Every Tuesday morning, around aperitif time, a handful of men at the Kruishoutem city hall set the price of an egg for the entire western hemisphere. They have been doing this expertly for decades now, because several minutes later almost the entire western egg industry visits www.kruishoutem.be (egg prices) to align their selling prices with the reference price. Eggs as a metaphor for knowledge and innovation? Why not? After all, East Flanders is a growth pole for a highly diversified economy: with driven small and medium-sized companies alongside major steel producers and petrochemical companies, service providers and high-tech spin-offs.
Where knowledge
works
The bustling and innovative East Flemish economy is fed and stimulated by the abundantly present know-how. In turn, this know-how is given every opportunity to develop itself, thanks to our dense network of high-quality schools and training. For instance, Ghent is a well-reputed knowledge city thanks to its renowned university, colleges and research centres. It is the only Belgian city with over 60,000 students. Without exaggerating, East Flanders offers specialised training for any profession.
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