Regional bodies

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Provision of public services to citizens

• The SIAMU responds to fires and coordinates emergency medical assistance in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• Bruxelles-Propreté is responsible for environmental maintenance (keeping the public space clean and tidy), as well as waste collection and management in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• The STIB is tasked with providing public transport services in and around the Brussels-Capital Region.
• The SLRB ensures that housing is affordable for persons on low incomes.
• The Agency for Parking parking.brussels in the Brussels-Capital Region is intended to provide overall coherence to parking policy throughout the region.
• Brussels Prevention & Security provides for centralised prevention and security policy management in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• Iriscare is the preferred point of contact for all matters relating to social protection in the Brussels Region.

Promotion

• visit.brussels is tasked with promoting the Brussels-Capital Region among tourists and event organisers.

Economy, enterprise and employment

• Actiris is the regional office tasked with implementing the Brussels-Capital Region’s employment policy.
• hub.brussels, the Brussels Business Support Agency, helps Brussels businesses and shops to develop, expand abroad, and attract foreign investment in Brussels.
• The Fonds Bruxellois de Garantie gives guarantees to credit institutions so that SMEs can access credit more easily.
• finance&invest.brussels provides financial support to help private businesses set up, restructure and expand in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• Brupartners (FR/NL) is the socioeconomic consultative body of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Research, innovation and ICT

• Innoviris is the Brussels-Capital Region’s scientific research and innovation institute.
• Paradigm is responsible for developing new information technologies and computerising the services of the Brussels-Capital Region.
• Digitalcity (FR/NL) is the professional ICT reference centre of the Brussels-Capital Region. It coordinates and encourages training in ICT.

Energy and environment

• Bruxelles Environnement (IBGE) is responsible for the environment and energy at the Brussels-Capital Region.
• Homegrade guides private individuals who wish to improve their home in the Brussels Region. .
• The Fonds de Financement de la Politique de l'Eau funds water policy and water purification in the Brussels-Capital Region.

Urban development and statistics

• perspective.brussels is the research centre and initiator of the development strategy of the Brussels-Capital Region. It is responsible for statistics, socio-economic information and planning in the region.
• citydev.brussels helps businesses find development sites and build housing for private citizens as part of urban renewal projects.
• The Port of Brussels is responsible for managing, operating and developing the port, the outer port and the port facilities of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Organisation of the Region and its institutions

• The Ecole Régionale d'Administration Publique (ERAP, regional public administration college) runs training courses for employees of the local and regional public services and bodies with tasks of public benefit at the Brussels-Capital Region.
• The Fonds de refinancement des trésoreries communales (Brussels regional fund for refinancing the communal treasuries) helps the Brussels communes experiencing financial difficulties and participates in the refinancing of the five public hospitals in Brussels.