The first Brussels Multilingualism Week (February 2026) was a wonderful success, bringing together nearly 100 partners and thousands of participants. The closing day at the Bourse featured multilingual stands, a performance by the Rave Koor choir, and four key debates: whether AI is fatal to multilingualism, the place schools should give to mother tongues other than the language of instruction, whether Brussels' public services should become more multilingual, and how to find enough teachers to teach Dutch to Brussels children. As the new regional government stated: "Brussels is a multilingual and international region where knowledge of languages is a strategic asset, both for the city and its inhabitants."
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Warm thanks to the Brussels Region and the City of Brussels, to the nearly 100 partners and to the thousands of participants who made this first Brussels Multilingualism Week, which took place in February 2026, such a wonderful success. More editions can safely be expected in the future, further strengthened by what was learned from this unprecedented experiment.
The full programme of this first edition will remain accessible on this website, so that the organisers of the various actitivities can be contacted and collaboration explored.
This first Brussels Multilingualism Week turned out to also be the week that saw the hectic formation — at long last — of a Brussels’ regional government. In the opening sentence of the last chapter of the agreement it concocted during that week, the new government states:
Brussels is a multilingual and international region where knowledge of languages is a strategic asset, both for the city and its inhabitants.
It can count on countless actors thoughout the region to strengthen this asset.
