The Council of Brussels Residents of Foreign Origins (CBOE)

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The members of the CBOE

The councillors are indicated by the College of Mayor and Aldermen after application.

The objective is to value their personal expertise and that of their association, in particular in the reception of new-comers.

The sessions

The CBOE meets at least 6 times a year: the sessions are open to the public and are held in the room of the city council. The Office acts as executive organ; the Secretary is in charge of drafting the minutes of the sessions whereas 2 civil servants assure a proper meeting of the Council.

The minutes of the sessions of the CBOE

• 24/06/2010 (PDF, 0,31MB)
• 20/04/2010 (PDF, 0,21MB)
• 17/02/2010 (PDF, 0,51MB)
• 15/12/2009 (PDF, 0,05MB)
• 22/09/2009 (PDF, 0,14MB)
• 16/06/2009 (PDF, 0,18MB)
• 21/04/2009 (PDF, 0,18MB)
• 29/01/2009 (PDF, 0,25MB)
• 18/12/2008 (PDF, 0,29MB)
• 21/10/2008 (PDF, 0,22MB)
• 26/06/2008 (PDF, 0,23MB)
• 22/04/2008 (PDF, 0,23MB)

The working groups

The CBOE has 4 working groups:

• Education
• Society and social affairs
• Citizenship and participation
• Cultures and variety

The policy of the City of Brussels is analyzed and estimated by these working groups. The CBOE makes recommendations to the College and to the city council. An annual report is also given to them every year.

The activities

DiverCity, this is the big feast of variety organized every year by the CBOE. The first edition took place on June 22nd, 2008 in the district of the Midi Station.

By going to meet districts and inhabitants of Brussels, DiverCity wants to underline the plurality of the City so that the inhabitants understand their differences better.

Workshops to support success

Education is also an essential factor of integration. That is why the CBOE develops Workshops to support success. Conceived as tools to fight against the disparity of the chances, the workshops propose various extra-school activities: expression, awakening, integration, recognition and the initiation into responsible citizenship.

They offer in this way places of listening and recognition. Their success owes to the efforts by the driving forces and the coordinators, the directions of schools and the educational inspection.

The workshops aim at transforming the dynamics of failure into a spiral of success. 16 schools participate in the project, 10 French-speaking and 6 Dutch-speaking. About 150 hours of workshops are given every week. They address about 600 children.

The social offices

The social offices of the Council listen to problems of foreigners. They give answers to questions that aren't treated at a municipal counter. The questions often concern the stay, the registry office, the housing, the work permit, the naturalization. The office can be found at Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier 162.

The office offers an accompaniment and a social follow-up for people often disorientated by the difficulties of the administrative procedures. The offices are also a good lookout on the new migratory phenomena and the questions which they generate.

Annual report

The annual report gives an outline of the activities of the CBOE and a statistical outline of the questions and the problems treated by the social office.