Re-Bel’s public events aim to publicise innovative reform proposals for Belgium’s institutional structure and to foster open and well-informed discussion about them. The plan is to have two main public events each year. Upcoming events and information about registration are listed on this page. Past events and material from these events also remain accessible on this page.
Video recordings of Re-Bel webinars can be found here.
Upcoming events
Upcoming events appear here-below when they’re announced. If you’d like to be informed of future events by email, you can sign up for updates on our Contact page.
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Belgian vs. Flemish diplomacy. Conflict or Cooperation?
Thursday 16 January 2025, 17.30-19.00 Re-Bel Public Event – University Foundation (Brussels)…
Belgium, a failed state? Unsustainable public debt
Monday 11 March 2024, 17.00-18.30 Re-Bel Public Event – University Foundation (Brussels)…
The federal constituency – a way out of the federal deadlock ?
Wednesday 22 March 2023 from 5 to 7pmat the University Foundation and…
Simplified Belgium reconsidered
Re-Bel event (hybrid — in person and online)Wednesday 23 November from…
Does Belgium’s federal government lack levers to effectively tackle the energy transition?
The webinar with federal Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten, first…
Less public money for political parties?
Minder publiek geld voor de partijen?Moins d’argent public pour les partis?…
Belgique à quatre / België met vier — und Ostbelgien ?
Introduction by Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ (Präsident des Parlementes der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft), and…
Primauté au fédéral? Voorrang voor het federale niveau?
Introduction: Gwendolyn RUTTEN (Open VLD) and challenges by Johanne POIRIER (McGill…
Naar een België met vier? Vers une Belgique à quatre?
Introduction by Sven GATZ (finance minister in the governement of the…
Het dialoogplatform over de toekomst van het Belgisch federalisme / La plate-forme de dialogue sur l’avenir du fédéralisme belge
Prologue by David CLARINVAL and Annelies VERLINDEN (federal ministers for institutional…
How can one facilitate the formation of Belgium’s federal government?
Talk by Christophe CONVENT (DPG Media) with comments from Anne-Emmanuelle BOURGAUX…
Een staatshervorming voor betere gezondheidszorg / Une réforme de l’Etat pour de meilleurs soins de santé
Introduction by Jan DE MAESENEER, professor emeritus, Department of Public Health…
Minority government: why and why not?
Introduction by Bonnie FIELD, professor of political science at Bentley University…
Federale kieskring / Circonscription fédérale
EVENT CANCELLED Given the threat of the coronavirus pandemic and the…
Confederalisme
Worden alle Belgen er echt beter van?Tous les Belges s’en porteront-ils…
Are Belgium’s institutions fit for the job of tackling poverty?
18th public event of the Re-Be initiativeThursday 20 June 2019, 2-6pmCoordinated…
Mobility and urban development: all powers to the regions?
17th Public Event of the Re-Be initiativeThursday 13 December 2018Coordinated by…
Belgium, a utopia for our times?
16th Public Event of the Re-Be initiativeThursday 21 June 2018, 2…
Patriotism at the local, regional, national and European levels: Are they compatible? Are they necessary?
15th Public Event of the Re-Be initiativeThursday 14 December 2017, 2…
Integration policies in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels: are they different? And should they be?
14th Public Event of the Re-Be initiativeThursday 15 June 2017, 2…
Terrorism / Regions going international
13th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 16 June 2016, 2…
The Future of Belgium’s Press
12th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 18 June 2015, 2…
(Con)federalism: Cure or Curse?
11th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 19 June 2014, 2-6pm…
Corruption and regulation in today’s Belgium
10th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 19 December 2013, 2-6pm…
Diverging memories in Belgium. Is this so? If so, why? And is it a problem?
9th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 20 June 2013 from…
Brussels, its communes and its hinterland
8th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 20 December 2012, 2-6pm…
The G1000, the European Citizens’ initiative and the malaise of democracy. In search of alternatives to populism and technocracy
7th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday the 24th of May…
Languages in the school curriculum / School registration and admission policies
6th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday the 22nd of December…
Right-wing Flanders, left-wing Wallonia? / Should the obligation to vote be abolished?
5th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiative9th June 2011, 2-6pm Programme …
Reforming the Financing Law: how one tried, why one failed
Re-Bel noon exchangeWednesday, 30th March 2011, noon-2.15pm Speakers Etienne de Callataÿ (Bank…
Belgium’s health care system/ The linguistic territoriality principle
4th Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday 16 December 2010, 2-6pm…
Educational divergence / Social federalism
3rd Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday, the 3rd of June…
The Belgian Federation: Can we improve the way its components are funded? Can we improve the way its leaders are elected?
2nd Public Event of the Re-Bel initiativeThursday, the 17th of December…
Inaugural Re-Bel Public Event
30 April 2009 The Re-Bel initiative was publicly launched with a…