General Country Information
Capital: Brussels
Population: 10,423,493 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Federal Parliamentary Democracy / Constitutional Monarchy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 4.457 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 11.822 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 4.367 million (2009)
Internet users: 7.292 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.65
World Rank 2005/2006: 23
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
Council of Europe Disability Action Plan (2006–2015)
http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/soc-sp/Rec_2006_5%20Disability%20Action%20Plan.pdf
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Agence Wallonne pour I'Integration des Personnes Handicapées
Site Saint-Charles,
Rue de la Rivelaine, 21
Charleroi 6061
Belgium
http://www.awiph.be
Email: secgen@awiph.be
Tel: +32-71-2057-11
Fax: +32-71-2051-02
Autonomia
Av. Pierre Vander Biest 70
Brussels 1150
Belgium
http://wal.autonomia.org
Email: cleon@autonomia.org
Tel: +32-2-77218-95
Fax: +32-2-77926-77
Centre Comprendre et Parler
Rue de la Rive, 101
Brussels 1200
Belgium
http://www.guidesocial.be/comprendre.et.parler
Email: brcharli@ulb.ac.be
Tel: +32-2-77004-40
Fax: +32-2-77262-88
Dysmelia
Mgr De Haernelaan 24
8500 Kortrijk
Kortrijk
Belgium
http://www.dysmelia.org
Email: nicole.vuylsteke@skynet.be
European Disability Forum
Rue du Commerce 39-41
Brussels 1000
Belgium
http://www.edf-feph.org
Email: secretariat@edf-feph.org
Tel: +32-2-282-46-00
Fax: +32-2-282-46-09
FEVLADO - Federatie van Vlaamse Doven Organisaties v.z.w.
Coupure Rechts 314
Gent 9000
Belgium
http://www.fevlado.be
Email: fevlado@pandora.be
Tel: +32-09-224-46-76
Fax: +32-09-329-07-47
LPC Belgique (Cued Speech Association of Belgium)
Rue Charles Dubois, 25
Limelette 1342
Belgium
http://www.lpcbelgique.be
Email: lpc.belgique@skynet.be
KVG - Katholieke Vereniging Gehandicapten vzw - DPI National Assembly
http://www.kvg.be