Smart city: all you need to know

Kick-off of the "Digital Brussels 2.0" call for projects for digital inclusion!

Paying bills, registering children for school and completing administrative procedures online are all actions that are not so commonplace for many. Many people (...)

The Smart City register of the Brussels Capital Region is online!

To ensure cooperation between the various administrations, the Smart City Office (part of Paradigm) has spent several months working on a register of the (...)

DPS CybeRogier in the spotlight!

In 2019, the Brussels-Capital Region created a 'DPS recognised by the Brussels-Capital Region' label. This label is a guarantee of quality and recognition (...)

Check out the Digital Appropriation Plan 2022 annual report!

What can we take away from 2022 in the 2021-2024 Digital Appropriation Plan? Which work has been particularly noteworthy this year?  Increase in (...)

Four additional Digital Public Spaces (DPS) have been certified

In 2019, the Brussels-Capital Region introduced a label "DPS recognised by the Brussels-Capital Region". This label is a guarantee of quality and recognition for (...)

A successful edition of Digital Spring!

This was the 3rd edition of this free festival, organised by Paradigm in collaboration with visit.brussels. The aim was to present the capital’s many digital initiatives (...)

Digital Spring: Paradigm honours Sustainable Digital

On 24 and 25 March, Digital Spring is back for the third year , with the central theme: "From the skies down to the earth, the challenges and opportunities of the (...)

The City of Brussels is launching a call for Smart City projects – IOT & SMART DATA - 2023

The City of Brussels is launching the 6th edition of its “Smart City” call for projects! The City wishes to support “Smart City” initiatives on the territory of (...)

The 2023 edition of the report "The people of Brussels and digital technology" is now available!

The Brussels-Capital Region, through Paradigm, has set up a Digital Appropriation Plan [

On 24 and 25 March, Digital Spring returns in the heart of Brussels

At Digital Spring, visitors will discover a whole range of digital initiatives set up in the Brussels-Capital Region to make our lives easier. This will be done (...)

Frontline stakeholders out in force at the Regional Digital Inclusion Fair!

The first Regional Digital Inclusion Fair took place on 19 January in Brussels. This meeting, organised by (the Digital Inclusion Coordination within) the BRIC, (...)

Are you an actor of Digital Inclusion? Welcome to the Regional Digital Inclusion Fair!

Mark the date in your diaries: the Regional Digital Inclusion Fair will take place on January 19th! Conferences, workshops, informative stands, ...

Electrify.brussels: a plan for deployment and new measures for electric mobility in the Brussels-Capital Region

The Brussels Region has set itself the goal of having up 22,000 publicly accessible charging points by 2035. This network, which is growing rapidly, has gone from (...)

Brussels Environment and the BRIC nominated by Agoria for the "Sustainability" Award in the Digital Society Awards for eGov & Smart Cities

For the 19th year running, in collaboration with TMAB Business Events, Agoria is organising the Agoria Digital Society Awards, which aims to reward the most commendable (...)

The Smart City Office in the Digital Talks podcast!

Information is increasingly available in podcasts. And Digitalcity, the innovation cluster that brings together Brussels' major players in digital professions (...)

Submit your application for the Digital Spring 2023 call for projects!

Are you an actor involved in the digital transformation of the Brussels region? Are you part of a startup, an association, (...)

Become a tester for SmartMove? Residents of Brussels, Wallonia, Flanders, find out how!

Making our capital more liveable, healthy and attractive is the goal of the Smart Move tax project to relieve traffic congestion. In order to achieve this, the (...)

Spotlight on video enforcement in Bayonne

Since September 2021, Bayonne City Council has been using a new method of combating dangerous behaviour on the road and parking violations, which are regularly (...)

Photovoltaic benches, thanks to the Port of Brussels!

The four benches installed by the Port of Brussels allow visitors to sit on them and charge their phone at the same time, thanks to the energy produced by the solar (...)

Local and regional staff trained in e-government

Regional and local government officials will now be able to acquire knowledge around 3 themes, available via the training catalogs of the Regional School of Public (...)

The BRIC takes part in "Digital Week 2022"

Digital inequalities persist in the Brussels Region. The latest King Baudouin Foundation Digital Inclusion Barometer makes the same observation.  

King Baudouin Foundation Digital Inclusion Barometer: the digital divide remains an ongoing challenge

The King Baudouin Foundation has just released its new Digital Inclusion Barometer. This barometer highlights the increased use of digital services since the health (...)

Do you want to discover the latest trends in Smart Cities? See you at Smart City Wallonia on 4 October

The sixth Smart City Wallonia will take place on 4 October at the WEX in Marche-en-Famenne.  This exhibition-congress aims to provide the momentum for taking up (...)

Don't miss the Digitrain! With the support of the BRIC!

The digital world never sleeps. More to the point, we are on a digital express train. Some people can keep up well, while others will find it harder. The (...)

"I'm moving to digital banking" sessions soon to be available to Brussels citizens!

Checking your balance online, making transfers using your banking application, making contactless payments or paying by QR Code, etc. Not all citizens have adopted (...)

Citizen participation at the heart of the Wal-e-cities project

The Wal-e-cities GOV project involves developing software and solutions to improve the management of the Smart City in Wallonia. Scientists, municipalities, citizens (...)

Tackling heat in cities

It is common knowledge that an urban environment absorbs more heat and is often slower to cool. We speak of a heat island effect. This is due to several factors (...)

Brussels' first intelligent cycle path arrives in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean!

PRINCIPLE OF "LIGHT BUBBLE" AND ENERGY REDUCTION Thirty-seven motion detectors were installed on the LED public lighting poles along the cycle path. When (...)

An 11th Smart Lunch dedicated to Digital Twins!

To familiarize us with the concept of digital twin, Mr Gilles-Antoine Nys, a doctoral student in geomatics at ULiège, announced that the concepts of digital twin (...)

Do you know the website Parlons5G.be?

Infographics, use cases, videos, differences between 4G and 5G, ... The website Parlons5G.be is a goldmine of information on 5G.    This platform (...)

Smart Charging in the spotlight at the tenth Smart Lunch!

After the introduction by Mr Bernard Clerfayt, Minister of Digital Transition, Nicolas Spilleboudt, Green IT Manager at Sibelga, opened this 10th Smart Lunch by (...)

Digital exclusion affects the human rights of 40 per cent of the Belgian population

Thursday 16 June, the DigitAll campaign was launched with a special event. It took place at the human rights obelisk at the Thurn & Taxis site, which was erected (...)

Eurocities has chosen the Brussels-Capital Region to participate in developing a common framework for algorithmic registers for cities

Eurocities has chosen the Brussels Region to participate in a six-month project to develop common requirements for algorithmic registers for cities. These requirements (...)

Roadmap for the creation of a DPS in the Brussels-Capital Region

A roadmap to support any structure wanting to set up a Digital Public Space has been produced by the BRIC in collaboration with 

Personalised support and almost 50,000 euros for the winners of the Smart City 2022 call for projects!

What is the objective of this Innovation Challenge? To support innovative smart city initiatives in the territory of the City of Brussels. The selected (...)

The Brussels-Capital Region selected by the European Commission to achieve climate neutrality by 2030

With a budget of 360 million euros from the Horizon Europe programme (2022-2023), the mission aims to achieve 100 climate-neutral and smart cities in Europe by (...)

Smart Lunch: lunch on the theme of Sustainable IT

  After the traditional introduction by Mr Bernard Clerfayt, Brussels Minister for Digital Transition, Thierry Chappe, Green IT manager at BRIC (...)

The annual report of the Digital Inclusion Coordination within the BRIC is now available!

The numerous projects of the Digital Inclusion Coordination, as well as the major advances made, are reviewed in this report: calls for projects, training of multimedia (...)

With Remote Sensing, Brussels is testing and implementing new technologies to combat road traffic noise

Until now, road noise was measured globally at different noise measuring stations. This is where the "Remote sensing" campaign has changed the game and innovated (...)

CurieuzenAir: what is the air quality in your Brussels street?

What is CurieuzenAir? From 25 September to 23 October 2021, some 3,000 Brussels inhabitants took part in the CurieuzenAir operation, (...)

Redraw the Brussels streets and districts! Let your imagination run wild and take part in the Solarpunk NFT contest

DAO.brussels / cryptoart.brussels (funding, NFT), Citizen Spring / CitizenCorner.brussels (exhibition) and Heroes for Zero / imagine.brussels (website, communication (...)

The forthcoming edition of the "Vivre la Ville" event unveils its programme!

An interactive conference with a dozen speakers and a central theme: the data odyssey! Academic, private and public experts will be talking about the importance (...)

My school goes digital!

It focuses on two axes: Providing schools with the necessary IT equipment Installing Wi-Fi in schools To realise this plan, (...)

Car sharing is on the increase

Almost 200,000 car sharers Over the last five years, the number of car sharers has increased by 700%. At the end of 2021, 194,000 (...)

"Women in Digital": talent has no gender

"Women in Digital" is the inter-federal and inter-sectoral plan adopted by all the governments in the Kingdom. It is part of "Commitment on Women in Digital", a (...)

Smart City project call 2022 of the City of Brussels

The City provides a budget in the form of subsidies for 'smart city' initiatives on its territory. 50,000 euros will be distributed to the selected initiatives (...)

What do the "Data Walks" have in store for you?

A data walk is a learning experience that is both an urban walk and a workshop: a "walkshop". It is a way to engage with citizens in an interactive dialogue about (...)

New IRISbox support materials released!

In the Brussels-Capital Region, the IRISbox one-stop shop offers dozens of online procedures, both at municipal and regional level.  Examples include applying (...)

Safeonweb: a new app to stop phishing attempts

The app, which is free and available on Android and iOS platforms, is based on the thousands of messages sent every day to Safeonweb.be, the CCB's computer (...)

"Casser Les Codes" with the support of the CIRB!

Only 14% of jobs in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector are held by women. Faced with the imbalance in the world of tech, Safia Kessas went (...)

​How to improve digital skills: online conferences and round table organised by Digitalcity.brussels

How can digital skills be improved in Belgium and especially in Brussels? During the 'Digital Skills Forum' event, organised (...)

Smart Parking at the heart of the 8th Smart Lunch!

The Brussels-Capital Region, which, in its "Smart City" approach, uses smart data-based solutions to improve the quality of life of its citizens and businesses, (...)

200,000 euros worth of IT equipment for accredited Digital Public Spaces

Tablets, iPads, webcams, but also backpacks, printers, Chromebooks, Braille keyboards, USB sticks and more appear on the non-exhaustive list of the computer hardware (...)

Homo Numericus conference series: seven Franco-Belgian conferences to discover very soon!

No fewer than seven exciting and fully accessible debates will take place from 8 to 30 November!   The programme will examine the way in which digital technology (...)

The Digital Inclusion Coordination within the BRIC, partner of the Techspace Tour!

In order to eliminate these inequalities, an initiative was launched in the Brussels-Capital Region: the Techspace Summer Tour. This mobile campaign, which is the (...)

Technology to study the physical activity of Leuven's residents!

What are Living Labs? Two living labs - places dedicated to designing future technological tools and services by involving future (...)

Don't miss the Smart City Festival in Belgrade : the Brussels Region's Smart City Office is participating!

Unlike previous major crises, the Covid-19 pandemic affects almost all sectors. "It has exposed the dark side of globalisation and at the same time proved the great (...)

Let's start the Digital Week !

This year again, the CIRB is participating in this Digital Week (October 18-29) by coordinating activities for its staff, but also for children, seniors and disabled (...)

Fight against digital vulnerability: raise awareness among Brussels CPAS social workers!

In the context of the Digital Appropriation Plan, the implementation of which was entrusted to the CIBG (via the Digital Inclusion Coordination) and easy.brussels (...)

Digital Spring: a weekend dedicated to technology and digital creation

Following in the footsteps of Printemps Numérique in the Canadian city of Montreal, a Digital Spring event will be taking place in Brussels at the initiative of (...)

Blind or partially sighted? Technological solutions exist!

In the last twenty years, technological innovations have made enormous strides in the lives of people with disabilities. In order to discover, compare and test (...)

Using Smart City data for energy issues

Our smart lunch on Tuesday 28 September was about using Smart City data to produce intelligence, in particular around energy (solar energy production and insulation (...)

Digital challenges for a post-COVID-19 world at the heart of the Rencontres du Numérique (Digital Technology Meeting)

Without digital solutions, it would have been difficult to manage the sudden appearance of COVID-19 in our lives: the roll-out of home working from one day to the (...)

Brussels Smart City projects in the spotlight during the Brussels Days from 22 to 25 September 2021 in Paris

The delegation is led by Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Sven Gatz, Brussels Minister for Finance and Budget, and Pascal Smet, (...)

The Brussels Smart City: how "intelligence" can be synonymous with video surveillance

The author analyses the projects launched and followed-up during the previous legislature, and argues that while the projects to put in place and use surveillance (...)

A new Digital Public Space opens its doors in Ganshoren to improve IT training!

Job-seekers, students, ... In the coming days, Ganshoren residents who wish to increase their digital skills will be welcome in the municipality's new DPS, (...)

Demand of a pass for the Car Free Sunday 2021

If you need to circulate for compelling reasons, you can apply for your special pass via IRISbox. Thanks to the version for businesses, it is even possible to submit (...)

Your views on digital inclusion in Brussels

In the digital inclusion barometer published by the King Baudouin Foundation (...)

Changes to DPS certification!

They are located throughout Brussels and provide access to a computer and/or the Internet for the entire population. Many people have dared to venture into this (...)

Towards a sustainable, inclusive and digital Brussels tourism model!

The health crisis offers the opportunity to develop tourism that is not only respectful of the region and its inhabitants, but also brings real added value to the (...)

hub.brussels makes its economic database public

The hub.brussels platform makes available, for example, consumption profiles in the capital's various shopping districts, the balance sheet of Brussels' (...)

Smart City Office on an inspirational visit to Namur

The afternoon of 10 June began with a visit to the Humans/Machines exhibition, the Pavilion's first interactive exhibition. It was open until 13 June, allowing (...)

Digital Appropriation: 30 winners for the Digital Brussels call for projects

The priority: no one should be left by the wayside!  Digital innovation will only be experienced as progress if all sections of (...)

Call for projects for this autumn's Digital Spring!

Entirely free of charge and intended for people of all ages, this event aims to familiarise as many people as possible with the different technologies and digital (...)

The Smart City Office of the Brussels Region represented at EU Green Week

According to a recent study by the European Public Health Alliance, air pollution costs each European €1,276 per year, or €385 million per city on average. Not (...)

mic.brussels celebrates its 10 year anniversary

my innovation center.brussels (mic.brussels) was founded in 2011 as a public-private partnership between Microsoft, the Brussels-Capital Region, hub.brussels, Evoliris (...)

The Brussels Region promotes transparency with openbudgets.brussels data

"Who gives how much to whom?". It is not uncommon to hear citizens asking this question and criticising the lack of transparency by public authorities. This time (...)

Discover CurieuzenAir BXL, the largest citizen research study on air quality in Brussels!

CurieuzenAir is a scientific initiative of the University of Antwerp and the urban movement BRAL, launched in close cooperation with the Bloomberg Philanthropies (...)

The Brussels Region helps Brussels residents to register on BRUVAX

A few weeks ago, the Region launched BRUVAX, a registration platform for vaccinations based on national register number and post code. Given the platform's (...)

The sixth Smart Lunch event already !

After an introduction by Bernard Clerfayt, Brussels Minister for Digital Transition, the first speaker, Régis Lambert, Head of Renewable Energy at Brugel, began (...)

Fablabs and innovation

Did you know that the Brussels-Capital Region has 3 regional public fablabs and manages a network of several fablabs? These fablabs are housed at (...)

Brussels residents invited to have their say on 5G

The draw was carried out in two stages: 10,000 Brussels residents, aged 16 or over, were first drawn from the national register and invited to sign up on the democratie (...)

Municipal agents invited to understand and detect digital insecurity

Even before the health crisis, we knew that online tools for accessing consumer goods and services would gradually take hold. Today, our private and professional (...)

Belgians are keen on online public services

While Tax-on-web remains the all-time leader with 79% awareness, followed by MyPension (69%), MyMinFin (59%), the online municipal counter (37%) and My eBox (31 (...)

Smart Lunch: a breath of digital transformation for local authorities!

his time dedicated to the digital transformation in local authorities and more particularly to its stakeholders, local authority officials, the 27 April session (...)

Cap-SMART took a look at the impact of ‘smart’ technologies on tourist attractions in Brussels

The tourist industry is making ever-increasing use of smart technologies, for example, in automating processes, improving customer relations, offering original (...)

"Now they know", a communication campaign to support those forgotten by digital technology!

From today, the Brussels Region is distributing four posters illustrating the daily life of those forgotten by digital technology. We discover characters with varied (...)

Smart City Brussels now on Datastore!

The Smart City Office has published its first datasets on datastore.brussels. Datastore is the regional platform for sharing data and services in the Brussels Capital (...)

Digital inclusion: the municipalities get inspired!

The session was opened by Périne Brotcorne. This researcher at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve proposed four key concepts that are important for digitization (...)

Smart public lighting to reduce Brussels' electricity consumption by 20% by 2035

Grid manager Sibelga and Engie Solutions are installing smart public lighting in the Brussels Region. The lighting devices will be equipped with controllers that (...)

Already 10,000 downloads for the My Brussels app which also gets new features

A new version of My Brussels, the 100% free app available on iOS and Android, has been released. In addition to the weather, traffic information and the STIB timetable (...)

How to invest in digital transformation

Digital technology has not been the exclusive preserve of the IT sector for several years now; it has completely invaded every Belgian company, with the spread (...)

FARI: Brussels' new institute for Artificial Intelligence

The ULB, VUB and the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region have announced the launch of FARI, a new Artificial Intelligence Institute for the Common Good. The (...)

What are the digital strategies of London, Barcelona or The Hague?

Eager to learn more on London, Barcelona and The Hague’s data and digital strategies for the next years? Interested in knowing what’s in for cities in the upcoming (...)

​Brussels Smart City in images and sound

You may have seen it on our social media channels Facebook,

A special free webinar on "Smart City"

The non-profit organisation Sacopar, which is made up of public health experts and actors specialising in local development, community health and communication, (...)

​wifi.brussels attracts growing numbers

wifi.brussels is the free Wi-Fi network of the Brussels Region. It allows Brussels residents, commuters and tourists to surf the net for free anywhere in (...)

Which mobile apps do you use in Brussels?

The app that is used the most is the one offered by STIB. More than half of respondents said that they use the (...)

Record for IRISbox in 2020: 327,000 requests on the online platform

2020 was an exceptional year for IRISbox, the Brussels Region's electronic counter. This record use is primarily due to the new options offered by the (...)

All the answers to your AI questions during the Belgian AI Week!

How to deploy artificial intelligence in our society in an ethical and responsible manner? What do these new technologies concretely enable in everyday (...)

Six social organisations, seven public institutions and eleven companies join forces to combat digital exclusion

(press release) Four in ten Belgians risk being excluded from our increasingly digital society. The reasons include a lack of digital skills, a lack (...)

Let's work together to improve My Brussels!

A few months ago, the Region launched the My Brussels application. With a few swipes and taps, you have access to everything concerning administrative procedures (...)

The City of Brussels Data Centre is moving!

Until recently, the servers hosting them were located in the i-CITY building on Boulevard Jacqmain. But a small revolution took place at the end of 2020, when i (...)

Do not miss AI4GOV lunch talk « Open Source tool in AI »

Michel Herquet has a university background in theoretical physics. He obtained a PhD in particle physics at UCLouvain and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher (...)

​e-Inclusion Task Force : closing ticket offices means excluding people

Looking at the figures from the King Baudouin Foundation's Digital Inclusion Barometer, 28% of Internet users do not buy online. In addition, 8% of the population (...)

Digital for all: the Brussels Region has a plan!

As of today, the Region is taking action to help all those who feel remote from the virtual world, so that they can discover the benefits (...)

​The King Baudouin Foundation launches new call for projects "Digital Brussels"

Job seekers, young people, women, people with disabilities, the elderly, etc. Many people in Brussels are confronted daily with difficulties in using digital tools (...)

BRUGEL opens the door to innovation

These derogations from the rules that BRUGEL provides are limited both in time and in space: a project that obtains an exemption of that type must be developed (...)

Solutions to improve citizens' access to assistance and care services in the Brussels-Capital Region

In order to optimise the sharing of these data, the CDCS-CMDC called upon the services of the BRIC. In 2017, the BRIC completed (...)

The Brussels-Capital Region is launching an innovative project to monitor the flow of pedestrians

The Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein is the perfect ecosystem in which to carry out a people flow analysis, as it is home to car parks, tram and bus (...)

72 hours to innovate for the benefit of cities!

Want to come up with a concrete solution to one of the problems mentioned above? That's the aim of the 'Hack your City' hackathon, organised in partnership (...)

Get inspired by the latest Smart Lunch 'open data'

Several important messages caught the attention of those present: the advantage of open data is in allowing the data reuse by researchers, citizens (...)

GAIA-X for Belgium launches on 26 January. With the BRIC

Under the umbrella of the Federation for the Technology Industry Agoria, the Belgian GAIA-X for Belgium hub is making a strong impact by joining forces with key (...)

​Are you furloughed or looking for a job? Boost your skills with free online training from Bruxelles Formation

If you have been furloughed or become unemployed during the current health crisis, then now is a good opportunity to learn online, at your own (...)

​The relationship between start-ups and public service dissected!

In this context, the BRIC and the enterprise Public, whose mission is precisely to support start-ups wanting (...)

​Fix My Street, now also for abandoned vehicles and tags

Using Fix My Street, the Region's citizens can, for example, report problems with street lighting and traffic signs, or the presence of waste on the public (...)

​With a BXL gift voucher, not only do you support local businesses, you also receive an additional gift voucher from the City of Brussels

How does it work? When you buy a BXL gift voucher worth €25, the City of Brussels offers you an additional gift voucher worth €5. The amount of €5 will be paid (...)

Europe's largest architectural solar park is set to be built on top of the Anderlecht slaughterhouse

The Brussels start-up Skysun, specialised in financing photovoltaic panels, is joining forces with Abattoir SA/NV to install a solar park on the roof of the market (...)

​Share your New Year's wish on a big screen in Brussels

This is an initiative of the non-profit organisation Divers-City. This is how it works: Post a personal message on social media with the hashtag #TOYOU; your message (...)

Smart City Institute helps you realize your Smart City projects

The model - which was developed by Julio Diandenda, Catherine Nguyen and Dr Nathalie Crutzen - provides all the necessary information about the different steps (...)

New data sets on Brussels' datastore: towards a better digital transition!

To allow schools to see the range of choices available to them in terms of educational digital platforms, the "

Intelligent solutions in public spaces: Brussels' municipalities have their say

On Monday 14 December, representatives from various Brussels municipalities came together for the second session in a series of Smart Lunches organised by the Smart (...)

Street art as connecting factor, Yes We Can - Jette 2020

With this street art, the municipality aims to connect various neighbourhoods with one another and stimulate social inclusion by means of openness and encouraging (...)

My Brussels, an all-in-one app for anyone in Brussels ... made in BRIC!

As part of this, the Brussels region has expressed a desire to bring together all services in a single app aimed at citizens and to create a dialogue between these (...)

Discover the 5 winners of the #Rebound programme - or how to reinvent your business in 2 months

Around 30% of entrepreneurs in Brussels are female and their number continues to grow. The coronavirus crisis threatens to slow down this positive evolution, which (...)

​Are you a resident of Etterbeek? Get involved in your municipality with the free app

With this free tool, residents of Etterbeek can make their own contributions towards their local community. The app allows them to give opinions on projects of (...)

​Easier access to digital technology

The brochure of Bruxelles Formation, entitled “L’informatique, un outil pour se former et trouver de l’emploi!*” (Information technology – a tool you can use to (...)

​Wander back in time with the “Watermael-Boitsfort 14-18” app

The walk has 14 stops and goes from the city hall to the allotments, passing Chaussée de la Hulpe, the cemetery, Avenue Delleur, the local school, and so on.

Bring the Smart City to your commune

Following an opening speech by the Supervisory Minister Bernard Clerfayt, Laura Temmerman from the SMIT research group demonstrated (...)

Greencheck: The platform by Brugel for checking the green share of your electricity

But what is "green" or "clean" electricity? "Green" electricity is electricity that is produced exclusively in an environmentally friendly way, using renewable (...)

Even shipping can be SMART

The Hackathon organised by De Vlaamse Waterweg, Antwerp Management School and EY, that will take place on 26 and 27 November 2020

Our Smart City Manager live from the Smart City World Congress in Barcelona (17-18 November 2020)

The first part was a full-day live television broadcast on the event's website and social media on 17 November, and the second part was a programme of online (...)

Shared Medical Record: free training for the over 65s

Solival set up this pilot project following a call for projects from the Common Community Commission (COCOM). It is initially mainly targeting people over 65 years (...)

Bus driver at STIB, a job for you? Take the test!

STIB recruiters use all sorts of means to attract new employees: posters, articles in the (specialist) press, website, social media, etc. Since last (...)

Brussels municipalities accessible by mobile phone

The latest news, the calendar for activities and events, practical information, nearby points of interest, the status of works in progress, information on the various (...)

Would you like to learn French, English, German or Dutch? Do it for free with the Brulingua app!

The app is available for Android and Apple. Just follow these steps: Download the application. Create your profile. < (...)

A hackathon to build the police force of the future

Start-ups, students, developers, researchers and companies are invited to channel their creativity and skills around one of the following issues:

Donate, find and recycle thanks to the online give-away shop in Auderghem

This virtual platform facilitates exchanges by allowing anyone to advertise and browse items at any time from the comfort of their home. Anyone who owns an item (...)

Brussels on its bike: "Head over heels on two wheels!"

Are you an experienced cyclist or just starting out? Whatever type of cyclist you are, Brussels mobility has brought together all the information you need on a (...)

Pierre, a municipal assistant like no other

This digital assistant is directly accessible from the home page of the municipality's website and provides information to citizens 24/7 on a number of municipal (...)

Robotics? It's child's play!

Learn how to control a small robot in 1 hour 40 minutes. This was the challenge taken up by pupils from the school "Les Marronniers" in Anderlecht and School 5 " (...)

City of Brussels: a platform to promote local commerce

In order to support two of the most affected sectors, hospitality and convenience stores, the City launched a new web platform in April 2020. The site lists the (...)

​COVID-19: what's happening at municipal level

Since lockdown, the inhabitants of Ixelles have been able to contribute to their own web-TV. Responding to the need for citizens to stay in touch even during this (...)

mic.brussels, does that ring a bell?

Innovate, develop the digital sector, share knowledge and foster contacts between the region’s IT players: these are the main aims of mic.brussels! "Our (...)

How do you see Brussels and its future? Take part in the Regional Innovation Plan survey!

Would you like to help determine which innovations will shape the future of the Brussels-Capital Region? Then take part in the innoviris.brussels survey! Your opinion (...)

Smart City Index 2020: Brussels rises in the ranking!

Brussels has risen 4 places in the annual Smart City Index, in a year that also saw many European cities fall in the ranking. Technological innovation, such as (...)

Actiris and Google – find a job that suits you down to the ground!

Recently, the US-based search engine, Google, joined forces with organisations such as Actiris, the regional employment office in Brussels, and the Flemish Employment (...)

Brussels LEZ: your opinion counts!

The entire Brussels-Capital Region has been a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) since 2018. Evaluations carried out by Brussels Environment have already established that (...)

"Elements of AI" is coming to Belgium

Artificial intelligence is penetrating more and more into all kinds of aspects of society and daily life, influencing us in a way we didn't even think possible (...)

Mobility: there is a lot going on in Brussels!

Now the Mobility Week has ended, smartcity.brussels is listing a number of initiatives that make mobility in the Brussels-Capital Region ‘smarter’ and, at the same (...)

Agoria eGov & Smart City Awards 2020: looking for the best projects!

Like last year, Agoria, the federation of technological industries, is organizing the "Agoria eGov & Smart City Awards" to reward the most deserving IT-projects (...)

Will the Brussels-Capital Region support your next project?

The corona crisis has had - and is still having - a major impact on various sectors in the Brussels-Capital Region: tourism, culture, restaurants and cafes, events (...)

Literacy Week: a range of initiatives

Today concludes Literacy Week, a week in which the focus was on the great importance of acquiring digital skills. Indeed, 4 out of 10 Belgians struggle with digital (...)

A high level of satisfaction with the "Connecting Seniors" project

During lockdown, the Brussels Region distributed 150 tablets to 138 Brussels residential care homes. The objective: to break the isolation of the elderly. More (...)

Digital Inclusion: leaflets list all Public Computer Rooms of 7 Brussels municipalities

During the summer months, the BRIC distributed 14,000 leaflets neatly listing the digital inclusion services for 7 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (...)

Acquiring digital skills? There are several solutions!

4 out of 10 Belgians run a real risk of being digitally excluded. An awful situation, for themselves, but also for society. The Literacy Week aims to do something (...)

Four in ten Belgians at risk of digital exclusion

Forty per cent of Belgians have poor digital literacy, and 10% of these have never even used the Internet. These were the findings of a scientific report, "Digital (...)

VUB invests in 'Smart Village Lab'

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is investing in a ‘Smart Village Lab’, along with Green Energy Park and the Flemish spearhead energy cluster Flux50, to develop (...)

#Brusselshacksthecrisis concludes with Demo Day on 30/7

The student teams showed the results of their work during the Open Summer of Code 2020 at the well-attended OSOC20 Demo Day. By means of a flashy video, they gave (...)

Brussels trees ask for water themselves

Trees need water, everyone knows that. Not too much and not too little, but not everyone knows where the threshold lies. Nonetheless, this is necessary for healthy (...)

#Brusselshacksthecrisis: sign up for the Demo Day on 30/7!

The Brussels residents chose a cycling and a tourism app as their favourite ideas of the #brusselshacksthecrisis project, BetterBikeBrussels and WalkByBrussels. (...)

123digit Platform – module on mobile banking

Developed by the non-profit organisation WeTechCare with the support of of the King Baudouin Foundation, the 4Wings Foundation and the ING Foundation for a digital (...)

#Brusselshacksthe crisis: Brussels residents opted for a cycling and tourism app

As favourite ideas of the #brusselshacksthecrisis project, the people of Brussels opted for a cycling app and a tourism app. These two projects will be now developed (...)

Instagram Smart City Brussels, a new medium for discovering and following Smart City Brussels

From 1 July, anyone with an interest in our capital city's Smart City project will be able to follow this on Instagram too.  Smart City Brussels has launched (...)

Smart street lighting in Brussels: a state of affairs

A lot can be done with remotely controlled street lamps: dimming or increasing according to the brightness at the time, connecting motion detectors, remote controls (...)

City of Brussels selects five laureates for its Smart City project appeal

The City of Brussels has been quite active in terms of Smart City initiatives, selecting five practical proposals as part of its third Smart City project appeal (...)

Along with CitizenLab, the Brussels-Capital Region is launching a participatory platform: the “Brussels Hacks the crisis”-project !

From 5 June, everyone can discover this brand-new citizen participation platform by and for the Brussels-Capital Region at

Call for projects: "Give your IT equipment a second life"

On several occasions, the City of Brussels has confirmed embracing the Smart City concept, and therefore wants to give everyone access to new technologies and networks (...)

'Good Move' plan wins European award

Good Move is the successor to Iris 2 and lays down the main mobility policy lines. The new mobility plan was the result of a co-construction process in which (...)

The BRIC and its partners connect the elderly with their family

The BRIC has taken part in a broad-ranging project to equip the 138 care homes in the Brussels-Capital Region with tablets, so that their elderly residents can (...)

Online declaration of death via IRISbox

The current situation is difficult for everyone. Even more so for families experiencing the death of a loved one. In addition to this already painful situation, (...)

social.brussels: the virtual gateway to help and care services

The non-profit association Social Documentation and Coordination Centre (CDCS-CMDC) aims (...)

"Brussels Helps"

All the authorities of the Brussels Region join forces on the same solidarity platform.  The VGC, Muntpunt, BRUZZ, together with the Brussels Region, the COCOF, (...)

Our public services at your home! ​

Belgium will be locked down from Wednesday 16 March until 5 April in order to fight against COVID-19. All Belgians are asked to stay at home and have to limit their (...)

BeGeo 2020 - the event is postponed in October 2020

One of our partners, the BRIC, will attend the BeGeo 2020 event, organised by the NGI in collaboration with Agoria, which will take place from 9am to 6pm (...)

Smart City Challenge: discover the winners in Smart Economy!

On 1 October 2019, a competition was launched on this website:

Anysurfer label renewed for smartcity.brussels

A smart city can only really be one if it includes everyone in the positive contributions it makes to our daily lives. This is no different online, including on (...)

The STIB launches its MaaS pilot app, an all-in-one service

For the first time, all means of transport (public transportation, shared cars, scooters and bikes...) are gathered in a single mobility service, so you (...)

Call for projects - Digital spring

The second Digital Spring event will take place on 24, 25 and 26 April (postponed to a later date). This event, which will be completely free of charge and open (...)

Project ‘maman des quartiers’

In order to help women achieve financial autonomy and independence, Girleek has planned a series of trainings for women who wish to set up their own company. This (...)

​The CyberHelp app combats cyberbullying

On Friday 31 January, CyberHelp, an app against cyberbullying, was launched. This is a joint initiative by the Belgian Federal Police, Mons University, the Wallonia (...)

Bernard Clerfayt: “I want to make Brussels the first city to test 5G.”

On 23 January, Brussels Minister for Digitisation, Bernard Clerfayt (DéFI), attended an event organized by the Belgian sectoral employers’ organisation (...)

Foundation Bikes in Brussels - Call for projects

What is its purpose?  As the figures of the Bike Observatory show, the number of cyclists in Brussels has increased since 2010. The Bikes (...)

The Brussels region contributes to book about the future of smart cities

In the fall of 2019, our Smart City Manager Céline Vanderborght was invited to contribute (...)

Have you heard of ViewStat by Actiris?

With ViewStat, Actiris provides you with a quick and easy overview of some of Brussels core employment stats as (...)

2019 : A record year for IRISbox

The amount of users and functions of IRISbox, the online municipal counter of the Brussels-Capital Region developed and managed by the BRIC, has been expanding (...)

Digital inclusion - a busy year

2019 was a busy year, also for our Digital Inclusion Coordinator; this position was created in February and given to

Change at STIB: contactless payment arrives

The Brussels Public Transport Company (STIB) will introduce contactless payment in April or May and at the same time increase the price of the paper ticket. The (...)

Brussels Smart City event – Fiber to the School: report & video

On Wednesday 27 November the most recent Brussels Smart City event of the cycle took place, organised specifically to accommodate societal stakeholders. While previous (...)

Datastore.brussels 0.3 now available!

Datastore.brussels has been revamped! This data platform is a unique access point for consulting, viewing and downloading datasets as well as using services (web (...)

What is Smart City doing for the climate?

Written by Céline Vanderborght, Smart City Manager of the Brussels-Capital Region In its 

Join the EC's Digital Innovation Challenge for SMEs and startups

The European Commission is happy to inform you of the Digital Innovation Challenge for Europe’s startups and SMEs launched recently at the

Our partner Women in Tech.Brussels launches two brand new seminars by Google Digital Atelier!

Google Digital Atelier is thrilled to introduce you to two brand new seminars about female leadership and entrepreneurship that will be taking (...)

Brussels Region Festival: call for associative and cultural projects

In 2020 the Brussels Region Festival will take place in the weekend of 9 and 10 May 2020. On Sunday 10 May the park festival will take place in Parc de Bruxelles (...)

UrbIS, Smart City and survivinginbrussels.be

Even in this day and age, many people live in poverty or on the street. That is why about a hundred Brussels organisations have joined forces to create survivinginbrussels (...)

Migration of the platform wifi.brussels

However, this success has a downside. The platform that hosts the user accounts was not designed for such a large number of users  and needs to be upgraded. (...)

Our next event Brussels Smart City

We did it: at the end of this year, all secondary schools in the Brussels-Capital Region will be equipped with broadband internet. This opens many doors for the (...)

Speed-pedelec, an additional way to relieve congestion?

A real modal shift Speed-pedelec is an emerging mode of transport, which is developing quickly in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders (...)

Annual review of drone flights in the Brussels Region

After using the drones purchased by the Region for the benefit of the police authorities for one year, Brussels Prevention and Security has produced an initial (...)

Smart City Challenge – Take part and win!

On 1 October 2019, we launched the Smart City Challenge, a competition during which we (...)

What does the new Brussels government's Smart City aim to achieve?

The Policy Statement text for the 2019-2024 legislative term was presented on 18 July 2019 by Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels (...)

Manage your property tax @ MyTax.brussels!

MyTax currently supports the property tax. Other functionalities will soon be added to the platform. On this platform you can also find all your (...)

INTERVIEW with ... Tania Maamary, Brussels' digital inclusion coordinator

You are the first digital inclusion coordinator in the Brussels-Capital Region. What is your role?  In December 2018, the Brussels (...)

New features on datastore.brussels beta 0.2!

New features on 

Two Brussels digital inclusion projects receive the support of the ING Fund

In order to fully participate in today’s society, one must be able to use digital applications. The ING Fund for a More Digital Society is lending its support to (...)

Attend the Smart Buildings for Smart Cities Summer Universities (UESB4SC)!

This year, the Smart Buildings for Smart Cities Summer Universities (UESB4SC) – Europe's pre-eminent event for smart building stakeholders – will be held (...)

IRISbox achieves steady growth in 1st semester of 2019

IRISbox, developed and managed by the BRIC, has been steadily growing for years and 2019 is promising to be a very strong year, too!   The proof is (...)

​Medical technology: a spearhead sector in Brussels

In the space of four years, MedTech Accelerator®’s acceleration programme for medical equipment has established itself in the Brussels medical sector, participating (...)

Brussels crosses solar energy threshold of 100 MWp

In July, the Brussels-Capital Region crossed the solar energy threshold of 100 MWp, which means that 2019 has been able to sustain 2018's momentum. Furthermore (...)

Ahmedabad, a ​smart city

Did you think that only Western cities were getting smart? Wrong! This article presents a number of smart and sustainable initiatives from Ahmedabad, the (...)

Do your mobility habits affect Brussels' air pollution? Let's calculate it!

In preparation for the Mobility Week in September, Brussels Mobility invites all Brussels residents to reflect on their travel habits and to test (...)

DataStore.brussels: unique point of entry for data and services in the Brussels-Capital Region

The BRIC has launched the first development phase of DataStore.brussels: this regional platform aims to centralise information about data and services in (...)

Now.brussels, a new real-time tool to discover Brussels

From this summer onwards, people who visit the European capital will be able to explore the “real” Brussels. This is because visit.brussels has developed an online (...)

Brussels by us - Free tours in Brussels' Northern Quarter

Brussels by us is a citizen participation platform where you can leave feedback and ideas regarding current and future projects in the Brussels-Capital Region (...)

Discover a wondrous (virtual) tree world!

Going for a walk in a real-life or virtual city forrest for some fresh air, me-time, relaxation or a close bond with nature? That is the dream of (...)

​STIB tests autonomous vehicles from 28/6 until 22/9 in Parc de Woluwe

Busses, trams, a metro system and, very soon, autonomous vehicles, too! The STIB has its eyes firmly set on the future, offering tests with self-driving shuttle (...)

All Belgium’s public transport in a single app: try it now!

Have you heard of the Smart Mobility Planner? It’s a new, real-time route planner that combines information from various transport companies: De Lijn in Flanders (...)

Citizen participation & Brussels

Participation is a very broad topic. Participation occurs for example in the framework of an exchange of information, on the local level, between (...)

Smartcity.brussels launches citizen participation campaign

This week the Brussels Smart City team launched a campaign focused on citizen participation which will take place mostly on social media platforms.

Smart City memorandum of objectives validated by the Government

This spring, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region validated its Smart City memorandum of objectives for Brussels. This (...)

​Stop bike theft with this sticker!

The Brussels Region recently launched mybike.brussels, which makes it possible to register your bike online and identify it (...)

​bIoTope: Brussels introduces smart parking for persons with reduced mobility

“Building an Internet of Things Open Innovation System for Connected Smart Objects”, a.k.a. bIoTope, is a European Union project under which the IoT is used (...)

Smart Cities Chair #11: a thought-provoking seminar

The eleventh edition of Smart Cities Chair took place last Thursday on the subject of “living in a smart city”. Host Peter Ballon had invited four exciting (...)

The Brussels-Capital Region in the final of the Smart Belgium Awards 2019

The awards The Belfius Smart Belgium Awards were created to give the public a better idea of all the ‘smart’ projects that are developed (...)

Smart Melbourne

The city is still a major economic and financial centre, and is now home to a population of approximately 5 million (19% of the population of Australia), one third (...)

​Continuing training in “Smart City Management”

This course on Smart City Management is intended for urban players from the public and private sectors, and was first given in March 2017. Following the success (...)

Smart cities chair #10 - Work and life in the smart city

On 7 March 2019, a new series of Smart Cities Chair master classes will take off! During this first master class, Befimmo will take (...)

Brussels by us - Press release

The Brussels-Capital Region, the BRIC (the Brussels Regional Informatics Centre) and SMIT (an imec research lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussel) are establishing (...)

A new interactive platform for parking data in the Brussels region

As part of its missions, the Brussels-Capital Region’s Parking Agency, parking.brussels, has recently opened a map-viewing website dedicated to parking data:

Smart New York City

For many people, the bustling, lively city of New York is a land of milk and honey. A place where dreams come true if you work hard enough. No wonder (...)

Call for projects boosting students' digital skills and knowledge - Deadline 31/01/2019

Why teach coding? To freely move and develop in our digital societies and understand the world around them, people now need tools (...)

​Brussels sun mapped

According to the creators of the European equivalent - SolarPower Europe and 3E - this tool is a milestone in the renewable energy sector that should help the public (...)

MIC Brussels: Power BI and Digital Transformation workshops

In February, the Microsoft Innovation Center Brussels is organising two interesting workshops on digitisation for entrepreneurs!  

BRIC white paper about public service digitisation published!

“How can we place our citizens at the heart of the local government’s activities?” This question is extensively dealt with in the 38th paper (

Smart City and road safety: call for projects

Are you leading a project that aims to improve road safety through digital technology? Check here if you qualify for a subsidy. You represent (...)

Digital gap uncovered

In 2017, the cabinet of state secretary of State Bianca Debaets, who is in charge of informatics, digital transition and equal opportunities, asked the BRIC to (...)

CALICO

Brussels Housing (Bruxelles Logement/Brussel Huisvesting)’s CALICO project is among the 22 award-winners selected on 10 October 2018 from 200 projects submitted (...)

Uccle officially opens its public digital space!

The new public digital space (PDS) in Uccle will be inaugurated on 13 December 2018 by Secretary of State Bianca Debaets, Valentine Delwart (...)

Another successful Smart City event!

Many associations and start-ups strive daily to bring the Internet and digital technologies within reach of all, thereby closing the digital gap.   Last (...)

citydev.brussels opens a second FabLab: cityfab2

Last week, the Brussels-Capital Region officially opened a second regional FabLab in Evere: cityfab2. This lab, where it is possible to make an infinite number (...)

Did you know about the Brussels Parking Observatory?

The Brussel-Capital Region is home to many, many people. It is also an employment hub and a tourist attraction. And however much we may love our busy, sparkling (...)

CABAN, the Brussels digital-literacy network, launches useful search function

CABAN, the network of Brussels’ digital-literacy stakeholders (French: Collectif des Acteurs Bruxellois de l’A

The Brussels-Capital Region represented at the Smart City Expo World Congress

The Smart City Expo World Congress is the largest world congress in the smart city field. Its 2018 edition, which was held from 13 to 15 November, brought together (...)

IRISbox’s user-friendly makeover

The electronic desk is constantly developed to make it even more user-friendly. The newest version of IRISbox, which was launched on 21 November 2018, responds (...)

New financing tools for start-ups: Bruseed and Brucircle

Bruseed Thanks to the support of the ERDF 2014-2020 operational programme and the Brussels-Capital Region, Brustart, a subsidiary of finance.brussels/ (...)

Smart Tallinn

Tallinn: small but smart! If “Tallinn” doesn’t immediately ring a bell, then keep on reading, because we’ve been educating ourselves (...)

Reacting to an emergency

Participation by citizens, rescue in the event of a disaster and emergency medical aid A smart city starts with “smart citizens”, particularly in an emergency (...)

Is your municipality smart?

In May 2018, Brussels Smart City organised an event dedicated to Brussels’ local authorities, under the theme “Municipalities and citizens in the digital era”. (...)

Identifying and certifying job seekers’ skills

As part the missions assigned to it by decree, Bruxelles Formation puts particular emphasis on identifying and certifying job seekers’ skills. Among the various (...)

Women and programming: a match made in heaven!

Although ICT is an essential part of our lives - whether we are men, women, teenagers, adults or older - women represent only 7% of all ICT professionals (...)

The new STIB/MIVB app has arrived!

The new app provides an itinerary search. Thanks to the location functionality, you can plan your journey and be guided step by step from your departure point to (...)

Entreprendre/Ondernemen business fair

The Entreprendre/Ondernemen business fair is an annual event for entrepreneurs which gathers thousands of professionals in search of tools and partners to support (...)

Cameras for air quality

A new step has been taken in the implementation of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in the Brussels-Capital Region. Since 1 (...)

The 2025 Strategy launches the “Go4Brussels” message

The 2025 Strategy comprises no less than 160 areas of activity and 19 targets for economic and employment development in the Brussels Region. Henceforth, these (...)

The Belgians, cyber security low achievers

In the cyber security area, much remains to be done to ensure that everyone protects themselves and… other people. Because in our connected world, just one weak (...)

Smart City IoT Hackathon Vol. II: hacking for a smart Region!

The second Smart City IoT Hackathon took place on 24-26 September and was jointly organised by the Brussels Regional Informatics Centre and Bruxelles Formation. (...)

CycloParking

Bike garages in the municipalities 7 Park & Ride bike parks 1 on-line bike platform Increasing numbers of Brussels (...)

Smart City Seoul

Indeed, the Asian metropolis is currently setting up a sustainable social, financial and environmental system. And doing it very, very successfully. In 2017, the (...)

The BRIC organises five free coding training sessions for women

As part of the Women Code Festival on 9-15 October, the Brussels Regional Informatics Centre (BRIC), together with

Compost Day

Discover composts near you this Sunday 30 September, on the occasion of the Brussels composts open day! Do you want to reduce the amount of waste (...)

A smart-city tour in Brussels

What does a smart city actually contribute to the lives of its population, enterprises and visitors? Non-profit organisation Korei answers that question with its (...)

STIB tests autonomous vehicles

With the help of the RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens), step-by-step, STIB is moving towards road testing a shared autonomous shuttle in Brussels. (...)

Smart City Brussels prepares its cyberdefence

Smart cities are facing increasing cybersecurity risks. They make full use of the innovative potential of digital technologies to supply better services to (...)

Brussels shortlisted as European Smart Tourism Capital

Brussels features among the ten finalists of the European Smart Tourism Capital contest. The Brussels Capital Region smart approach in combining tourism with a (...)

Become outrageously BruGIS!

Intended for everyone, the general public, professionals (urban planners, architects, notaries, etc.) and municipal administrative offices, BruGIS© is a valuable (...)

Smart City Lisbon

Which city can boast of having cut its CO2 emissions by 50% (2002-2014) and, between 2007 and 2013, reduced its energy and water consumption by 23% and 17% respectively (...)

Modular accommodation for homeless people on BridgeCity

The 400Roofs Campaign is launching a pilot project with the help of citydev.brussels. The project is intended to quickly create housing solutions for homeless people (...)

Master Class: Smart City Data & Privacy

Thursday 6th of September (2 - 5pm, Pleinlaan 9), we will be holding a new master class as part of the VUB Chair on Smart (...)

Open Data and Big Data: 14 recommendations for smart cities

Over two days, participants at the Brussels Uraia workshop exchanged their thoughts and experiences regarding data’s contribution to managing smart cities, especially (...)

Access to the municipal elections in Brussels

Are you disabled and looking for information about the 2018 elections? The Brussels-Capital Region is taking special measures to ensure that the (...)

The Regional Sustainable Development Plan has been approved

The Regional Sustainable Development Plan (PRDD) is a strategic document which sets out the development objectives and priorities of the Region based on its (...)

Do you share a neighbourhood? Then share a project!

In 2016, Bruxelles Environnement decided to create an umbrella for their calls for citizen projects: 'Inspirons Le Quartier'. Each year (...)

Your zero waste projects in the spotlight

This autumn, the Brussels region will launch a large zero waste awareness campaign. From your zero waste activities and open house days at your zero waste business (...)

Smart City Moscow

Since Sergei Sobyanin put on his mayor’s sash in 2010, Moscow has become a true Smart City. Each year, 150 so-called “Smart City” projects are run in order (...)

Smart City Stockholm

The Swedish capital was declared the Intelligent Community of the Year in 2009 and received the prestigious title of European Green Capital in 2010. < (...)

Brussels Capital Region showcases urban agriculture

The Agriculture Team of Brussels Economy and Employment will be present with its own stand at the Libramont Fair on Saturday July 28 and thus ensures the very first (...)

Your business "Open Soon"?

The 2018 edition of the project call "Opensoon" aims to increase the number of new, original, high-quality shops in the Brussels-Capital Region in order to ensure (...)

A happy combination of retail, design and environmental friendliness

You’re an entrepreneur, an architect, a designer or otherwise involved in retail eco-design? The Retail Eco-Design Trade Fair was made for you! Created (...)

Itsme, the new smart open sesame for IRISbox

The Itsme application is the new extra way added to IRISbox to log in. This alternative to logging in using the electronic identity card (or eID) is very easy to (...)

Pressed for time? Live in a smart city!

For its “Smart Cities – What's in it for citizens” study, the Juniper institute’s definition of a smart city focuses on the contribution of technologies to (...)

“The word is with the mayors” - part I

Citizen participation was at the heart of the discussions during the event “Brussels Smart City, municipalities and citizens in the digital age” on 17 May, organised (...)

“The word is with the mayors” - part II

The Smart City concept is not exclusive to major world cities. Things are also moving in the Brussels Region. Hervé Feuillien, Director General (...)

Team up call 2018

The Team Up programme The objective of Team Up is to foster collaboration between academia and industry in the Brussels-Capital Region. The program involves (...)

Call for projects: Social Economy

The 2018 social economy project call  is intended for all enterprises, self-employed and non-profit organisations developing social economy activities in the Brussels (...)

Bike for Brussels

We all dream of a better Brussels. A city that’s less smoggy and less stressful. Should we leave it at that? Certainly not! The solution is just right in front (...)

4th Data Innovation Summit in Brussels

The Data Innovation Summit is an annual business event in Brussels that brings together all Data Science experts This year’s theme is Artificial (...)

bedigital.brussels call for projects

As announced in a previous news article, we have set up a new regional portal: www.bedigital.brussels. (...)

bedigital.brussels: Brussels' new 'digital' brand

The Brussels-Capital Region wants to turn Brussels into a digital capital by tackling the challenges of urban development through technologies, supporting (...)

4th Smart City event a big hit

On Thursday, 19 May, employees of the Brussels municipalities and police zones as well as experts on the subject matter and other digital and governmental professionals (...)

Next Tech 2018: launch of call for projects

The official start of the call for projects has been given. You can send in your application until May 30, 2018 at 10pm. < (...)

Our next event Brussels Smart City - "municipalities and citizens in the digital age" - 17.05.2018

The digital revolution has not only changed our way of life, but has also forced local authorities to change. Digital solutions have become an incredible opportunity (...)

Brussels hackathons for a ‘smart’ and sustainable region

Hackoustic 29 and 30 March were marked by Hackoustic, a collaboration between the BRIC and BeCode. During this 12-hour hackathon, 25 students (...)

Fix My Street now available as open data

Since 2016, the public authorities in Brussels have made as many data as possible freely accessible on opendatastore.brussels. The aim is to allow the general public (...)

Joint URAIA and BRIC webinar

It will be moderated by our colleague François Du Mortier. He will present some of the services set up by the BRIC and which are part of the smart city strategy (...)

Hackoustic - 29 & 30 March 2018

This hackathon is a perfect fit with the Brussels Smart City strategy as developed by the CIRB, and with the BeCode training sessions needs. The aim (...)

Last week to register! URAIA Annual meeting in Brussels in May 2018

A hundred international participants are expected to attend. They will discuss, debate and promote their experience on using big data and open data for urban management (...)

New: the ‘Brussels Air’ application to follow air quality on your smartphone

To follow the progress of air quality permanently, the people of Brussels are offered the opportunity to download the ‘Brussels Air’ application. A few months after (...)

1810 : the telephone number on housing for all Brussels inhabitants

Examples of questions that can be addressed to Homegrade : How to reduce energy bills in daily life ? Where to start when embarking on renovation (...)

Bruxelles Formation provides free and unrestricted access to OpenClassrooms online courses

Bruxelles Formation wishes to assist as many Brussels citizens as possible to become tomorrow’s digital talents! To achieve this, the public training service (...)

2 new calls for projects

Urban agriculture - GoodFood Would you like to set up a project in professional urban agriculture and are you still looking for financial support? Submit (...)

Enrol your child at school via IRISbox

The smart city is a city just like any other. With schools too. And schools necessarily need enrolling at. The difference is that, in the smart city, solutions (...)

A look back in pictures at the Cyclehack 2017

In 2017, Brussels was the only Belgian city to participate in the Cyclehack, an event organised in 30 cities around the world. The Brussels Regional Informatics (...)

Develop your activities abroad!

In order to meet the expectations of SMEs in the Brussels-Capital Region, the support measures for foreign trade have been altered. Discover the 8 new support (...)

Call for projects with regard to digital inclusion

Will you be organising an event/project in 2018 that offers a solution for the challenge of digital inclusion? Maybe you can get a subsidy for it! You (...)

DPS – renewing equipment

To date, 17 DPS have been equipped by the BRIC: DPS Anderlecht – DPS Auderghem – DPS Berchem Saint-Agathe – DPS Etterbeek – DPS Evere – DPS Forest – DPS Ganshoren (...)

Objectives within sight for the Smart City’s IT Projects

In 2017, coverage of the wifi.brussels network was greatly extended in the Brussels region. The consequence: the key performance indicators or KPIs measuring the (...)

Accessibility accreditation label renewed for smartcity.brussels

The priority given to equal opportunities is a constant in the policies implemented in the Brussels-Capital Region. It is also the case with respect to digital (...)

LEZ in force since 1 January 2018

    Bruxelles Environnement, the BRIC, Brussels Regional Public Service Taxation, Bruxelles Mobilité and Brussels Prevention and Security have been coordinating (...)

Street lighting faults: tell Sibelga in a few clicks!

VoHave you noticed a defective street light? Tell Sibelga, which manages the street lighting network on public roads, to help it react quickly (...)

Brussels wins Eurocities Award 2017

Brussels Economy and Employment launched eight calls for projects this year, including "Be Circular", which aimed at the development of innovative projects in the (...)

Find a private employment agency

Go to the new search engine of Brussels Economy and Employment which allows you to find a private employment agency in just a few clicks. (Tool in French (...)

A hackathon focusses on family life

Whether large, single parent or blended … families have to juggle with a multitude of constraints every day. Mobility, education, leisure time, housing, finances (...)

Already over 100,000 requests on IRISbox in 2017

13 November 2017 is a historic date in the career of the IRISbox web counter: on this day, the milestone of 100,000 requests registered within a year was reached (...)

The Brussels economy forms part of the smart city

Businesses, small, medium and large, must navigate the digital transition without delay alongside artisans and those in the liberal professions. But what are the (...)

Brussels goes Smart in Barcelona

During the seventh edition of the very renowned Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona will once more serve as a hub for knowledge, projects and initiatives (...)

The be.taxlinked19 project

be.taxlinked19 is an ambitious project which was created in February 2016. Given the many interactions between our tax authority and the 19 municipalities of Brussels (...)

Brussels Smart City for Economy

As a source of both opportunities and competitive advantages, the digital revolution is now a critical aspect of business. Whether small or medium, companies need (...)

Brussels is taking part in the Climathon 2017

For its first participation in the Climathon, Brussels will attempt to meet the challenge of improving the energy performance of buildings in the region. The Climathon (...)

Mobility : Brussels soon « Low Emission Zone »

Why a low emission zone (LEZ) Some pollutants from car traffic have a negative impact on our health: increased respiratory disorders and conditions, decreased (...)

wifi.brussels covers all 70 (pre)metro stations in Brussels

As announced early on in the year, the STIB-MIVB (The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company) has made the commitment to fit every metro station in the Brussels (...)

The low emission zone at the heart of the smart city

A boost to the smart and sustainable city 1 January 2018: the most polluting vehicles will be banned from driving in the Brussels-Capital Region, starting (...)

Brussels, ranked 2nd for shared mobility

Self-service: 42 bikes, 8 cars and 0.6 scooters for every 10,000 Brussels citizens People associate traffic congestion with cities since in the past so (...)

European mobility week

Become Mobilmix and play the leading part in your own mobility! Every year, the Mobility Week is the perfect opportunity to test our sustainable (...)

wifi.brussels is now available in the Grand-Place

All 29 hotspots in the city of Brussels Wi-Fi network have been linked up with the regional network, wifi.brussels. From now on, the Brussels Region has (...)

On your saddles for the 3rd Brussels Cyclehack!

Ideas to make the city more cycling-friendly Making cycling more accessible, safer and more enjoyable for everyone does not necessarily require large (...)

Got your bag? Reusable bags: do the right thing

Which bags and shops are concerned? All disposable plastic bags less than 50 microns thick, intended to carry shop-bought goods*. The (...)

Submit your projects for the Smart Mobility Challenge

19 Providing solutions for the mobility challenge The Smart Mobility Challenge is a call for projects involving funding living labs in the mobility field (...)

STIB presents its first chatbot

Brussels is packed with all types of activities and places to go, whether you love music, you enjoy good food, you like to savour a drink on a terrace, or you want (...)

Brussels cultural agenda now available as Open Data

The Brussels cultural agenda is now available for free as Open Data on the Brussels regional portal

The right real estate solution for your company in Brussels? That’s our mission!

Our property portfolio boasts a range of infrastructure geared to companies’ different stages of development. We offer bespoke real estate solutions for (...)

Call for projects «Next Tech»

The "Next Tech" project call runs from 28 June 2017 until 1 September 2017. It is intended to promote the creation and growth of companies involved in information (...)

#HacKin 2017

The Hackathon of Kinshasa: digital solutions for the city of Kinshasa This hackathon, called #HacKin, was held on 30 June 2017 with over 50 participants (...)

Regional Programme for the Circular Economy

Regional strategy In its 2025 strategy adopted on 16 June 2015, the Brussels Government set out the goal of revitalising the Brussels economy with a 10 (...)

Fix My Street at the service of public cleanliness

Developed by the BRIC in 2013, the app is another tool, along with toll-free number 0800/981 81 of the Bruxelles-Propreté/Net Brussel agency, the city’s waste management (...)

A game to discover the ICT sector and occupations

The serious game Infinity was invented in July 2012. The objective is to provide, in a fun way, clear and reliable information about the ICT sector (...)

SAP regional platform: four more agencies in operation

The ambition of a pooled platform SAP was implemented in the early 2000s at the SPRB. This platform integrates, among other things, general and budgetary (...)

Men-Women: a regional budget which takes account of our differences

Gender budgeting, a priority Gender budgeting (FR/ (...)

The Evoliris Reference Centre and the importance of e-learning

E-learning is currently a fashionable learning method and the computer sector is quite well suited to learning methods where students work alone. Indeed, many trainees (...)

Survey: the priorities of the digital school

Schools of course have their place in the smart city and, more concretely, must evolve in harmony with the digital transition. On 8 March 2017, the event

Women and ICTs brought together by Women in TECH

The Brussels platform, Women in TECH, has been created within the context of the Next Tech regional plan, launched in January 2017. The aim of one of the measures (...)

STIB: your ticket soon to be on your bank card

Today, the MOBIB card is compulsory for those wanting to use the STIB network. It can be bought at BOOTIKs, KIOSKs, Go terminals and even online. In the future, (...)

Brussels Smart City for Culture Programme

On 13 June 2017, from 15.30 to 20.30, the new Brussels Smart City event will explore the place of art and culture in the digital age. The programme promises to (...)

Call for digital projects for young people

Many children and young people are passionate about everything connected to IT and new technologies. Unfortunately, they do not always have the opportunity to develop (...)

Brussels Celebrates the Environment

BEL Movie Day: take two The second annual BEL Movie Day is just around the corner! In addition to screenings, you will be given the chance (...)

52 new projects kicked off at the Hackbelgium event

Participants alongside experts worked for three days on understanding societal challenges, coming up with ideas to solve them, forming teams, understanding (...)

17 Smart City Connected Devices

What do a CCTV camera and a solar panel have in common? A dustbin equipped with a filling sensor or a self-driving car? All these objects belong to the catalogue (...)

A regional portal to facilitate administrative procedures

Since its creation in 2015, Easybrussels has established an administrative simplification plan 2015-2020 validated by the Brussels Government. (...)

Be smart with the parking.brussels app

How many car owners in Brussels spend time going round and round the block looking for a parking space? According to some estimates, about a third of them do this (...)

The Smart City promotes public finances

Uraia, the exchange portal between smart cities, launched by (...)

Smart cities and public space

Developers, planners and policy makers, more and more frequently, use the Smart City concept to characterise urban spaces that are on the move. To better understand (...)

Bruxelles Formation facilitates digital access for job seekers!

Bruxelles Formation has opened a EPN Formation - Public Online Training Centre a stone's throw from Place Rogier. This service aims to promote and develop (...)

The IRISbox competition at the Iris Festival was a success!

The priority of the IRISbox activities which the CIRB organised for the Iris Festival was to invite the public to discover IRISbox in a fun way. Visitors at the (...)

CitizenMap helps the emergency services

Just a year ago, the developers of MolenGeek met during a weekend in order to design different applications to help the emergency services. The quality of the prototypes (...)

IRISbox competition for the Iris Festival

This Sunday, 7 May 2017, from midday to 6pm, the public attending the Iris Festival in the Brussels Park will be able to try to win great prizes, including 5 invitations (...)

Save the date : Brussels Smart City for Culture

Digitization is causing a tsunami of artistic and cultural innovations. The Brussels Smart City for Culture event presents an overview of the digital [r]evolution (...)

Hack Belgium

The BRIC supports Hack Belgium:a laboratory for the future. 4-5-6 May 2017 in  Tour & Taxi (Brussels).? 14 societal (...)

STIB-MIVB Hackathon 'Hack my ride' (28-30 april)

Possible challenges How will you enrich the transportation experience of the traveler? Is there a way to link public transport (...)

Simplification of registration for social housing: Fidus

Fidus services integrator Brussels (...)

Road safety: cyclists, active players of the smart city

The Flemish specialist mobility association Mobiel21 (...)

LEZ: take part in the survey

As of 1 January 2018, certain (old) vehicles will no longer be authorised on the roads of the Brussels-Capital Region (not including the ring road). This is a gradual (...)

Brussels Smart City for Education: a success!

Nearly 300 people gathered at the invitation of Brussels Smart City for the event dedicated to the place of education in developing the smart city. Citizens are (...)

Call for cultural projects

Are you the initiator of a (socio)cultural project or event to promote digital inclusion? Check if you're entitled to a subsidy. You (...)

What are the priorities for Brussels Smart City in 2017?

Brussels Smart City’s projects in 2017 The smart city projects in the Brussels Region cover nine main themes: connectivity (...)

Smart City Breakfast

The first Smart City Breakfast of 2017 organised by the BRIC and Agoria was held on Wednesday, 22 February. Key players in the field discussed the topic of ‘Urban (...)

Green facades

Nature on the balcony Window sills, terraces and balconies can easily accommodate pots or window boxes in order to bring colourful (...)

Open Belgium 2017

Open Belgium is the annual community-driven event on open knowledge and open data in Belgium. In just one day 300 industry, research, government and citizen stakeholders (...)

Open Data helping citizens’ desire for easier mobility

The 2016 review of suggestions sent by users of the www.smartcity.brussels portal laid an emphasis on the problems of mobility and parking. One idea sums up the (...)

The regional wifi at the centre of Brussels citizens’ suggestions

The Smartcity.brussels suggestions box wants to make Brussels and its region even “smarter” for citizens. In 2016, many suggestions focused on the wifi.brussels (...)

Citizens want the smart city to mean smart administration

How to make administrative services closer to citizens and, in particular, more in tune with new lifestyles? This is one of the issues of the smart city and of (...)

Citizen sustainable neighbourhoods

What is a citizen sustainable neighbourhood? In a "Citizen Sustainable Neighbourhood", the inhabitants work in their neighbourhood to make it more pleasant (...)

Digital.Brussels, a new unified digital strategy for the Brussels Region

Such is the end to which the competent members of the government, Bianca Debaets (Digitization), Didier Gosuin (Employment and the Economy) and Fadila Laanan (Scientific (...)

21st Conference of the Environmental & Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN)

The Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) in association with the Smart City Institute at HEC Management school of  University of (...)

The website Wifi.brussels is online

Along with the name change, the network is undergoing a complete overhaul both technically and as regards its extent. From a technical point of view (...)

Event : Brussels, smart city: what support is needed to make proper use of new technologies?

The Economic and Social Council of the Brussels-Capital Region invites you to its forthcoming debate, to be held on Wednesday, 25 January 2017, from 12 noon to (...)

IRISbox - Commune of Koekelberg

Following on from the first wave of demonstrations in November 2016, during the week beginning 16 January the BRIC is organising a demonstration of the IRISbox (...)

Smart meters, already a reality for some consumers !

Until recently, large retailers, museums, schools, medium-sized companies, etc. had to open their doors every month to a Sibelga meter reader. Today, these major (...)

The Port of Brussels develops smart urban distribution

That will make it possible to ensure the delivery of palletized goods closer to the end-user and thus to reduce the “last mile” costs (post-routing, transport between (...)

A major power failure? We'll tell you straight away!

The website www.sibelga (...)

The Bubble network

Bubble: it's more motivating in numbers! Does environmental education interest you? You are a teacher, a special needs teacher (...)

Energy: find your EAN code online

The EAN (European Article Number) is a unique code that is associated with a gas or electricity supply point. You will need this code when if you move house, (...)

Hackathon@Interface3 : Brussels, a Smartcity women friendly

A call for projects for the organisation of hackathons in the Brussels Region was launched by the Secretary of State responsible for Informatics and Digitalisation (...)

Smart City Scholarship: how are our five young Brussels residents making out at the Wagon Bootcamp?

Luay, Alissa, Behnam, Dugagjin and David answer our questions. Smart City: So, how do you feel after five weeks of Bootcamp? The Bootcamp runs every (...)

The results are in of the Open Data Brussels goes gender-smart hackathon.

Smart city and gender equality How can gender equality in the Brussels region be promoted through the development of gender-smart applications based on (...)

“The Brussels Digital Citizen” symposium

The development and use of applications, smartphones, tablets, and social networks has gradually changed the city into a smart and hyper-connected place: the birth (...)

Download the Recycle! app

All waste collection dates on your smartphone or tablet. This handy calendar provides a weekly or monthly overview of all the waste (...)

Facilitators and helpdesk

You are a professional contractor, architect, engineer, developer or other: You want to reduce your energy bill? You want to progress (...)

The online My Actiris platform is celebrating its 10-year anniversary

What are the advantages? You can register or re-register  Change the information in your file  Inform (...)

Hackathon “One weekend to create your startup”

Supporting the sharing and circular economy in the Brussels Region With its

Brussels City Marketing & Open Data Challenge

Create digital tools to boost Brussels’ attractiveness The Brussels City Marketing & Open Data Challenge hackathon is focused on the development of these (...)

What's the air like today?

An overall air quality index Using its 10-colour scale ranging from red (dreadful) to blue (excellent), the global air quality index can be used to make (...)

Smart City Scholarship : six weeks left before Demo Day

These five youngsters with limited financial resources were able to take part in this training course under the 

Gender equality on the menu of “Brussels Goes Gender-Smart” open-data hackathon

A first in Belgium For the first time in Belgium, open data and gender equality will be brought together in a hackathon. This new event organised by Brussels (...)

Colloquium "The Brussels Digital Citizen"

On November 30, the administrative simplification agency Easybrussels will organise conferences and workshops on digital inclusion. The development (...)

The new IRISbox: simpler, smarter

IRISbox is your passport for access to over 350 different forms, 24/7, including some for use by companies! The online one-stop shop now offers the 4 same identification (...)

You can now use the WebNoise application for measuring ambient noise!

The results can be calculated for different periods (daily, weekly, monthly or annually) and different time brackets. They can be viewed on a map (for the entire (...)

wifi.brussels: new hotspot in Place Saint-Josse

The Secretary of State in charge of the Digital Transition, Bianca Debaets, and the mayor of Saint-Josse Emir Kir have just inaugurated a wifi.brussels hotspot (...)

"The Bike Project": an action in motion in Brussels' companies!

In 2015, nine organisations were chosen to benefit from free and tailor-made support: Hotel Le Plaza, Hotel Amigo, the Senate, The Bank of New York Mellon, AFSCA (...)

Smart City Scholarship: 9 weeks to become a web coder!

In terms of population, the Brussels-Capital Region is atypical compared to the country as a whole. It has many highly qualified jobs while a not insignificant (...)

The geoportal of the Brussels Region: maps for everyone

A virtual library of geographical data Its purpose is to facilitate access to baseline geographical information, i.e. information that is public, official (...)

Area Monitoring (Monitoring des quartiers/Wijkmonitoring): all statistics concerning the areas of Brussels in a few clicks

Over 250 indicators available The Area Monitoring service supplies over 250 indicators concerning territorial dynamics and disparities within the Brussels (...)

Looking for statistics and analyses concerning Brussels? Visit statistics.brussels

This is the goal pursued on a daily basis by BISA, the Brussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis. As specified by European regulations, BISA develops, produces (...)

Do you want to cut your energy bill?

The Energy House offers a free specialist service to help you reduce your consumption: Home Visit You can benefit from a free home visit of a specialist (...)

Urbizone becomes wifi.brussels

Having a free wifi connection in public spaces and buildings, spread around the Brussels-Capital Region: This is the service offered by the wifi.brussels network (...)

Traffic: “30 zones” are becoming smart

Restricting the speed of cars and other road users in town is a common-sense measure for pedestrian safety. That is the aim of the “30 zones” which reduce the permitted (...)

“Mobility for all in Brussels” Hackathon

Getting around, for a person with reduced mobility (or PRM for short), can sometimes be a real obstacle course. Each disability, moreover, has its specific issues (...)

Brussels climbs in the smart cities ranking

Ranked in 37th position for the 2015 edition of the Cities in Motion Index (CIMI), the Brussels-Capital Region has climbed some 5 places in a year reaching 32nd (...)

Greencheck

Green electricity is the electricity produced from renewable energy sources (mainly wind, hydraulic, solar and biomass). By opting for green electricity, you therefore (...)

Wanted : hackathons !

Fancy organising a hackathon and contributing towards solving problems faced by people in Brussels ? Check whether you are eligible for a grant. You (...)

Recipes for 4 Seasons

Supermarkets offer us products from all over the world all year round. We easily forget what the real season is for beans, strawberries or tomatoes! A product imported (...)

Special hunt for Pokémon, on 3/8, from 12.00 to 14.00

Get ready Pokémon hunters! This Wednesday, 3 August, the area between Royale, Rogier and Flagey squares, and the Stock Exchange and the Halle Gate, will experience (...)

Cyclehack BXL collects ideas for a cycling city

A mobile application that motivates you to ride a bike by rewarding you for your cycling journeys: this is the Cent02 project, thought up by Bram Oers and Roos (...)

Service vouchers, benefiting from the smart city

The smart city wants to provide practical solutions to its citizens, particularly through better use of computer data already in the possession of the public services (...)

Shared mobility now includes free-floating car sharing in Brussels

Smart cities need smart mobility, i.e. to offer urban dwellers new solutions that make it easier for them to travel within the city. These include car sharing, (...)

The smart city podium: wifi, open data and sustainability

To set oneself smart city goals is a good thing. To measure their progress is even better. For this reason, BRIC, the powerhouse of Brussels’ digital transition (...)

2025 Strategy

Launched on the occasion of the Social Summit of October 2014, the Brussels 2025 Strategy, in accordance with the Brussels Regional Policy Statement, has a fourfold (...)

An initial review of the suggestions on smartcity.brussels

Launched online on 3 June 2015 on the occasion of the Brussels Smart City Summit, the smartcity.brussels portal has amassed an increasing amount of information (...)

A hackathon for smart emergency assistance

The organisers of the Molengeek association chose to respond (...)

Regional smart city receives Publica Awards

On Thursday 2 June 2016, in Brussels, The Brussels-Capital Region’s smart city was distinguished during the Publica Awards ceremony. The Fix My Street app received (...)

The Resilient City, the other Aspect of the Smart City

What is a resilient city? The United Nations

The Urbizone wi-fi network helps jobseekers

These days, job searches invariably involve the Internet. To reply to advertisements, monitor their emails and be able to respond immediately at any time, job (...)

User-friendly IRISbox popular with users

80 % of the IRISbox users interviewed during an online survey made at the end of 2015 responded that the website – on which the forms of Brussels municipalities (...)

Smart cities, an exportable concept

The Brussels agency in charge of foreign trade supports the policy initiated by the Region to gradually transform Brussels into a genuinely smart city. Its area (...)

Uraia.org, an exchange portal between smart cities

The Brussels-Capital Region does not confine itself to implementing its smart-city strategy locally. Smart cities are also on the agenda of many international organisations (...)

Pieter Ballon appointed as first Brussels Smart City Ambassador

Mister Ballon is a professor at VUB university and director at smart city research (...)

Enthusiasm and inspiration at the first Brussels Smart City Event

Thirty start-ups shared their work and ideas in the Smart Street. In the main hall both Belgian and international keynote speakers gave inspiring presentations. (...)

Choosing an energy supplier with BRUSIM

You have just moved in and are looking for a new energy supplier? Or perhaps you simply want to switch energy suppliers?   The BRUSIM simulator enables (...)

Brussels’ eHealth strategy is now under way

Health and the smart city Can smart-city solutions benefit the health of its residents? Of course: by encouraging the application of information and communication (...)

The visit.brussels websites are getting a first-rate makeover

visit.brussels The site www.visit.brussels, a veritable gold mine of easily accessible information, has now become the ideal travel companion for everyone (...)

Swing in smart mode at the Brussels Jazz Marathon

More than 250 concerts over the festival’s three days and nights: once again, the citizens of Brussels are getting ready to experience a weekend with festive tones (...)

BruGIS wins GeoSpatial Award

GeoSpatial Award 2016 - Professional Award presented to the Brussels Regional Public Service on 3 March 2016 for the BruGIS Urban Analysis: urban development (...)

Survey: the public’s preferences for Urbizone

Website visitors were given the chance to choose from seven public spaces under consideration for the extension of

What is the purpose of Open Data?

Like other smart cities, the Brussels-Capital Region has implemented an Open Data policy as part of its smartcity.brussels strategy. The Brussels’ public authorities (...)

Do you want to contribute to a more efficient use of our resources?

Are you a natural or a legal entity (in a company, regardless of the size and legal form) and do you exercise an economic activity in the Brussels-Capital Region (...)

How to counter congestion in Brussels?

Parking.brussels is significantly expanding its Park & Ride offering. Seven regional car parks There are seven car parks in the Brussels-Capital (...)

Brussels in mourning

Now is a time for mourning, and our thoughts especially go out to the victims and their families. But we are also proud to see so many Brussels citizens displaying (...)

STIB simplifies its online route planner

STIB has 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines, 50 bus lines and 11 night bus lines, 69 metro and pre-metro stations and over 2,000 stops spread across the 19 municipalities (...)

New online survey: give us your opinion about Open Data applications

The Brussels-Capital Region is launching its opendatastore.brussels portal and would like to get your opinion on potential applications for the public data. 

Want to test an application?

http://m.ecim-cities.eu/ Wasting time looking for a free parking spot you can't seem to find or being (...)

Online enrolment for exams organised by the Central Examining Board

All you need to enrol for an exam organised by the Central Examining Board in order to gain access to the profession is a computer (or smartphone) and internet (...)

Opendatastore.brussels: a single access point to Brussels open data

Open Data and smart city  In the smart city, virtually every piece of information related to the city, its services, its equipment, its population, its (...)

greenlab.brussels launched

Looking to starting a new business with a passion for innovation and sustainability, but don't know where to begin? Look no further and join greenlab.brussels (...)

“By definition, sharing CCTV is a smart-city approach”

CCTV cameras now form a part of the urban landscape in their own right. Although they already meet police requirements, they have an even greater role to play in (...)

10 Predictions concerning smart cities in 2016

How will smart cities develop during the coming year? Which issues should their leaders prioritise and how should they orient their IT investments? Published in (...)

A smart-city manager for the Brussels-Capital Region

At a time when the smart-city concept was still extremely remote, the Brussels-Capital Region had already begun to lay its first foundations, for instance by creating (...)

575,000 euros of European subsidies for the smart-city project in the Brussels Region

Big data and the Internet of Things Sensors are the eyes and ears of a smart city, and much else. When installed in cities, for instance, they enable (...)

Web accessibility for all – a smart city must