Sport Vlaanderen
Sport Vlaanderen is the Flemish sports agency. Within Belgium, 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 acquired thereby more responsibilities and greater authority over sport in Flanders. Colloquially, the agency and the public sport centres it operates remain widely known as "Bloso".
Sport Vlaanderen has several responsibilities:
