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The European Civic Space launches a call for citizen participation

As of 15 October, an independent citizens' collective is looking for French, Walloon and Flemish citizens to join the European Citizens' Area. The first event, in the presence of European elected representatives and representatives of the European institutions, will take place on 8 December (evening) in Kortrijk. Would you like to take part in a collective project that gives you a voice and puts you on an equal footing with the European institutions? Register now!

150 inhabitants discover our border region with BlueWalks

For the third time between June and October, the Eurometropolis offered a series of guided walks in French and Dutch on foot, by bike or boat on both sides of our French-Belgian border.

Jean de Bethune, new President of the Eurometropolis

On Monday 4 October, during the Eurometropolis Assembly, Jean de Bethune, deputy for the Province of West Flanders, was unanimously elected President. He succeeds Rudy Demotte, who is now Walloon Vice-President alongside Martine Aubry and Hélène Moeneclaey, French Vice-Presidents.

Students connect people, ecology and water at Blue Park Summer School

Het Blauwe Park

During this 4th edition, 21 students of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning spent 10 days, 11 different nationalities, brainstorming about the future of the Blue Space and what it could mean for the current and future social and ecological challenges in our border region.