Sport Vlaanderen is the

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sport Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...

s agency. Within

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, it is the Flemish counterpart of French-speaking

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. Both agencies were founded in 1969 to succeed the state-founded national INEPS/NILOS. Until 2016 Sport Vlaanderen was called Bloso, short for ''Bestuur voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding, Sport en Openluchtleven''. The new name was assumed after a merger with the smaller departement Sport, another sports administration of the Flemish government. The new agency thereby acquired more responsibilities and greater authority over sport in

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...

. Sport Vlaanderen has several responsibilities: * support topsport in

, * divide government support funds over the organized sports actors in

, * operate the 13 sports centres of Sport Vlaanderen, * organize training and courses for sports trainers, * organize

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s and * making sport promotion.

External links

Official website
Sport in Belgium Flemish government departments and agencies {{sport-org-stub