Gaining insight from experience: lessons from a Flemish employment programme Available to Purchase

The Flemish ECHO project is a joint initiative of some Flemish mental health services in close co‐operation with the LUCAS research institute (Catholic University Leuven). In this article, Professor Dr Chantal Van Audenhove and Guido Lissens describe the social context of vocational rehabilitation in Flanders, and the way that the project was organised by the partners in the Flemish ECHO network. In the second part they describe the method of working in the project and offer some conclusions based on the scientific evaluation of the project.