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Preview: Bruxsel babel. Multilingualism in Brussels: An asset and a challenge.

Bruxsel babel. Multilingualism in Brussels: An asset and a challenge.

Created in 2020 at the initiative of the Brussels Minister for the Promotion of Multilingualism, Sven Gatz, the Brussels Council for Multilingualism has summarised what it has learned since its creation and formulated a set of recommendations in a memorandum addressed to the Brussels candidates in the elections of 9 June 2024.

Fourth Multilingualism Day On 'Culture in multilingual Brussels'

Fourth Multilingualism Day On 'Culture in multilingual Brussels'

Today, Saturday 23 September 2023, the fourth Multilingualism Day took place in the Brussels Parliament. The theme was 'Culture in multilingual Brussels'. This edition also saw the launch of 'Public Poet Brussels', the competition to designate a public poet for Brussels.

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Press invitation: 4th Multilingualism Day in theme of Culture

Press invitation: 4th Multilingualism Day in theme of Culture

On Saturday 23 September 2023, the Brussels Parliament will host the fourth Multilingualism Day. This year the theme is 'Culture in a multilingual Brussels'.

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Save the date 23/9/23: Brussels Multilingualism Day

Save the date 23/9/23: Brussels Multilingualism Day

BeTalky @bout arts & culture!

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12 cultural projects receive support through BeTalky.brussels 

12 cultural projects receive support through BeTalky.brussels 

Prompted by Minister Sven Gatz, responsible for the Promotion of Multilingualism, the Brussels government has approved 12 projects under the BeTalky.brussels 2023 CULTURE project call. The project call was a success: no fewer than 134 projects were submitted, of which 126 were declared admissible: 12 of them are eligible for a grant, the Brussels government decided.

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Minister Sven Gatz launches project call 'Betalky.brussels 2023-2024' to promote multilingualism in the Brussels cultural sector

Minister Sven Gatz launches project call 'Betalky.brussels 2023-2024' to promote multilingualism in the Brussels cultural sector

On the initiative of Minister Sven Gatz, responsible for the Promotion of Multilingualism in the Brussels Region, the Brussels government is launching the project call 'Betalky.brussels 2023-2024'. The call is aimed at the Brussels cultural sector, be it organisations or individual artists.

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Multilingualism at work takes centre stage during the third Brussels Multilingualism Day

Multilingualism at work takes centre stage during the third Brussels Multilingualism Day

On Saturday, the third Multilingualism Day took place in the Brussels parliament. Under the motto 'BeTalky@Work', the central topic of discussion was multilingualism in the business world. The winning projects of the project call on multilingualism in companies were also announced.

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Invitation for the press: Day of Multilingualism- Betalky @Work. About multilingualism in Brussels companies

Invitation for the press: Day of Multilingualism- Betalky @Work. About multilingualism in Brussels companies

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Save the date 24/9/22: Brussels Multilingualism Day

Save the date 24/9/22: Brussels Multilingualism Day

BeTalky@work !

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BECI launches project call 'Betalky.Brussels 2022-2023' to promote multilingualism in Brussels’ companies

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New book Minister Gatz: Multilingualism is crucial for our country

New book Minister Gatz: Multilingualism is crucial for our country

In "The Future is Multilingual", Sven Gatz describes how bilingual, French-dominated Brussels became the beating heart of Europe, saw the rise of the English language and grew into the metropolis it is today. In-depth interviews with multilingual Brussels residents and academics paint the picture of a unique metropolis. Like many European cities are for their country, Brussels is a reflection of the Belgium of tomorrow. And our language skills will play a major role in it. That is why Minister Gatz developed ten concrete proposals to anchor multilingualism in Brussels.

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Invitation for the press: Study day on multilingualism

Invitation for the press: Study day on multilingualism

On Saturday 12 February, Brussels Minister Sven Gatz is organising a study day on multilingualism. After the creation of a Council for Multilingualism and the Day of Multilingualism, which has already taken place for two consecutive years, this is a new initiative by Minister Gatz to promote multilingualism.

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Sven Gatz launches Slam Contest for Brussels youth

Sven Gatz launches Slam Contest for Brussels youth

Brussels Minister Sven Gatz, responsible for the promotion of multilingualism and the image of Brussels, is launching a new poetry contest for young people up to 25 years old: the BeTalky Slam Contest. The assignment is simple: describe how beautiful Brussels is in ten lines and in several languages.

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About Sven Gatz

Sven Gatz
Brussels minister voor Financiën, Begroting, Ambtenarenzaken en Meertaligheid
Vlaams minister van Brusselse Aangelegenheden
Avenue des Arts, 9
1210 Brussels