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.

Organisation

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.

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v t e Federal Public Services of the federal government of Belgium
Horizontal services	FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister FPS Policy and Support (merger of FPS Budget and Management Control, FPS Personnel and Organisation and FPS Information and Communication Technology)
Vertical services	FPS Economy FPS Employment FPS Finance FPS Foreign Affairs FPS Health FPS Interior FPS Justice FPS Social Security FPS Mobility and Transport Ministry of Defence
Planning services	PPS Social Integration, Fight against Poverty and Social Economy PPS Science Policy

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International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States