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<p>ADEPS is an administrative service of the Ministry of the <a href="/facts/French_Community_of_Belgium/uc0kCqGB">French Community of Belgium</a> charged with the promotion of sport and physical education amongst the population of the French-speaking community. </p><p>Its name is an <a href="/facts/Acronym/nlHK7aRt">acronym</a> for "Administration de l'Éducation physique, du Sport et de la Vie en Plein Air". Its equivalent in the <a href="/facts/Flemish_Community/PJGqz7kR">Flemish Community</a> is <a href="/facts/Bloso/traTPGb6">Bloso</a> (Bestuur voor de Lichamelijke Opvoeding, de Sport en het Openluchtleven). Created in 1969, these two entities were formerly a single service, INEPS, created in 1956 from the Ministry of National Education and Culture. </p><p>ADEPS and BLOSO are charged with all aspects of sport development in their own community, from the training of coaches, growth of sporting clubs, events, and communal sporting functions. </p>