Central

The central government is responsible for:

Youth assistance and protection

• The basic legislation, including the status of minors, rules of criminal law for youth-protection offences, juvenile courts, loss of parental rights and supervision of social benefits;
• Legislative competence for measures relating to minors who have committed offences.

Regional

Regions
No competencies identified.

Communities
Communities’ authorities are responsible for:

Youth Policy

• Youth policy formulation and implementation, and
• The legal framework for youth policy.
   

Youth assistance and protection

• Basic legislation and finance intervention to help minors in difficulty and their families;
• Implementing legal measures to assist young people and minors who have committed offences, and
• Legislative competence on creating institutions that train and supervise young people (organise or subsidise these institutions);
• Youth Centres;
• Youth associations and councils;
• Homework support initiatives;
• Advisory bodies;
• Subsidies and funding.
  
  

Sport

• Legislative and financial responsibility; 
• The French Community has transferred responsibility for subsidising sporting infrastructure in the French linguistic region to the Walloon Region.

Local ​

Provinces/Municipalities

Youth
No competencies identified ath the local level.

Sport
Local authorities, communes and provinces, can play the role of organizing authority in the area of sport.

(Flemish provinces no longer have this competence as of 01/01/2018)

Responsible ministries/bodies

Chancellery of the Prime Minister FPS 

German Community – Ministry of Culture

The French Speaking Community – Youth Service

Flemish Community – Ministry of Culture, Youth Sports and Media

Sources

Constitution of Belgium (Constitution belge texte coordonné du 17 février 1994). In particular Art. 127, 128, 130 and 138

Decree of the French Community (19 July 1993) relating to the transfer of the exercise of certain competences of the French Community to the Walloon Region (Décret de la Communauté française du 19 juillet 1993 relatif au transfert de l'exercice de certaines compétences de la Communauté française á la région wallonne et á la commission communautaire française). In particular, Art. 3, indent 1

Law of Institutional Reform for the German Community (Loi de réformes institutionnelles pour la Communauté germanophone (31 décembre 1983)). In particular Art. 4, paragraphs 1 and 2

Special law of Institutional Reform (Loi Spéciale de réformes institutionnelles du 8 Août 1980). In particular Art. 4, 5, paragraph 1, II, 6, 7

The French Speaking Community (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)

Youth Policy in the three communities of Belgium, youthpolicy.org, 2012