Sport Vlaanderen is the
Flemish sports agency. Within
Belgium, 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.
Sport Vlaanderen has several responsibilities:
* support topsport in
Flanders,
* divide government support funds over the organized sports actors in
Flanders,
* operate the 13 sports centres of Sport Vlaanderen,
* organize training and courses for sports trainers,
* organize
sports camp
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s and
* making sport promotion.
External links
Official website
Sport in Belgium
Flemish government departments and agencies
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