The teams of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union placed their trust in our Brussels interpreting agency during the 6-month rotating presidency.

The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union was an opportunity for Belgium, which hosts the main European institutions, to invite delegations from the other Member States to get out of the European quarter of Brussels and discover the country’s 3 regions. It was in this context that WBI (Wallonia-Brussels International) selected Colingua to provide conference interpreting for various official events.

Here are a few examples

• February 2024: The Social economy at the Core of Transitions, Liège

Simultaneous interpretation in booths in English, French, Dutch and German

Field visits with portable ‘infoport’ equipment

• March 2024: European Conference of Housing Ministers, Liège

Simultaneous interpretation in French and English of the press conference of the ministers’ summit

• March 2024: Current state of extremism and populism: what consequences for the rise of racism in Europe, Liège

Interpreting into French and English and installation of interpreting equipment (booths and headsets) and technical sound management (microphones, loudspeakers, etc.) in the room.

• June: Informal meeting of the Education Committee, Grand Hornu (Mons)

Simultaneous interpreting in English, French, Dutch and German. Installation of interpreting equipment (booths, headsets, etc.) and management of the sound system in the room.

About Colingua

Our interpreting agency has offices in Brussels, Liège and Lanaken. Our conference interpreters work throughout Belgium, as well as in France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. We also accompany our customers to more distant destinations when necessary. And when this is not possible, our interpreters can stay online to provide online interpreting using specific tools such as Zoom. To this end, Colingua has created a new department specialising in online interpreting in 2020: ColinguaRSI. This new entity specialises in online interpreting and now provides more than 200 videoconferences with simultaneous translation per year.