and 30 places for individual work. Stuents don't get traditional lessons, but can work individually under guidance.

Students of Kortrijk meet French ecoonomy and society
August 23, 2005 8:24 AM

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk ( KULCK) continues and strengthens its exchanging programmes. This new contract will be signed at the opening ceremony of the new academic year on September 28th 2005.

White Paper on Urban Policy
July 5, 2006 7:48 AM

        The Flemisch Community published in 2003 a white book on urban policy,The century of the city‘ which inspires also cities as Kortrijk in their vision about the development of Kortrijk. It is the result of two years of work, which started with background analyses and discussions between academics, experts and other stakeholders.

Study visit to Idea Stores London
May 11, 2006 1:04 PM

                        For the study about the combination of Library and LLL in Kortrijk, an inventory of best practices from Belgium and abroad has been made.One good example of this synergy has been found in the Idea Stores of London.

Libraries and civil society : invitation seminar
February 15, 2006 1:42 PM

The Netherlands Public Library Association (Vereniging van Openbare Bibliotheken) and the Flemish agency for public libraries (Vlaams Centrum voor Openbare Bibliotheken - VCOB) have formed the Low Countries LIbrary Link. They take turns in organizing and hosting an international seminar, choosing as its theme a current itopig for colleagues in the low countries and their neighbouring countries.

Opening Learning Shop in Kortrijk
November 23, 2005 10:48 AM

The Learning Shop is officially opened on 22/11/2005. This one-stop shop, where one can find all information and promotional material about the offer of adult education and training in Kortrijk, is an initiative of various local partners : the Department of Education of the City of Kortrijk, and the Centres for Adult Education Drie Hofsteden, Hitek, PTI, Vivo and VSPW.