A MONTHLY INFORMAL LUNCH LECTURE ON BRUSSELS AT THE VUB.
Lecture by Bruno De Lille (Secretary of State)
Friday, the 31st of May 2013
Start: 12h15 - end: 14h00
Location: iMinds-SMIT, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel - Pleinlaan 9, 2nd floor, 1050 Brussels
Lecture and discussion will be held
in Dutch
iMinds-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel warmly invites you
to Stoemp, a monthly informal lunch lecture on Brussels serving pea soup,
'stoemp', sausage and bread.
Brussels is the capital and center of Europe. It is a
bustling city with challenges and threats.
What are the challenges for Brussels today? Does the future look bright?
Bruno De Lille, Secretary of State in charge of Mobility,
Equal Rights, Culture, Youth & Sports for the “Brussels Capital Region”-
government, will explain his vision on the city from his point of view both as
policymaker and as daily resident of the city.
Bruno De Lille
De Lille studied in Brussels and Antwerp. He obtained a
Master’s degree in Dramatic Arts from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in
1997. From 1998 onwards, he moved to Brussels and started to work for Radio 2,
initially as a member of the programme staff at Radio 2 West Flanders and
subsequently at a national level as a producer-presenter at Radio 2.
De Lille played an active role in a number of holebi
associations (Kast&Co, Basta) and gave cabaret performances which he used
to denounce social problems (One-way trip, half price… to Cuba/Allé Ali).
In August 1998, he became a member of the Groen! party
(which at the time was still known as Agalev). In the municipal council
elections of 8 October 2000, he was elected as a municipal councillor on the
Agalev list in Brussels. He immediately joined the new governing body as
alderman in charge of Flemish Affairs, Equal Opportunities and International
Solidarity of the city of Brussels. His term of office ran from January 2001
until December 2006. In October 2006, he was re-elected as a member of the
municipal council in Brussels. This time on the sp.a-Spirit-Groen! cartel list.
In early February 2009, De Lille headed the list for the
Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region. Together with Annemie Maes, he was
elected in the Groen! party as a member of parliament in the regional
elections. After the negotiations to form a government for the Brussels-Capital
Region, where Groen! and Ecolo intended to make the city greener together, he
was elected by his party as a new State Secretary in Brussels.
Groen! was part of the Brussels majority (PS-Ecolo-Cdh-Open
VLD-CD&V-Groen!) and De Lille became State Secretary for the
Brussels-Capital Region with responsibility for Mobility, Equal Opportunities,
the Civil Service and Administrative Simplification, and a member of the
Flemish Community Commission in charge of Culture, Youth, Sport and the Civil
Service. In the parliament he was succeeded by Elke Van den Brandt.
Time schedule:
12h15 - 12h45: Welcome and lunch
12h45 - 13h30: Lecture by Bruno De Lille
13h30 - 14h00: Debate