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Agglomeration
Autonomous entity under public law responsible for certain areas of competence for the nineteen communes of Brussels between 1971 and 1989. Its areas of competence were taken over by the Brussels-Capital Region. |
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Alternative transport
Means of transport that constitutes an alternative to private travel by car.
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Ancillary authorities
In the structure of the authorities of modern-day Belgium, the subordinated or local authorities are the levels of authority below the Federal State, the Communities and the Regions. These are the Provinces and the Communes, which are subject to higher authorities, including the Region.
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ARP
The Agence régionale pour la propreté, the body responsible for keeping the region clean and tidy, better known to the general public by the name Bruxelles-Propreté, is an industrial public company reponsible for collecting and processing waste for the Region. Its is under the direct authority of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region and in particular the minister responsible for this aspect of government. Legal basis: Order of 19 July 1990 creating the Agence régionale pour la propreté (Moniteur belge - the Belgian official journal - of 25 September 1990).
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Brufonds
Acronym standing for Fonds bruxellois de garantie, a joint venture comprising the SRIB and the Participation Fund, which since 1 July 2003 has been responsible for the operational management of the Guarantee Fund. The Fund is intended to facilitate access by SMEs to credit for professional purposes. Its aim, under certain conditions, is to make up for the inadequancy of the guarantees provided by SMEs and self-employed workers applying for credit. |
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Bruocsella
Name of the small Carolingian settlement established in the valley of the Senne, and the origin of the modern-day name of Brussels. According to the etimology, "broek" in Flemish means "marsh". In Celtic "bruoc" was the term used to refer to the vegetation in the marshes and "sella" meant "chapel". |
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Brusoc
BRUSOC is a subsidiary of the Société Régionale d'Investissement de Bruxelles (SIRB), the Brussels Regional Investment Company. Its mission is to support the social and integration economy by financing and supporting economic projects. Using a variety of financial instruments, including micro-credit, start-up funds and subordinated loans, BRUSOC focuses on natural persons and legal entities and on commercial or associative social economy projects. All the projects jointly financed by BRUSOC benefit from personalised support throughout the intervention period and specific management assistance. |
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Brussels Environment - IBGE/BIM
Brussels Environment - IBGE/BIM is the administration responsible for the environment and energy in the Brussels-Capital Region. It was set up as a body for research, planning and advice, but it also undertakes a supervisory and monitoring role as regards the environment.
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Brussels Regional Parliament
The Brussels Parliament, officially known as the Regional Council, is the regional legislative authority in Brussels. Its members are elected by the people of Brussels every five years. The Regional Council legislates by orders (in the other regions, the legislative instruments are known as decrees). The Council elects the regional governments.
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Brustart
Subsidiary of the Société Régionale d'Investissement de Bruxelles (SIRB) the Brussels Regional Investment Company, responsible for providing support for young SMEs in the Brussels region, usually S.A.s or S.P.R.L.s, which are just starting up or have been in business for less than five years. Brustart acts as a finanical partner and coach for young SMEs, helping these busineses to find funds to finance their projects either by taking a minority holding or by granting a loan. Companies whose projects are co-financed by Brustart benefit from strategic support throughout the intervention period, as well as specific management assistance. |
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Bruxellimage
Abbreviated name of the Brussels Region's cinema financing fund.
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Budgetary article
Numbered element in the general expenditure budget, accompanied by a heading defining an item of expenditure. |
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CAID
Initials of the Travel infrastructure art commission (Commission Artistique des Infrastructures de Déplacement), responsible since 1990 for the selection and upkeep of works of art in the metro network and on certain surface roads in the Brussels-Capital Region.
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CCC
Initials standing for Commission Communautaire Commune or Joint Community Commission (see this entry), usually referred to by the abbreviation COCOM. |
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Chemins de la Ville
Project for the development of public areas consisting of five routes covering a total of almost six kilometres of public highways, mainly within the Brussels area. These routes cover public highways as well as a number of the main squares and locations in the urban fabric of Brussels. The project's main aim is to provide a structured and coherent overall idea of the routes and to enhance the image of Brussels, particularly by improving the link between the uptown and downtown areas. The "Chemins de la Ville" is one of eleven major regional projects designed to improve facilities for pedestrians. |
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Cleanliness Plan
On 11 March 1999, the Brussels Region adopted its "Regional cleanliness plan", giving the Agence Bruxelles-Propreté a leading coordination role for its application. The Cleanliness Plan gave rise to "cleanliness contracts" signed between the Region and the 19 communes. These contracts define and optimise the tasks of each of the administrations as regards cleanliness.
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COCOF
Abbreviation of Commission Communautaire française (see this entry). |
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COCOM
Abbreviation of Commission Communautaire Commune or Joint Community Commission (see this entry), sometimes known by the abbreviation CCC. |
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Commission of the Flemish-speaking Community
The Commission of the Flemish-speaking Community (in Flemish: Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, abbreviated to VGC) has competence as regards the Dutch-speaking mono-community institutions of the Brussels Region. |
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Commission of the French-speaking Community
The Commission of the French-speaking Community (in French: Commission communautaire française, abbreviated to COCOF) has competence as regards the French-speaking mono-community institutions of the Brussels Region. |
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Commitments
First phase in the cycle of expenditure. Obligation contracted by the Minister which gives rise to rights to be borne by the budget. In accounting terms, this is the registration of an amount blocking the budgetary credit needed for a transaction. |
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Egmont Pact
The Egmont Pact (1977), supplemented by the Stuyvenberg Agreements(1978), is one of the founding texts underlying the reform of the Belgian institutions and in particular the creation of the regions.
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Electronic counter
Communication and transaction interface used for example to order forms or carry out formalities electronically between a citizen and their commune. In the Brussels regoin, the electronic counter is known as IRISBox.
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Europe
Term used to refer to the institution of the European Union as a whole. |
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European legislative process
Like the other federated entites in Belgium, the Brussels-Capital Region has legislative powers. As such, through its Permanent Representation to the European Union, amongst other things, it plays its part in the European legislative process in four ways: parliamentary approval of European treaties, participation in the European decision-making process, participation in the pre- and post-legislative phases and finally transposition, the application and implementation of European decisions.
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Federal - Community - Regions consultation committee
The Consultation Committee for the Federal Government and the Regional and Community Governments is responsible for preventing conflicts of interest between the federal authorities and those of the various federated enetities. It consists of representatives from the executives of each of the levels of authority concerned. |
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Housing
Housing policy falls under the jurisdiction of the Region. The communes have a role to play here, among other things as regards requisitions, in cases of unclean housing, by managng their real estate assets, etc.
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Info-Habitat
The Centre urbain - Info Habitat is a non-profit advisory body that provides a number of information and advisory services on matters relating to renovation, energy, heritage and development by means of duty rotas at the Halles Saint-Géry and publications that are accessibles on line and on paper (www.curbain.be).
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IRISBox
Official name of the electronic counter developed for the communes of the Brussels region.
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Joint Community Commission
The Joint Community Commission (COCOM ou CCC) settles and governs Community issues common to the two communities of the region. |
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Metropolis
Metropolis is an international association of 81 cities. It aims to develop solutions to problems affecting big cities, such as planning and managnig development, the economy, the environment, transport, infrastrcuture and communication. Brussels has been a mamber of Metropolis since 1993. |
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MRBC
Initials standing for Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Ministry of the Brussels-Capital Region), the main tool used by the Brussels Government to implement its policy |
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Office Observatory
The Office Observatory is based on a full stastical statement of the permits granted to build or renovate buildings intended for use as offices (or activities involving the producton of intangible goods) in the Brussels Region. |
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Offices
Buildings used as offices (or for activities involving the production of intangible goods). |
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OIP
Initials standing for Organismes d’Intérêt Public - public interest bodies. |
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Order
Phase in the expenditure procedure that involves issuing the payment order and giving the final instruction to pay.
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Paths of Europe
Project for the development of the public area in the European institutions district.
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Permanent Representation
The Brussels-Capital Region has its own Representation at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Union. Its role is to defend the interests of the Region and its citizens and to act as an interface between the European institutions and the Brussels-Capital Region.
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Pollumeter
The pollumeter is a device developed by Brussels Environment - IBGE-BIM that indicates the quality of the air in the Brussels Region. Thirteen stations measuring air pollution are scattered around the territory of the Region and run by the Laboratoire de Recherche en Environnement (LRE - the environmental research laboratory). The pollumeter can be consulted by telephone, 24 hours a day, by means of an aswering machine (02/775 75 99 for the message in French and 02/775 75 98 for the message in Dutch), on the Internet (Website of Brussels Environment - IBGE-BIM : www.brusselsenvironment.be), and on the display panels found alongside the key roads leading and out of the Region and near the main roads in the Region.
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PRD
Initials standing for the Plan régional de Développement or regional development plan. The outcome of an analysis of the city, the PRD is the driving force behind its future development, focusing on the pleasure of living in Brussels, sustainable development, solidarity and the will to magnify the plural identity that is one of the city's great riches.
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SDRB
Initials standing for Société de Développement régional bruxellois, the development company of the Brussels Region. This is a para-regional public institution that works in areas such as economic expansion and urban regeneration. Its missions, areas of competence and operating methods were laid down in an order of 20 May 1999 on the Société de Développement pour la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (published in the Moniteur belge, the Belgian official journal, on 29 July 1999) and by the Institution's statutes (published in the Moniteur belge on 5 February 2000).
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Special law
A special law, as opposed to an ordinary law, is a law (taken at federal level) on a matter requiring a special majority (for instance in each language group) in order to be passed or amended. |
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Statistics
Technique for the mathematical analysis of real data. Synonymes: numbering, lists, enumeration, inventory, census, etc.
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Stuyvenberg Agreements
The Stuyvenberg agreements (1978) supplement and specify the scope of the Egmont Pact (1977), one of the founding texts underlying the reform of the Belgian institutions and in particular the creation of the regions.
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T.I.R.
Initials standing for Transport International par Route (or Routier) - international road transport. The TIR Convention applies to the transportation of goods coming from or going to a country outside the European Union that has ratified the convention.
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U.R.E.
Initials standing for "Utilisation Rationnelle de l’Energie", or the rational use of energy, a concept that covers all practices that promote energy saving in the real estate, transport, industry and services sectors, etc.
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VGC
Initials standing for the Vlaamse Gemeenschapcommissie (the Commission of the Flemish-speaking Community). The VGC has competence as regards the Dutch-speaking mono-community institutions of the Brussels Region.
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Waste Prevention and Management Plan
The "Waste Prevention and Management Plan", commonly known as the "waste plan", covers all the means and actions used and undertaken in the region to reduce the impact of our consumption habits on the production of waste. Having been modified further to remarks made on the basis of a public inquiry, the third "waste plan" was adopted on 27 November 2003 and will run for a five-year period from 2003 to 2007.
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Zip
Acronym standing for Zone interpolices or interpolice zones, more commonly known as 'police zones'. The interpolice zones are the result of the reform of the police force and the grouping together since 1 January 2002 of the various commune-based police forces into larger territorial units. In the Brussels region, six police zones have replaced the 19 commune-based police forces.
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