An umbrella organization, the Foundation for Flemish School Sports, has been set up in Belgium. It is supported by the government. Jointly with the Committee for Physical Education, Sport and Outdoor Recreation, it encourages sport among schoolchildren in and out of school. It has the following...

In Belgium, sport was not subsidized until after the Second World War. In the 1960s and 1970s sport was strongly encouraged by the properly marketed and yet idealistic Sport for All movement and participation increased from 12% to 40%. Local sports clubs became more independent and local...

A description is given of the lifestyle of disadvantaged young people in Belgium. It appears that their leisure is spent in a passive, consumption-oriented way. The view is taken that organized sports can improve the youngsters' situation. A short report is presented of a sports stimulation project ...

The Flemish Commission for the Promotion of Physical Education, Sport and Outdoor Recreation is starting a new campaign to promote sport among teenagers. Children in Belgium are becoming fatter and less fit. Many of them do not participate in physical activities and are not encouraged by their...

Legislation has been drafted in Belgium on medically responsible sports participation. This has occurred against a background of a more sedentary, less fit population, increasingly intensive training and drug-taking. Out of 5705 checks for drug-taking in 1985, 316 turned out positive. The new...

The Association for Physical Education, Sport and Outdoor Recreation (BLOSO) in Flanders, Belgium, is organizing a Youth Sports Campaign in 1994. It is doing this jointly with a number of sports federations who received a subsidy for this as an extra to the Sport for All budget. In May, a weekend...

Bloso (Board for Physical Education, Sport and Outdoor Recreation) of Flanders, Belgium, decided, in cooperation with the government and the relevant sports federations, to create a water sports course in line with international standards in two lakes left from exhausted gravel pits. The first...

The last few decades have seen a increase in local sports policies and sports promotion due partly to subsidized sports officers and to the campaign 'Sport for All'. Sport provision and education in Belgium are seen as important social services, although in times of economic stringency,...

BLOSO, the organization which promotes physical education, sport and outdoor recreation in Flanders, Belgium, organized a sports club day during May 1994 as part of its campaign to encourage young people to participate in sport. A total of 1342 sports clubs and 80 000 people participated. Local...