Etterbeek: very good transparency, European quarter

The European quarter municipality

Etterbeek has approximately 50,000 inhabitants on a compact territory of 3.15 km². Located in the heart of the European quarter, it hosts numerous institutions and an international population. Vincent De Wolf (MR) left his parliamentary mandate to focus on the mayoralty.

Transparency: 5 out of 6 criteria

Etterbeek achieves an excellent transparency score. The budget and council minutes are published online, the council is broadcast via livestream, the mandate registry is accessible, and the municipality has a citizen participation platform via Fluicity with neighbourhood budgets (EUR 60,000). Only the Open Data portal is missing.

Citizen participation: Fluicity and neighbourhood councils

Etterbeek uses the relaunched Fluicity platform for citizen participation, with active neighbourhood councils since 2020 and participatory budgets of EUR 60,000.