BE - Belgium
This page includes links to national public authorities and other organisations where useful information and resources relevant to the audiovisual sector can be found. Indicative translations of the names of linked organisations are given for reference.
Main Public Institutions and Bodies
- Portal belgium.be - Information on federal institutions and services
- Grondwettelijk Hof / Cour constitutionnelle / Verfassungsgerichtshof - Constitutional Court
- Raad van State / Conseil d'Etat / Staatrat - Council of State
- Hof van Cassatie / Cour de cassation / Kassation Hof - Court of Cassation
Regions and Communities
Flanders (Regional and Flemish Community Institutions)
- Vlaamse Overheid - Flemish Authority
- Vlaams Parlement - Parliament
- Vlaamse Regering - Government
- Vlaamse Minister van Innovatie, Overheidsinvesteringen, Media en Armoedebestrijding
- Flemish Minister for Innovation, Public Investment, Media and Poverty Reduction - Website van het Beleidsdomein Cultuur, Jeugd, Sport en Media - Department of Culture, Youth, Sports and Media of the Flemish Government
Walloon Region
- Région Wallone - Official Portal
- Gouvernement de Wallonie - Government
- Parlement Wallon - Parliament
Brussels-Capital Region
French-speaking Community
- Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Official Portal
- Parlement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Parliament
- Gouvernement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Government
- Ministre de la Culture, de l'Audiovisuel, de la Santé et de l'Égalité des Chances de la Communauté française de Belgique - Minister of Culture, Audiovisual, Health and Equal Opportunities
German-speaking Community
- Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens - Official Portal
- Ministerin für Kultur, Medien und Tourismus - Minister of Culture, Media and Tourism
Official Publishing and Statistical Organisations
- Moniteur Belge / Belgisch Staatsblad - Official Journal
- Statistics Belgium - National Statistical Office
Regulatory Authorities for Audiovisual and Communication Sectors
- Belgisch Instituut voor postdiensten en telecommunicatie / Institut belge des services postaux et des télécommunications / Belgisches Institut für Postdienste und Telekommunikation - Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications
Regional Authorities
Flemish Community
- Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media - Flemish regulator of the Media
French-speaking Community
- Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel - Audiovisual Regulatory Body
German-speaking Community
- Medienrat der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens - Media Council of the German-speaking Community
Competition Authority
Data Protection Authority
- Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer / Commission de la Protection de la Vie Privée - Commission for the Protection of Privacy
Self and Co-regulatory Bodies
- Raad Voor De Journalistiek (RVDJ) - Council for Journalism of the Flemish press
- Conseil de Déontologie Journalistique (CDJ) - Council for Journalistic Deontology of the French-speaking and German-speaking Medias
- Jury voor Ethische Praktijken inzake Reclame / Jury d'Ethique Publicitaire (JEP) - Self-regulatory body of the advertising industry
Copyright and Intellectual Property Offices
- Dienst voor de Intellectuele Eigendom (D.I.E.) / Office belge de la propriété intellectuelle (ORPI) - Belgian Office for Intellectual Property
Copyright Collecting Societies
- Société multimédia des auteurs des arts visuels (SOFAM) - Society of Authors of Visual Arts
- Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs (SABAM) -Belgium Society of Authors, Composers and Editors
- Société des auteurs et des compositeurs dramatiques (SACD) - Society of Authors and Composers
- Société civile des auteurs multimédia (SCAM) - Civil Society of Multimedia Authors
Film Institutions
French-speaking Community
- Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) - Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the French Community
- Wallonie-Bruxelles Images (WBI) - Agency in charge of the promotion of Audiovisual Productions
- MEDIA Desk Belgique - Desk of the MEDIA Programme
Flemish Community
- Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds - Flanders Audiovisual Fund
- MEDIA Desk België - Desk of the MEDIA Programme
- Cinematek - Royal Film Library of Belgium
Television and On-demand Audiovisual Services
For a list of television and on-demand audiovisual services in this country see the dedicated pages in MAVISE database available at :
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