Study Day: Brussels for children
📅 Thursday June 19, 2025 | 🕘 9 am-4.30 pm | 📍 GC Pianofabriek, rue du Fortstraat 35, 1060 Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis
The BSI is collaborating with local associations and field practitioners to host a study day devoted to imagining a city that is more welcoming for its youngest citizens.
Come to “Brussels for Children” on 19 June 2025 at Pianofabriek (Saint-Gilles) to exchange experiences and explore concrete solutions for a truly child-friendly Brussels.
Keynote Speaker – Nadja Monnet
Nadja Monnet is an internationally recognised expert on the relationship between childhood and the city.
Her work explores how play spaces evolve through participatory ethnography, urban design and educational sciences.
An urban ethnographer with a PhD in social anthropology, she lectures at ENSA Marseille and conducts research at the CNRS Architecture Anthropology Laboratory (LAA-LAVUE).
Programme
9.30 am: Opening remarks & presentation of the manifesto
10.00 am: Pitches on child-friendly cities – green spaces, air quality, mobility, playfulness, participation
With FRAJE, Chercheurs d’air, perspective.brussels, Brussel Leefmilieu, OEJAJ, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)
11.30 am: Round-table discussions
3.00 pm: Open forum and networking
Date
19 Jun 25
Heure
de 09:00 à 16:30
Tarif
Free
Lieu
Pianofabriek