Cafebabel Brussels

The cafés of Brussels haven’t been the same. For almost half a decade now, they have been the setting for numerous so-called Manneken Babbel debates, organised by the local cafebabel.com office. These debates, aiming to provide an accessible forum for young people to actively engage with policy-makers and decision-takers, attract a wide spectrum of interested parties; from members of parliament to the manneken on the street. Characteristically multi-lingual, these debates can make a legitimate claim on being truly European and on contributing to the emergence of a public European opinion.

The cafebabel.com Brussels local team reflects this pan-Europeanism, with more than 30 members from 12 different countries; many of whom have a multi-national background. Boasting both professionals and academics, journalists and politicians, the Brussels local team proudly enjoys insider knowhow from every perspective of the undisputed capital of Europe.

cafebabel.com in Brussels

Babel Belgique asbl, publisher of cafebabel.com in Brussels, held its General Assembly on 16 May 2011. Here are the results of the new board elections.

The Team

President: Mana Livardjani

Vice-President - Editorial: Rose Kelleher

Vice-President - Events: Mauro Morabito

Secretary General: Maxence Peniguet

Treasurer: Roel Hoenders

Editorial Coordinator: Nathalie Jusseaume

German edition: Lisa Kittel & Maike Wohlfahrt

Dutch edition: Elfride Boute

Debates & Events Coordinators: Bérénice Magloire & Lena Simon

Contact us

cafebabel.com - Brussels Office
Square de Meeûs, 25
B-1000 Bruxelles
bruxelles@cafebabel.com

Founding membres: Stéphane Carrara, Sarah Wolff and Biche Gielen

Cafebabel.com on the radio, at the program "Objetivo Bruselas"

Last Tuesday I was invited to “Objetivo Bruselas”, a programme hosted by “Radio Alma”, a Spanish radio in Brussels. I was invited to speak about Cafebabel.com and the work I do organizing events and debates in Brussels.

“Objetivo Bruselas” is led by Alberto Pascual and Jorge Gutiérrez, two Spanish guys with the aim of bringing together Spanish speakers and help those who need advices on the Belgian capital (and don’t know where else to ask). The main idea of the programme is to help all those freshly arrived in Brussels and become what they call the "Survival Guide for the Newcomer."

Providing information about everything around Brussels, areas of interest, music groups, the companies that surround us, Alberto and Jorge make Brussels more attractive and encourage you to discover the city.

In the interview I talked about the birth of the magazine, the mission and goals of cafebabel’s project. I also told them about the events I have organized in Brussels, and how to contact us.

Actually they were also interested in my personal experience and what brought me to Brussels, so I couldn’t say anything else than how happy I am to be here!

Brussels is not only a beautiful city with many things to discover and a thousand things to do, but I have met so many great people that just this is worth regretting the sun and heat of Malaga!

If you want to listen to the interview (in Spanish), click here.

http://objetivobruselas.blogspot.com/2010/03/cafe-babel-con-pablo-mombo.html

See you in place Luxembourg on Thursday!

cafebabel.com goes 2.0 !

2.0 Spankier, extra interactive and resolutely multilingual : check out the new face of cafebabel.com and enjoy a new European 2.0 experience !