Micheline Scheys manages the interface project between education and labour policy within the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training in Belgium. Micheline Scheys, a sociologist and former researcher, has been working at the forefront of education and training policy-making. She advises the minister, grounding strategic objectives and measures on trends in broader society, international education policy and innovative developments in relevant fields. She is also responsible for the short- and long-term planning, the co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of policies.

 

As project manager at the crossroads of the policy areas education and training, labour and culture, she develops plans for the development and implementaition of the overarching delivery strategy for lifelong learning. Her project aims at reinforcing the gearing of education and training for the labour market and vice versa, thereby ensuring the continuity and communication across sectors.