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- 1. Content • Brussels & the EU – EU‟s institutions – EU‟s effect on life in Brussels – Studying in Brussels at the HUB • Belgium & the Belgians – How is Belgium perceived abroad? – The Belgians, who are they?
- 2. Brussels & the EU studying at HUB M. Humblé Lisbon April 2013
- 4. European Council European commission European Parliament
- 6. EU as an employer European Commission: European Parliament: The Council of Ministers: Commission for the Regions: TOTAL: 67 % live in Brussels +/- 29,000 +/- 4,000 MPs 3,586 1,286 +/- 38,000
- 7. Brussels, a multicultural & -lingual place to be 46% of the population of Brussels is from outside Belgium (only 23% from other EU member states)
- 8. Brussels, a multicultural & -lingual place to be Some 190,000 Europeans have settled in Brussels The total number of people linked to the EU (including family members) is estimated between 100,000 to 120,000. • nearly 40,000 people work for the European institutions • 4,000 NATO • approximately 20,000 lobbyists are active in Brussels (in 2,500 lobby organizations) • highest number of diplomats in the world (more than 5,000 diplomats )
- 9. Brussels, a multicultural & -lingual place to be Foreign companies represent about 40 % of GNP, employing more than 240,000 people: E.g. European headoffices of multinationals like Toyota, Coca Cola, IBM, Procter & Gamble
- 10. Positive effects • 3rd congress town in the world (after Singapore, Paris en Vienna) • 5th business city in Europe after London, Paris, Frankfurt and Barcelona • 3.4 million square meter office space
- 11. Negative effects
- 14. Flemish Education • The Flemish Community is the authority in educational matters • All education is subsidized (40% of the budget of the Flemish Government ) • In return for using public money, the programmes have to be accredited
- 15. • Introduction of bachelor and master degrees (as from 2004-2005) • Bachelor: – 3 years, 180 European credits – Professional orientation – Academic orientation • Master: – 1 or 2 years, 60 or 120 European credits – Academic orientation
- 16. • Associations Catholic University of Leuven – 15th century – European top 35 Association K.U.Leuven – 12 university colleges – 80,000 students (40% market share)
- 17. • Profiles of the institutions Two types of institutions Universities University colleges Bachelor Professional Universities Master Doctorate Academic ---- X X X University Colleges X X X ---- University Colleges (2013) X ---- ---- ----
- 18. Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB) HUB =the merger between EHSAL VLEKHO HONIM university Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (KUB). The HUB cooperates closely with KAHO SintLieven and is part of the K.U.Leuven Association.
- 19. Numbers • 6,907 undergraduate students • 9,000 participants in continued education • 1,100 staff • 3 campuses
- 20. Two main educational divisions • Professional Bachelors – 4 fields of study – 14 degree programmes • Academic Bachelors and Masters – 3 faculties – 10 bachelor & master programmes
- 21. Professional Bachelors (1) Bachelor of Education • Nursery Education • Primary Education • Secondary Education
- 22. Professional Bachelors (2) Health Care • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy • Bachelor of Medical Imaging (unique programme in Flanders) • Bachelor of Optics & Optometry (unique programme in Flanders) • Bachelor of Nursing • BA after BA of Palliative Care Nursing
- 23. New campus CampusTerranova cooperation with AZ Sint-Jan Brussels hospital
- 24. Professional Bachelors (3) Social & Community Work • Bachelor of Social Work • Bachelor of Socio-educational Care Work • Bachelor of Family Sciences (unique programme in Flanders)
- 25. Professional Bachelors (4) Business studies • Bachelor of Management • Bachelor of Office Management • Bachelor of Applied Informatics
- 26. Academic Bachelors and Masters (1) Economics & Management • Commercial Sciences • Business Administration • Commercial Engineering • Environment, Health & Safety Management (unique programme in Flanders)
- 27. Academic Bachelors and Masters (2) Linguistics & Literature • • • • • • Bachelor of Linguistics and Literature Bachelor of Applied Linguistics Master of Translation Master of Interpreting Master of Multilingual Communication Master of Journalism
- 28. Academic Bachelors and Masters (3) Law • Bachelor of Law: first 2 bachelor years in Brussels, including internship, international dimension, interaction • 3rd bachelor year at K.U.Leuven • Joint degree KUBrussel – K.U.Leuven
- 29. English-taught business programmes • English and Economics for Academic Studies (preparatory programme) • Bachelor of Business Administration • Master of Business Administration (focus International Business Management; focus Business Information Management; focus International Relations) • Master of international Business Economics and Management (for non-economy students)
- 30. HUB, international centre • Exchanges – 100 partnerships – 140 outgoing students – 150 incoming students • Degree programmes in English – 749 students – 34 % Belgian – 80 different nationalities
- 31. Our neighbourhood Cathedral SaintMichel (Saint-Michel et Sainte-Gudule)
- 32. Rue de boucher
- 34. Market square and city hall (17th century)
- 35. Belgium M. Humblé Lisbon April 2013
- 39. Belgium branded: art & culture
- 42. Ghent
- 44. A history of invasions leads to a fragmented society • Burgundian Netherlands 14th-15thC • Habsburg Empire 15th-16/17thC (N and S Netherlands split) • Austrian Netherlands 16th-17thC • French empire 18th-19thC • The Dutch period 1814-1830 • Belgium 1830 Belgium = Cockfighting arena of Europe
- 45. Do you speak Belgian? • Flemish closely related to Dutch, spoken by approximately 6 million people (= about 60%) • Walloon the local variant of French (= used by 39%) • German spoken by 1% of population – Luxembourgish is spoken by around 0.5% of the population
- 46. • Brussels is capital of Flanders, of Belgium and of Europe: main language spoken in multicultural Brussels today is French & English (only 10-15% speak Flemish)
- 47. Belgian politics: The result of six state reforms • A federal government (justice, defence, social security…) • 3 communities (linguistically determined: culture, education) • 3 regions (territorially determined: economy, employment, agriculture, environment…..)
- 49. A tiny country with 6 parliaments: asking for trouble? • 541 days without a government “Will Belgium split?” • new government coalition on 5 Dec. 2011 • Belgium‟s credit rating cut one step ( Nov.2011)
- 50. Mounting Tension towards 2014 elections • NVA (=New Flemish Alliance), 33% of the Flemish votes
- 51. • The Belgian economy is heavily serviceoriented and shows a dual nature: a dynamic Flemish economy (57% of the Belgian economy) and a Walloon economy (24%) that lags behind. (Brussels 19%)
- 52. Do Belgians feel Belgian? The anthem or Mr Leterme‟s version
- 53. “Belgium is an „accident of history‟ amounting to nothing more than the King, the national football team and certain brands of beer.” Yves Leterme source: Time Wednesday, June 30, 2010
- 54. Stereotyping each other… “The Flemish are peasants who know some French but do not want to talk it. “The Walloons or lazy arrogant ‘bonvivants’. “
- 56. Living together in harmony
- 57. Belgium for Dummies (Youtube)
- 58. Thank you for your attention! Questions?
Editor's Notes
- 15 minutes
- I have been teaching English in Brussels for almost 30 years now. Brussels is at the heart of the European Union. Along with the European Council and the Commission, Brussels also hosts the Parliament. The EP's committees meet here and Parliament also holds some of its plenary sessions in Brussels. Spend just half an hour in the EU quarter and soak up the ambience... the suits, black cars, take-away coffee and familiar faces from the TV news. But more about the EU institutions later.
- Some 190,000 Europeans have settled in Brussels, though they don’t all work for a European institution. Some EU citizens have nothing to do with the EU sphere. Others work in jobs connected to the European institutions, such as European associations, lobbying offices, NGOs and regional offices. There are no precise figures available, but the total number of people linked to the EU (including family members) is estimated between 100,000 to 120,000. This represents about one in ten of the total Brussels population. http://www.vbbe.be/en/who-are-theyThe four powers: executive, legislative, judicial, media, lobbyists
- The capital of Europe, Brussels, is also the bloc's most congested city in terms of traffic jams, a study carried out by a commercial satellite navigation system provider shows.
- The city is trying to encourage greater use of bicycles and has expanded its "Villo" bike rental programme to 2,500 bikes that can be rented at 180 points across town.
- 11m inhabitantsArea 30,528 km2 Population density 354.7/km2
- - French fries in America (Americans ate French fries in Belgium in 1st WW, they heard Belgians speaking French so…..)Chips in England- 800 standard beers but when special one-off beers are included, the total number of Belgian beer brands is approximately 8,700!- Brussels sprouts (leafy green vegetables)All the endives sold in the US are imported from Belgium. Belgian endive was accidentally discovered by a Belgian farmer in 1830. Côte D’Or founded by Charles Neuhaus in 1883 (refers to Ghana where cacao /kəˈkaʊ/ comes from)These days owned by Philip Morris' Kraft General Foods.
- Manneke pis:bronze fountain sculpture of a urinating boy from 1619. It’s 60 cm heigh. Was stolen several times often dressed in costumes.The Atomium was the main pavilion and icon of the World Fair of Brussels (1958), commonly called Expo 58. The nine iron spheres represent the at that time 9 provinces in Belgium (today there are 10 provinces). It represents a cell of iron crystal enlarged 150 billion times.
- Kuifje by Hergé or Tintin (comic)Hugo Claus, famous Belgian (Flemish writer, carried out euthanasia)René Magritte, Belgian surrealist artist from the 1st half of the 20th century.Hercule Poirot, fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha ChristieJames Ensor (English parents) expressionist and surrealist end of 19th century lived in Ostend.Jan Van Eyck: Ghent altarpiece the Lamb of God (early 15th century Early panel painting) triptych
- Kim Clijsters Dutch part of BelgiumJustine Henin Walloon part of BelgiumFootball team the red devils (last year a Belgian trainer, Frankie Vercauteren trained your national team)
- Venice of the Northis the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country.The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. Houses like the town hall (city hall) date from the 14th and 15th century.
- in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. Houses and cathedrals date from the 14th-15th centuries. Today it is a busy city with a port and a university.
- Belgium's history is intertwined with those of its neighbours: the Netherlands, Germany, France and Luxembourg. For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire (800c), or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and Luxembourg. A feature of its history is the number of wars between other European powers on Belgian territory, causing it to be nicknamed the "cockfighting arena of Europe.Belgium's formation into a single independent country has been preceded by centuries of foreign occupation: 1) Burgundian Netherlands (14th-15th century): many separate states in the Netherlands were united, by marriage and conquest2) the Habsburg Empire (15th-16/17th century) the Eighty Years' War from 1568 to 1648 led to the separation of the Northern Protestant Dutch Republic which gained its independence from from the remaining Catholic Spanish Netherlands in the south. (verdrag van Munster)3)the Austrian Netherlands (16th - 17th century)4) French Empire (18th-19th century Napoleon: French became language of upper class, language of education, language of middle class and lower classes5) The Dutch period (1814-1830)6) Belgium the Catholic Belgians revolted and gained independence in the 1830 Belgian Revolution, giving the state its name, a new king (from a royal family in Germany) and approximately its modern borders.
- Language border was offcially set in 1960. Its purpose was to simplify the administration. On 1995 Brabant was split in a Flemish and a Walloon part. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/languages/flemish.shtmlAll Indo-European languagesFlemish is a West Germanic language most closely related to Dutch and generally regarded as the Belgian variant of Dutch. (comes from Diets=In historic literature Diets and Middle Dutch (Middelnederlands) are used interchangeably to describe this whole group of dialects from which later standard Dutch would be derived.Walloon = Romanic language
- Namur is capital of Wallonia19th century = French language overtakes Dutch first the elite then middle class later proletariat. The language gap became a social gap.20th century = globalization, migration of cheap labour…..turned Brussels into a French speaking city.
- The result of 6 state reforms: 1970 till 2011Regions and communities are getting more decision power facilities: labour market, family benefits, traffic regulationsBelgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federalparliamentary democracy. Federal parliament is composed of: THE SENATE (71 representatives) is made up of 40 directly elected politicians and 21 representatives appointed by the 3 Community parliaments, 10 co-opted senatorsTHE CHAMBER : 150 representatives are elected under a proportional voting system from 11 electoral districts. Belgium has compulsory voting and thus holds one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the world.The federal government, based in Brussels. The Federal State's authority includes justice, defense, federal police, social security, nuclear energy, monetary policy and public debt, and other aspects of public finances.The three language communitiesthe Flemish Community (Dutch-speaking); capital Brusselsthe French Community (French-speaking); capital Brusselsthe German-speaking Community which has its own government and parliament for culture-related issues. Capital EupenThe three regions: Regions have authority in fields that can be broadly associated with their territory. These include economy, employment, agriculture, water policy, housing, public works, energy, transport, the environment, town and country planning, nature conservation, credit and foreign trade. They supervise the provinces, municipalities and intercommunal utility companies.[59]the Flemish Region, (subdivided into five provinces); Minister President Kris Peetersthe Walloon Region, (subdivided into five provinces); capital Namur Walloon Parliament and a Walloon government Minister president Rudy Demottethe Brussels-Capital Region. Minister President Charles Picqué Brussels parliament Flemings just have one single institutional body of parliament and government for both the community and the region
- Belgium’s north – south divide is based on historic as well as economic and political grounds.
- Belgium's division is as much economic as linguistic. In French-speaking Wallonia the unemployment rate is about twice the level of northern Flanders, where many voters feel they are subsidizing left-wing policies of Belgium's south. NVA 33% of all Flemish votes!!A recent study of the VIVES institute of the University of Leuven calculated that including interest the annual transfers between Flanders and Wallonia are about 16 billion euro. Seats in Flemish parliament CD&V = 25%OpenVLD = 17%SPA = 15%VlaamsBelang = 14%NVA = 13%
- Walloon: iron and steel industry (starting in 1817, John Cockerill ) and gunsmithing (since the Middle ages ) FNHerstal. Flemish: service oriented, tourism, logisticsPoverty in Flanders 1/10 in Wallonia 1/5 in 2011However: between 2008 and 2011 Wallonia’s economy (1.18%) grew more than Flanders’ (0.58%)economy . Brussels (0.62%)Yet, Flanders still remains the economic heart representing 57% of the Belgian economy, Wallonia 24% and Brussels 19%.
- Brabaçonne or marseilaiseTe Deum : Leopold I takes the oath on 21 July 1831 (installation of Leopold I) national holiday 21st July.Yves Leterme, about to become our prime minister in 2011 (HVR left to become President of the EU)
- Yves Leterme, currently vice-president general of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) said four years ago that the country was an "accident of history“ Read more: http://www.time.com
- Conclusion of a study made by Mark Elchardus (VUB) en Olivier Servais (UCL), 16 March 2011www.nieuwsblad .be