My Life on this planet.

I just heard that for the past years unemployment decreased in Flanders (and probably in Belgium). Congratulations for the politicians who achieved this. The result is that it becomes more difficult to find sufficient employees with the right qualifications for all the work that needs to be done. Still, politicians continue to lobby industries to convince them to invest more in Flanders (Belgium). And thus, - either the migration is God's gift and not a crisis as we can educate and employ those migrants so work can be done here; - or we should consider a controlled implantation of new companies (without old industries moving to cheaper regions) such as in eastern Europe so there too are more well paid jobs. The result is that fewer East-Europeans move to West Europe for jobs while here an abundance of companies is avoided and with it shortages in employees but also a standstill of traffic and with it the possibility that companies move to less populated areas with fewer traffic ...

Since September 1, 2011, I am working at the FAGG (Dutch abbreviation for Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products). No, it is not an organisation where only fags work (LOL). I was looking for some time for this type of job, although I have to admit I would prefer to work at an earlier step in the whole process. I am closing dossiers, checking that all adjustments to be made in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC), the Leaflet and Packaging with regard to legal drugs in Belgium are made (and this for the three languages of Belgium: Dutch, French and German). Reading the SPC and Leaflets I notice I still miss science, gaining its knowledge and meeting other scientists. I would prefer to work in the middle of the whole process because at that level people read and decide about the content of the English texts provided by the industry and they meet each other to discuss the process and adjust it when necessary. The text they approve will then be used in all countries of ...