Pension Systems in Europe – Case of Belgium

Abstract

The article presents an insight into the old age pension system in Belgium. The introduction is followed by four topic paragraphs: 1. the general information about the country, 2. the historical development of its pension system, 3. the present situation, and 4. challenges and foreseen changes. There, the authorís goal was to present both past and present solutions employed by the Belgiumís pension system, in search for ideas worth consideration in international comparisons. In the summary, the author highlights as a particular Belgian approach, on the background of other countries, the fact of existing in the Belgian reality the Office of the Pension Mediations (fr. Service de mÈdiation pensions).