The FPS Social Security (Dutch: Federale Overheidsdienst Sociale Zekerheid, French: Service public fédéral Sécurité sociale, German: Föderaler Öffentlicher Dienst Soziale Sicherheit) is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on 23 May 2001, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration.
The FPS Social Security is responsible for the Belgian system of social security.
Organisation edit
The FPS Social Security is currently organised into five Directorates-General:
- The Directorate-General for Social Policy
- The Directorate-General for Self-employed Persons
- The Directorate-General for Disabled Persons
- The Directorate-General for War Victims
- The Directorate-General for Social Inspection
In addition, it is also responsible for a large number of public social security institutions, such as the National Office for Social Security, the National Institute for the Social Security of the Self-employed, the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance, the National Office for Pensions and the National Employment Office.
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