Brussels Regional Informatics Centre (BRIC)
The Brussels Regional Informatics Centre (BRIC) is the public interest agency that aims to become the technologically neutral, competitive, reliable and high-quality partner of all public institutions in the Brussels-Capital Region that wish to take an informed and proactive approach to introducing innovative and coherent ICT in order to maximise their efficiency on the one hand and provide the people and businesses of Brussels and visitors to the city with user-friendly services on the other.
Making Brussels a digital capital
The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region aims to make Brussels a full fledged Smart City, an attractive and inclusive Region where new technologies underpin sustainable economic growth with sensible resource management and contribute towards improving the quality of life of every individual.
As a Smart City pioneer, the BRIC is a vital element in achieving this regional ambition, following its common theme, pooling (1), which comprises four aspects.
Position of the BRIC
- Aspect 1: Pooling infrastructures
- Aspect 2: pooling platforms and ICT services
- Aspect 3: pooling data
- Aspect 4: pooling IT human resources
The applications, projects and services implemented by the BRIC include:
- the online one-stop shop IRISbox that puts Brussels municipal and regional services at your fingertips at any time of the day or night
- websites such as this Brussels regional portal or themed portals (mobility (FR/NL), public space (FR/NL), economy and employment, urban planning (FR/NL), housing (FR/NL))
- the Fix My Street application to report damage to public roads
- broadband or even high-broadband connections for primary and secondary schools in Brussels (Fiber to the School (FR/NL))
- wifi.brussels (formerly Urbizone), the free Wi-Fi network
- plan to share images from security cameras in public places (FR/NL).
Legal basis:The Brussels Regional Informatics Centre was established by the Act of 21 August 1987 amending the Act organising the cities and federations of municipalities and containing provisions concerning the Brussels-Capital Region. The initial Act was amended by the Order of 20 May 1999 reorganising the BRIC and by the Order of 29 March 2001 (unofficial consolidation of the acts and organic order governing the BRIC). |
Contact:
Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelles-Capitale (CIRB) |
(1) Pooling is sharing resources to ensure durability, efficiency and innovation to benefit everyone.
