GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS 2015Milan, Italy

WIM DRIESMayor City of Genk – Belgium @wimdries

City of Genk – Limburg – Belgium

- 65.500 inhabitants- Almost 90 nationalities- Nearly 39.000 jobs- 3rd industrial pole Flanders- Yearly 80.000 tourists- Easily accessible- International network- Turning economical problems

into opportunities

An agile cityin transition

Empowered people create entrepreneurschip

• Parenting

• Vitality

• Curiosity

Genk, cogwheel city

1. Education

2. Creative

economy (e.g.

C-mine crib)

3. Artistic creation

& presentation

4. Creative

recreation

C-MINEFrom coal to creativity

THOR PARKFrom coal to technology

LA BIOMISTAFrom coal to diversity

and cosmopolitism

Open University of Diversity (OpUnDi)With a.o. Cosmopolitan Chicken ProjectKoen Vanmechelen

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