How well will your child(ren) be cared
for in Flanders?

Here are the main advantages for residents of Flanders
or Belgium:

• Flanders meets the European standard of 33
  places in childcare centres for every 100 infants
  aged 0-3. Only Sweden and Denmark can match
  that.
• The quality of Belgian childcare is superior to
  that available in other European countries.
• Here, children can start school at the age of
  two-and-a-half. So beyond that there is no
  need for childcare.
• Some universities run childcare facilities for
  children.
• Childcare is highly affordable and offers great
  value for money (see the Affordable childcare
  section on this page).

Overview of university childcare facilities:

http://www.ugent.be/nl/voorzieningen/opvang

http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.DEPTPERSONEEL&n=103442

http://www.vub.ac.be/infovoor/toekomstigestudenten/kinderdagverblijf.html

http://www.kuleuven.be/faciliteiten/algemeen-beheer/kinderdagverblijven/wie

  

Affordable childcare

You may be interested to know that in Belgium, compared with, say, the United States, the Netherlands and France, childcare costs consume a relatively small proportion of family income, just 12.7% according to one OECD study.

What does this mean in cash terms? Well, in 2014, the projected cost of childcare here in Belgium ranges between €1.56 and €27.71 per day, depending on the family's income, its number of children and the duration of care required.