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The FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation represents, defends and promotes the interests of Belgium and Belgians abroad, promotes the coherence of foreign action and coordinates Belgium's European policy as a federal country. The FPS Foreign Affairs strives for a safe, just and prosperous world.
For instance, UNV's Online Volunteering service received a financial contribution from the Federal Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium for the years 2013 and 2014 to support the outreach to the francophone world and the promotion of volunteerism. [1]
The FPS Interior (Dutch: FOD Binnenlandse Zaken, French: SPF Intérieur, German: FÖD Inneres), formerly the Ministry of the Interior, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on 14 January 2002, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration.
The Kingdom of Belgium has 410 overseas diplomatic missions across all continents with 261 of those being honorary consulates. [1] The honorary consulates of Belgium aid in the issuance of passports and other identification. Though if one is not registered in the consular population center, assistance is limited. [2]
The Prime Minister's Office was established in 1918, when the title 'Prime Minister' was first used in a Belgian context. In 2001, it was turned into a Federal Public Service (FPS) as part of the so-called Copernicus Plan to modernise the federal administration.
The Agency organises two joint trade missions a year in cooperation with the Wallonia Export-Investment Agency (AWEX), hub.brussels and Flanders Investment & Trade.In addition, the BFTA collaborates with the FPS Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for the protocol and political aspects of the programme.
The program is co-funded by the United States State Department and the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission. [13] Notable alumni of the Fulbright Schuman Program include American economist Austan Goolsbee, [14] British scholar Ian Holliday, and Portuguese academic and politician Miguel Poiares Maduro.
The Committee on Foreign Relations and Defence (Dutch: Commissie voor de Buitenlandse Betrekkingen en de Landsverdediging, French: Commission des Relations extérieures et de la Défense) is a standing committee of the Belgian Senate. It is responsible for all matters related to the foreign affairs and the defence of Belgium.