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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.
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.
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Health and Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke: 1 October 2020 Incumbent Vooruit: Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Budget and Administrative Simplification Vincent Van Peteghem: 3 February 2025 Incumbent CD&V: Ministers Minister of Defence and Foreign Trade Theo Francken: 3 February 2025 Incumbent N-VA
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.
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 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 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]
In 1947, the Royal Institute for International Relations (the Institute’s original name) was founded by Belgian political leaders including Paul van Zeeland, former Prime Minister; Prof. Charles de Visscher, member of the International Court of Justice; Prof. Fernand Dehousse, member of the Belgian delegation to the Conference of San Francisco; and Prof. Henri Rolin, Senator and Barrister-at ...