Belgian freelancer / SME/Entrepreneurs? Help me bring real data to the SME Minister on July 15 (6-min anonymous survey)
Update May 19th: ALREADY 75 Answers. Let’s go for the min 300! feel free to share to your freelance/entrepreneur/PME/KMO community. Thanks a lot
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I'm an HR senior, recently went independent (Scaelevia People). A few weeks ago I shared 3 proposals with Minister Éléonore Simonet at an event in Louvain-la-Neuve. She invited me for a private audience with her cabinet onJuly 15.
I want to walk in with your numbers, not just my opinions. So I built a short survey to back what I keep hearing in coffee chats and networking conversations.
what I'm proposing:
1. A "Belgian SME quota" on RFPs (public + corporate). 2 out of 5 contracts should go to a Belgian SME, freelancer, or independent consultant — registered in an open directory. Inspired by the US Small Business Set-Aside (23% reserved since 1953).
2. A free HR Start Kit triggered automatically at the 1st hire. Toolkit + budget for 2 coach sessions + behavioral assessment of the founder. Because 50% of Belgian SMEs close within 5 years and freelancer/SME burnout diagnoses are up 67% since 2018.
3. A double lever for women entrepreneurs. Tax Shelter for those moving from side-gig to full-time + employer credit for SMEs hiring women in key positions. Only 21.1% of female self-employed in Belgium become employers — vs 36.9% in Germany.
The ask: 6 minutes. 16 questions. Anonymous. Bilingual FR/NL. Closes June 30.
Aggregated answers go directly to her cabinet for the meeting. No names attached.
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Merci ! Bedankt !
Weten is meten 😄
Laurence