Who makes decisions about Alveringem?
Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.
Your municipality
The municipal council and the mayor and aldermen decide on matters such as streets, waste collection, sports halls, libraries and the public social welfare centre.
We do not show municipal council decisions yet: there is no open data for all municipalities yet.
Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament decides on matters such as education, housing, mobility, the environment, child benefit and care.
Recently discussed
- Call for transparency on budget cuts and advertising plans at VRT
- Proposal to shift funds towards fixing dangerous Flemish cycle paths
- Proposal to postpone and review cultural budget cuts in Flanders
Federal Chamber
The Chamber decides on matters such as pensions, taxes, justice, the police, defence and health insurance.
Recently discussed
- Proposal for a national pact to improve disease prevention
- Proposal to recognize the Tibetan government-in-exile and impose sanctions
- Bill to recognise and compensate pesticide-related occupational illnesses
What did the municipal council decide?
The items the municipal council dealt with in recent months. Items about individuals (staff, permits, councillors’ questions…) are shown without details.
Meeting of 24 September 2026
- Kerkfabrieken - budgetwijzigingen 2025 en 2026 en wijziging meerjarenplan
- Kennisgeving van een tussenkomst van de toezichthoudende overheid
- Staff matter
- Kerkfabrieken - budget 2027 - aktename
- Belasting op de afgifte van administratieve documenten en op administratieve verrichtingen - toevoeging
- Kerkfabrieken - comptabiliteit - dienstjaarrekening 2025
- Goedkeuring lijst nominatieve subsidies
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
Meeting of 27 August 2026
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
- Openbare procedure - raamovereenkomst voor ontwerp- en studiebureaudiensten voor infrastructuur- en rioleringswerken (2027-2031) - goedkeuring lastvoorwaarden, gunningswijze en start procedure - MVD/2026/008
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Openbare procedure - onderhoudscontract HVAC - goedkeuring lastvoorwaarden, gunningswijze en start procedure - MVD/2026/010
Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.
How does Alveringem handle money?
From the 2024 annual accounts of the municipality and the public social welfare centre combined. Amounts per inhabitant, so you can compare municipalities.
Revenue
€ 3,352 per inhabitant
taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…
18% more than the Flemish average
Spending
€ 3,238 per inhabitant
day-to-day running and investments
12% more than the Flemish average
Debt
€ 1,007 per inhabitant
what the municipality still has to repay on its loans
21% less than the Flemish average
Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 323 per inhabitant was left to invest.
What did Alveringem spend the most on?
Breakdown of spending on day-to-day running (excluding investments).
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Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 48%
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Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 22%
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Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 8%
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Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 7%
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Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 5%
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Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 5%
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Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 3%
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Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
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Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%
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Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 0%
In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,463 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 3,238 (in euros of that year, not adjusted for inflation).
Source: Flemish Agency for Home Affairs, Gemeente- en Stadsmonitor (BBC-DR). Your municipality's budget and multi-year plan can be found in the BBC-beleidstool.
Subsidies for organisations from Alveringem
In 2025, 54 organisations from Alveringem received a total of € 8.3 million in subsidies.
The municipal administration itself often also receives subsidies from higher levels of government. Self-employed people and other individuals are not counted here.
Who received the most?
- GEMEENTE ALVERINGEM € 3,571,399
- OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN ALVERINGEM € 3,521,902
- KERKFABRIEK SINT-AUDOMARUS TE ALVERINGEM (VL - ALVERINGEM) € 346,149
- PJOTTER € 335,593
- HENDERICKX € 107,361
Work contracted out by public bodies in Alveringem
These are the larger public contracts of public bodies with their address in this municipality: the municipality itself, but also, for example, a hospital, a school or a ministry.
We have not found any large public contracts from public bodies in this municipality yet.
What is not here yet?
- The decisions of your municipal council.
- Smaller public contracts, below the European thresholds.