Belgium : Flanders

Belgium is a federal state whose political power and institutions are separated into three levels. As a part of the cultural domain, governmental competences with regard to sport, such as the organization of sport, sport policy planning, and the subsidizing of sport in general and sport federations in particular, are the exclusive responsibility of the three communities (i.e., the Flemish Community, the French Community, and the German-speaking Community). First, the organization of sport in Belgium is described by making using of the so-called Church Model of Sport. The sport system in Belgiu... Mehr ...