Flemish Community Commission

Flemish Community Commission

The Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (or VGC, or, in English, the Flemish Community Commission) is the local representative of the Flemish authorities in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. The VGC depends on the Flemish Parliament, and its council is made up by the members of the Dutch linguistic group of the Brussels Parliament, whereas its executive is made up of the two Flemish ministers and the Flemish secretary of the Brussels-Capital Government.

The VGC was established by the special (constitutional) law of 12 January 1989.

The VGC has competencies for cultural, educational, well-being and health for Flemings in Brussels. It reaches and estimated 200.000 inhabitants of Brussels with its services, mostly Dutch-speakers, and a significant number of migrants. However, several of these competencies are rather limited in practice, e.g. it has not the slightest authority for hospitals.

Strictly legally speaking, the VGC is only competent for institutions depending from the Flemish government, and not for individual persons. This was a consequence of the fact that no formal Flemish citizenship was established.The VGC is the successor from the "Nederlandse Commissie voor de Cultuur van de Brusselse agglomeratie (NCC)" (in Dutch), established in 1971. The VGC also assumed all Flemish community-specific responsibilities in Brussels from the former province Brabant when it was split up.

See also

* "French Community Commission" (COCOF)

External links

* [http://www.vgc.be/ Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)]
* [http://www.tv-brussel.irisnet.be/ TV-Brussel]
* [http://www.vlaanderen.be website Vlaamse overheid]
* [http://www.vlaamsparlement.be/ Vlaams Parlement]
* [http://docs.vlaanderen.be/ Vlaamse regering]
* [http://www.vrt.be/ Vlaamse radio en Televisie]


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