Federal Public Service Social Security

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.

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.

• Official website
• Portal of the Belgian Social Security

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