1. By fighting against drug trafficking, violent thefts and insecurity through an increase in police presence on the streets and the use of modern and effective means of surveillance, particularly of drug dealing locations.

2. By developing local prevention partnerships (PLP) in collaboration with residents' committees and the police in the various neighborhoods affected by insecurity (Saint-Antoine, Saint-Denis, Union, Stuart Merrill/JB Baeck and Jupiter have been mentioned in recent years but are not the only ones).

3. By reopening theForest police station (“Patinage”) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in order to allow Forest residents to file complaints even at night, and to guarantee greater local presence of the police.

4. By permanently ensuring 4 police patrols in the Forest / Saint-Gilles territory.

5. By increasing the number of surveillance cameras in sensitive places.

6. By standardising the use of bodycams by police officers, in the interest of everyone.

7. By developing a “Security by Design” approach in problem areas, a method aimed at re-organising public spaces in such a way as to increase security and the feeling of well-being.

8. By reinstating a Forest community police unit to specifically combat petty crimes, street drug dealing, harassment in public spaces and violent thefts.

9. By creating, as part of the establishment of the IPPJ (Public Youth ProtectionInstitution), a security unit – involving the police, the commune and the institution – which will be in contact and listening to residents. The unit will not only inform residents about the security measures taken with young people, but also take all necessary police measures to ensure everyone can live in a peaceful manner.

10. By requesting an audit of the Midi police zone with a view to improving its effectiveness.

11. By making online complaint filing more effective by transposing complaints intoISLP, the coding system allowing reports to be included in police data and not forgotten.

12. By collaborating with the voluntary sector and the police zone to set up information sharing and prevention measures for domestic violence.

13. By renewing the dialogue between our young people and the police by organising sporting (football, rugby, tournaments), cultural and exchange activities.

14. By creating a link between young people and the police by organising a prevention and safety day for primary and secondary schools where children would be introduced to security professions (policeman, firefighter, ambulance drivers, doctor, magistrates, prevention actors).

15. Adopt a zero-tolerance policy for acts of racism and anti-semitism by training police and prevention officers in particular, or by removing all tags/posters/stickers conveying messages that would impact on social cohesion.

16. By ensuring the best possible response given to female victims of violence when they file a complaint, through specific police trainings and through initiating a change of attitudes.

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17. By improving internal governance, notably through a systematic evaluation of public policies, the determination of a realistic financial plans, but also by depoliticising the management of the administration.
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18. By reducing certain communal expenses according to the priority missions that a communal administration must fulfil.

19. By removing or rationalising certain unprofitable taxes.

20. By using our sphere of influence as much as possible to reduce the tax pressure on businesses, businesses and residents (reduction of the personal income tax (impôt des personnes physiques) to 6.5%, reduction of property taxes as well as the fees charged for certain administrative documents (e.g.,  passports).

21. By requesting an audit of the CPAS with a view to improving its efficiency and the quality of service provided.

22. By carrying out a comprehensive wealth review by the CPAS before granting social assistance.
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23. By developing a “youth self-employment” kiosk to support CPAS beneficiaries and others who wish to become self-employed (through information, training, support, legal referrals,  financial support).

24. By undertaking a complete review of the commune’s mobility plan and Good Move projects in Forest.

25. By putting an end to a dogmatic one-way mobility policy.

26. By in-depth consultation with local residents and key social and economic actors in Forest.

27. By ensuring that mobility-related measures do not lock residents in their homes, do not isolate shops and businesses, and do not transfer traffic to their neighbours.

28. By ensuring close consultation with neighbouring communes in order to assess the consistency of the measures taken and their respective impacts.

29. By ensuring accessible pedestrian and reduced mobility paths and secure cycling routes.

30. By penalising illegal parking of electric scooters and ensuring that sidewalks are accessible.

31. By creating secure bike paths separated from the roads on all major regional routes.

32. By improving the marking of bike routes most suitable for parents and children on communal roads.

33. By fighting against bicycle theft, in particular through the creation of more secure parking lots.

34. By stopping the elimination of on-street parking spaces in a discriminating manner, taking into account local specificities and providing off-road compensation solutions.

35. By defending the extension of tram 7 between Albert and Rochefort under Parc de Forest, in accordance with STIB’s recommendation.

36. By advocating that STIB improve the bus and tram service in Forest, but also by supporting research on extending the metro to Uccle-Forest.

37. By effectively deploying sweeper teams on our streets.

38. By strengthening collaboration between the various communal and regional actors to ensure the emptying of public trash cans and the collection of illegal dumping.

39. By strengthening the control of public spaces and penalising incivility (illegal dumping, dog waste, cigarette butts and littering, etc.) via new cameras and on-the-ground action.

40. By organising street cleaning actions from facade to facade (collection of waste and illegal dumping, cleaning with water, maintenance of drains, fixing broken street infrastructure, cleaning graffiti etc.).

41. By working withBruxelles Propreté to prevent household bags from lying around outside of collection hours (deployment of buried containers, improvement of collections, etc.).

42. By developing more public ashtrays near public transport stops and strengthening the fight against throwing of cigarette butts in the streets.

43. By developing a network of public toilets or publicly accessible toilets in specific places (e.g.,parks), including through collaboration with the Horeca sector.

44. By implementing the Climate Plan in its energy performance and greening aspect of communal buildings and the CPAS.

45. By providing that for during new developments in public spaces, the provision of spaces to cool off (’îlots de fraicheur‘) and rain gardens.

46. By prohibiting delivery drivers, coaches (schools, Forest National, etc.), but also cars parked near schools from leaving their engines running.

47. By improving the quality of life of Forest residents by reducing the nuisance linked to flying overBrussels through the deployment, at local level, of sound level meters making it possible to fine all aircraft which do not comply with the noise decree. The Federal Government should also be reminded of the following points: the principle of non-flying over densely populated areas in order to respect the general interest, public health and the safety of the population; the need to set the so-called “night” period at Brussels National Airport from 10 p.m. to 7a.m. and to prohibit (with exceptions) take-offs and landings during this period; the need to establish an independent and neutral public authority to control airborne noise pollution around Brussels-National Airport.

48. By preserving the Wiels marshland (‘marais’) and ensuring the restoration of neighbouring buildings and development of a cultural project in the Metropole building.

49. By bringing to fruition the stadium project for the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at the Bempt-site, as long as the conclusions of the studies (still to be carried out) respond to the well-being and quality of life of its residents, the constraints linked to the environment and biodiversity, water management and noise regulations, mobility and the sustainability of the activities of the Sports Center.

50. By redeveloping, after the move of the Marien stadium to Bempt, the south stand of the stadium into a sporting facility that is accessible to the neighbourhood (pétanque courts, badminton, volleyball, etc.).

51. By ensuring a good quality of life through a balance between housing development and zones to be protected, while ensuring that density is not increased disproportionately (e.g., the “Match” project).

52. By redeveloping the prison site with particular attention to the well-being of citizens (avoiding over-density) and ensuring a balanced distribution between public and private projects, for the accessibility of housing for the middle class and for equipment of collective interest (e.g., shops, nursery, school, green spaces, playgrounds, etc.).

53. By collaborating with relevant authorities to maintain economic and industrial activity at the Audi site and, in the case that the factory decides to leave Forest, work to maintain industrial activities there but also develop housing and activities/infrastructure of public interest, offices, productive activities and services, and green spaces, with a view to creating a new, harmonious and sustainable neighbourhood.

54.    By pursuing a policy of unlocking unoccupied housing by strengthening the means of the social real estate agency (AIS).

55. By continuing the development of the communal cultural centre project at Forest Abbey and the various existing cultural projects (Forest Sounds, Artists’ Journey, Medieval Festival, etc.).

56. By creating an open-air theatre festival in the Forest Abbey.

57. By creating activities for children during Halloween and Saint Nicholas.

58. By collaborating closely with the History Circle in order to make Forest’s past and its secrets better known to its inhabitants and visitors (collaborations with schools, senior clubs, articles in the communal newsletter, thematic visits, etc.).

59. By developing a plan to revitalize shops and markets within each neighbourhood in close consultation with market vendors and producers .
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60. By supporting Belgian artisans and more particularly artisans from Forest by creating a Christmas market.

61. By encouraging and supporting local residents’ initiatives to energise or beautify their neighbourhood.

62. By creating a marked jogging path in Forest and Duden parks.

63. By defending the creation of an intercommunal swimming pool financed by the Region and, in the interim, work with neighbouring communes to secure attractive prices for Forest residents to their pools.

64. By ensuring the preservation of wildlife and biodiversity present in green spaces.
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65.  By installing drinking fountains in public spaces.

66.    By improving the quality of instruction and support in communal schools.

67. By strengthening mastery of the French language (in French-speaking communal education) or Dutch (in Dutch-speaking communal education), a necessary condition for success in other subjects.

68. By introducing a foreign language ​​from a very young age: introducing a 2nd language from the 3rd year of kindergarten and a 3rd language from 5th year of primary school.

69. By supporting children to code and play chess at school from a young age.

70. By reorganising para-and extra-curricular activities by taking advantage of current facilities(Forest Domaine, Forestoise, Brass, Abbaye, Centr’Al, etc.) to expand the existing offer of sporting and cultural activities.

71. By offering clean, secure playgrounds suitable for children of all ages.

72. By increasing the supply of available nursery places, via a new communal nursery and collaborations with private nurseries.

73. By developing an eco-crèche in Forest.

74. By prioritising available places for a crèche to professionally active parents and single-parent families.

75. By providing anat-home offer of administrative services for residents who are physically immobile.

76.  By offering training to raise awareness in the commune and CPAS administration on the non-take up of rights.

77.    By strengthening the information on social rights that the CPAS can provide to the self-employed.

78.    By advocating for a reduction in waiting times for large families and single-parent families to access social housing.

79.    By supporting caregivers, through supporting them to register at the commune in collaboration with social services, informing them of the existence of the non-profit organization ‘Aidants Proches and giving them the possibility of obtaining are cognised  status and benefits. More broadly, by participating with other public authorities in the creation of aRespite Home for Carers.

80.    By fully responding to the mental health challenges and distress faced by certain residents and carrying out the following actions: information provision and awareness-raising(leaflets/website, call numbers); organisation of meeting spaces in collaboration with external partners, notably those representing families; specific trainings with relevant partners (PBSM, Similes, Aidant-Proches) for the people concerned and for professionals (AS, Family Aid, etc.); and intercommunal collaborations.

81.  By guaranteeing the neutrality of staff in the communal administration and CPAS by enforcing theban on wearing political, philosophical or religious signs during the exercise of their functions.

82.  By defending the principle of bilingualism of services in order to guarantee residents’ ability to receive services in their own language while easing the conditions for recruitment within the communal administration.

83. By recognising the use of languages ​​other than those officially recognised in order to strengthen the quality of administrative services for residents. For languages​​that do not have official language status, their proficiency by staff in the communal administration will be encouraged via a bonus.

84.    By ensuring slots for the illiterate, people experiencing a digital divide, elderly people or people with disabilities who have difficulty with administrative procedures, and training communal staff for this purpose.

85. By reducing waiting times for appointments and restoring walk-in slots.

86. By making Forest an exemplary and efficient commune in terms of respecting deadlines for processing applications for urbanism permits and requests related to urban planning.

87. By modernising the website and guaranteeing accessibility of services to all users, with particular attention to people with disabilities or those experiencing adigital divide.

88.    By revitalising the senior service through a range of activities and services accessible to allForest residents (excursions and visits, thematic days/walks, workshops andboard games, sports, meals, etc.).

89.    By ensuring training for all communal administration staff in first aid.

90. By improving the energy performance of communal buildings and the CPAS.

91. By relaunching citizen meetings by neighbourhood in order to allow residents to express themselves on the subjects that concern them and for the local Council to report on the implementation of its government programme.

92. By educating children from an early age about animal welfare through schools.

93.  By introducing a new off-leash dog walking area and/or off-leash dog hours.

94.    By tackling the growth of spikelet plants that regularly injure domestic animals.

95. By continuing cat sterilisation campaigns and increasing information on stray cat feeding sites.

96. By creating an animal welfare advisory council bringing together residents, volunteers and professionals in the sector.

97. By putting in place contraceptive birdhouses to combat the proliferation of pigeons and by fighting effectively(awareness, reporting, etc.) against Asian hornets and rats. 

98.    By installing nestingboxes for birds.

99.    By strengthening theactions of the police zone and the prevention service in matters of animalabuse.

100. By banning fireworks, with the exception of those with low noise.