Wat zegt Leuvens koffiekoeken-bedankje over propere straten, beschermde gierzwaluwen en stadsleven?

Flemish university city where the municipal cleaning-worker recognition and swift nest-box stories take place

Leuven, also called Louvain, is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. A Dutch-speaking municipality, it is located about 25 kilometres east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, and Wijgmaal and parts of Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants.

place associated with environmental policy negotiated in EU institutions

The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region, and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.

named municipal stakeholder in Leuven’s public realm

Leuven, also called Louvain, is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. A Dutch-speaking municipality, it is located about 25 kilometres east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, and Wijgmaal and parts of Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants.

institutions whose Birds Directive sets the baseline for protecting wild birds and nests

EU baseline for protecting wild birds and their nests across member states

The Birds Directive is the oldest piece of European Union legislation on the environment and one of its cornerstones. It was unanimously adopted in April 1979 as Directive 79/409/EEC, which was amended in 2009, when Directive 2009/147/EC took its place.

area where the local impact of Leuven’s measures is relevant

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven. It has an area of 2,118 km2 (818 sq mi) which is divided into two administrative districts containing 65 municipalities.