Sport Vlaanderen is the Flemish

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s agency. Within

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, it is the Flemish counterpart of French-speaking ADEPS. 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

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. 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