<aside> ⭐ Smart

Launched in Belgium in 1998, Smart is a European cooperative with over 35,000 members, across 40 cities in nine European countries (the reported numbers vary). They "aim to simplify and support the professional paths of creative and cultural workers".

Smart enables workers, entrepreneurs and organisations to invoice, to work together with other professionals and to manage a budget on an occasional or a long-term basis.

Smart places the worker, bearer of economic and social value, at the centre of its mission so that he/she can acquire social rights and develop his or her professional activities to the fullest.

Smart offers various services to members, including "information, training, legal advice, a social professional network, co-working spaces, etc. Also at the heart of Smart, you will have access to online invoicing tools".

Members of Smart arrange all the aspects of their work with their client but, on producing the work contract to Smart, Smart takes payment and you become a salaried worker for Smart. It then pays your social security, and guarantees payment to you 7 days after completion of work, even if the client hasn't paid yet.

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