STOEMP LECTURES

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