'ADEPS is an administrative service of the Ministry of the French Community of Belgium

French Community of Belgium

The French Community of Belgium is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. Although its name could suggest that it is a community of French citizens in Belgium, it is not...

 charged with the promotion of sport and physical education amongst the population of the French-speaking community.

Its name is an acronym for "Administration de l'Éducation physique, du Sport et de la Vie en Plein Air". Its equivalent in the Flemish Community

Flemish Community

The term Flemish Community has two distinct, though related, meanings:...

 is Bloso

Bloso

Bloso is the shortened name for the Belgian Flemish sports agency. Its official name is the Commissariaat-Generaal ter Bevordering van de Lichamelijke Ontwikkeling, de Sport en de Openluchtrecreatie. It is the flemish counterpart of French-speaking ADEPS...

(Bestuur voor de Lichamelijke Opvoeding, de Sport en het Openluchtleven). Created in 1969, these two entities were formerly a single service, INEPS, created in 1956 from the Ministry of National Education and Culture.

ADEPS and BLOSO are charged with all aspects of sport development in their own territory, from the training of coaches, growth of sporting clubs, events, and communal sporting functions.

The activities and services of Adeps

• Adeps has an infrastructure of 20 sport centres in the French community with a well organised structure.