Federal Public Service Social Security

The FPS Social Security and Public Institutions of Social Security (Dutch: FOD Sociale Zekerheid en Openbare instellingen van sociale zekerheid, French: SPF Sécurité Sociale et Institutions publiques de sécurité sociale, German: FÖD Soziale Sicherheit und öffentliche Behörden für Soziale Sicherheit), more commonly known as the FPS Social Security, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on May 23, 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

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 Office for Pensions and the National Employment Office.

External links

Federal Public Services of the federal government of Belgium

Horizontal services	FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister FPS Personnel and Organisation FPS Budget and Management Control FPS Information and Communication Technology (Fedict)

Vertical services	FPS Economy FPS Employment FPS Finance FPS Foreign Affairs FPS Health FPS Interior FPS Justice FPS Social Security FPS Transport Defence

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