Competence Pool for Product Development and Industrial Design
October 25, 2006 8:50 AM
At the opening event of Interieur 06, Flemish Minister of Economy, Mme Fientje Moerman announced that Kortrijk will become the Competence Pool for Product Development and Industrial Design. This means that companies, service SMEs, specialized high schools and knowledge centres will be united to strenghten the position of the Flemish SMEs.
Closure project Mosselbank
October 18, 2006 2:10 PM
Photo : Valerie Lambertyn
On the 11th of Octobre 2006, the City of Kortrijk organised an official moment to celebrate the end of project Mosselbank and the beginning of an independant volunteer association at the Mosselbank. The Mosselbank was an social appartment block with safety problems.
Vetex is now V-tex thanks to VISP
October 5, 2006 2:04 PM
The Gatebuilding of the former Vetex factory, now baptised V-tex, has become a very attractive and multifunctional neighbourhood centre in Kortrijk thanks to the support of VISP.The Gatebuilding is part of the former textile factory that was closed down some fifteen years ago.
International competition Entente Florale
September 8, 2006 10:53 AM
International Competition Entente Florale
The City of Kortrijk is nominated for the International Competition Entente Florale. On Friday the 7th of July 2006, Kortrijk received the international jury to show some local projects in greenery, who evaluated them on various criteria : greenery and flowers, ecology and environment, city development and infrastructure, culture, education and sensibilisation, tourism and recreation, cooperation and communication.
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.
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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.
WP 2 workshop at Kortrijk
October 5, 2006 1:48 PM
Kortrijk invited the VISP partners to a workshop on WP 2 Integrated urban planning from the 27th until the 29th of September 2006. 20 delegates from abroad and 20 projectpartners from Kortrijk assisted to the thematic workshop.
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.
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The international design fair Interieur06, which took place from 13 until 22 October 2006 at the Xpo halls in Kortrijk, has reached its aim. More than 100.