Drootbeek School Contract (2021-2025)
The Drootbeek School Contract (a reference to the valley of the same name) concerns 4 schools in the same block in Laeken: the 3 primary schools Sainte-Ursule, Sint-Ursula and De Zenne and the secondary school 'Collège de la Fraternité'. Together they have more than 1,500 pupils.
The diagnosis revealed a number of priorities:
- Giving the neighbourhood a human touch and making the area around the school quieter so that young people can move around safely
- Renovating certain parts of the squares and green spaces, for the benefit of the schools and the neighbourhood
- Exploring synergies with neighbourhood associations and letting them make more use of school facilities
The projects within this School Contract are:
- The complete reconstruction of the Rue de Molenbeek and transforming it into a quieter, greener, more playful and user-friendly street that promotes active modes of transport such as walking and cycling
- The development of sustainable mobility activities for all pupils at the school, such as learning to cycle
- The creation of a 'water square' as a new permeable playground
- The complete renovation of the greenhouses to develop urban agriculture projects, open to pupils and local residents
More info:
External site Drootbeek School Contract (in French and Dutch, Perspective.brussels)
During the study and diagnosis phase, the school and its neighbourhood are analysed:
- The relationship between the school and its neighbourhood is analysed, but also the communal space available, the possibilities for school infrastructure to be used by local residents, the state of street furniture and urban infrastructure,...
- The school (teachers, pupils, parents) and the neighbourhood (local residents, municipality, associations, traders,...) are involved in the thought process
A participatory process is being held at the beginning of the study and diagnostic phase. This aims to define the needs and expectations of the different target groups of the school contract: students, teachers, organising authorities, residents and associations, shopkeepers and economic actors... The participatory approach makes it possible to organise the programming through a 'bottom-up dynamic' and pursues a co-production by the different actors.
External site Diagnosis of the Drootbeek School Contract (in French and Dutch, Perspective.brussels)
At the end of the diagnosis phase, an improvement programme and an investment and action plan are drawn up.
External site Programme of the Drootbeek School Contract (in French and Dutch, Perspective.brussels)
Perimeter of the Drootbeek School Contract (PDF, 2.75 MB)
The calls for socio-economic projects aim to develop the socio-economic part of the Drootbeek School Contract programme. Projects will be selected to receive financial support throughout the operational phase (2022-2025).
A first call 'promotion modal shift' focuses on making active mobility attractive for all ages.
The focus is on awareness activities, carried out by associations in the field. Workshops, activities and school trips can be organised.
Infrastructure options and facilities to promote cycling will be explored. For example: a fleet of bicycles available to the schools and the neighbourhood, a shared covered bicycle shed, a room in the school set up as a bicycle repair workshop, a shared cargo bike and/or tandem,...
The project will run until 31 December 2025 to build a solid project. It is supported by local actors and leads to awareness and real changes in active mobility.
When?
The project call will run from 23 November to 14 December 2022 (applications must be submitted by noon).
Budget?
The total budget that can be allocated for this call is 100,000 euros.
For whom?
The call is addressed to not-for-profit associations, social purpose associations and public benefit foundations, public law institutions, authorities of educational institutions and municipalities, in accordance with Article 9 of the Ordinance on the School Contract of 16 May 2019.
Regulations and annexes
The regulation and annexes are only available in Dutch and French.
The calls for socio-economic projects aim to develop the socio-economic part of the Drootbeek School Contract programme. Projects will be selected to receive financial support throughout the operational phase (2022-2025).
The 'Welcoming School' call for projects involves the organisation and launch of specific activities between the neighbourhood and the De Zenne primary school (Rue de Drootbeek 8 - 1020 Laeken).
These activities are organised outside school hours on the site of the De Zenne primary school or in the immediate vicinity. For example, a film evening on the site, workshops, family afternoons,...
The neighbourhood is characterised by a great diversity of cultures and a mix of generations. It is necessary to use and connect this wealth of profiles and backgrounds to the schools.
The project will run until 31 December 2025 to build a solid project. It is supported by local actors and leads to awareness and real changes in social cohesion.
When?
The project call will run from 26 June to 14 August 2023 (applications must be submitted by noon).
Budget?
The total budget that can be allocated for this call is 30.000 euros.
For whom?
The call is addressed to non-profit associations, social purpose associations and public benefit foundations, public law institutions, authorities of educational institutions and municipalities, in accordance with Article 9 of the Ordinance on the School Contract of 16 May 2019.
Regulations and annexes
The regulation and annexes are only available in Dutch and French.
The calls for socio-economic projects aim to develop the socio-economic part of the Drootbeek School Contract programme. Projects will be selected to receive financial support throughout the operational phase (2022-2025).
The 'Welcoming School' call for projects was launched from June to August 2023 as part of the Drootbeek School Contract. This project involved the organisation and launch of specific activities between the neighbourhood and the De Zenne primary school. As the selected project leader did not use the entire available budget, the City of Brussels is relaunching a second call for projects (similar in every respect to the first) for the remaining budget (16,000 euros).
As a reminder, the activities in this project (such as a film evening, workshops, family afternoons,...) will be organised outside school hours on the school site or in the immediate vicinity.
This project involves one or more project leaders activating and programming the collective spaces - equipment made available by the De Zenne Dutch-language primary school (located at the Rue de Molenbeek 173 - 1020 Brussels), namely: the playground, the gym, the kitchen and the refectory - the multi-purpose area.
The neighbourhood is characterised by a great diversity of cultures and a mix of generations. It is necessary to use and connect this wealth of profiles and backgrounds to the schools.
The project will run until 31 December 2025 to build a solid project. It is supported by local actors and leads to awareness and real changes in social cohesion.
When?
The project call runs from Friday 8 December 2023 to Wednesday 7 February 2024 (applications must be submitted by noon).
Budget?
The total budget that can be allocated for this call is 16.000 euros.
For whom?
The call is addressed to non-profit associations, social purpose associations and public benefit foundations, public law institutions, authorities of educational institutions and municipalities, in accordance with Article 9 of the Ordinance on the School Contract of 16 May 2019.
Regulations and annexes
The regulation and annexes are only available in Dutch and French.
The 'Villa Programming' project involves opening up and sharing school facilities and infrastructure, but this time at the Sint Ursula primary school. This follows the example of the 'Welcoming School' project call, in which certain facilities and common areas of the De Zenne primary school are made available to local associations and local residents.
For example, the Villa Marguerite, located in the park behind the school, has just been completely renovated. The ground floor has been converted into a multi-purpose room which can be closed off from the upper levels where the classrooms are. In addition, the school also has a gymnasium and a multi-purpose meeting room in the main building. Neighbourhood organisations can use these spaces for specific after-school activities.
Specifically, this call for projects concerns the activation and programming, by one or more project carriers, of the collective spaces and facilities made available by the Sint Ursula primary school (located at the Rue Dieudonné Lefèvre 41 - 1020 Brussels), namely: the Villa Marguerite, the playground, the gymnasium and the multipurpose meeting room.
The neighbourhood is characterised by a wide variety of cultures, a mix of generations,... It is necessary to harness and connect this wealth of profiles and backgrounds to the schools.
The project runs until 31 December 2025 to build a solid project supported by local actors. The project leads to awareness and real changes in terms of social cohesion.
When?
The project call will run from Monday 15 January 2024 to Thursday 22 February 2024 (applications must be submitted by noon).
Budget?
The total budget that can be allocated for this call is 35,000 euros.
For whom?
The call is addressed to non-profit associations, social purpose associations and public benefit foundations, public law institutions, authorities of educational institutions and municipalities, in accordance with Article 9 of the Ordinance on the School Contract of 16 May 2019.
However, Sint Ursula reserves the right to give priority to associations with which it already has partnerships, including through the Brede School operation.
Regulation and annexes
The regulation and annexes are only available in Dutch and French.
The Drootbeek School Contract enjoys a regional grant of 2,300,000.00 euros.
The study and diagnosis phase of the Drootbeek School Contract took place in 2021.
The operational phase of the Drootbeek School Contract spreads over 4 years, from 2022 to 2025.
All documents of the Drootbeek School Contract can be consulted on the Perspective.brussels website:
External site Drootbeek School Contract (in French and Dutch)
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