Reception services for infants

Every commune is responsible for reception services for infants through the network of communal crèches. You can contact your commune to request a list of communal crèches on its territory.

In addition to the communal crèches, other reception facilities, some of them under official control ('ONE' - Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance, for the French-speaking part of Belgium and 'Kind & Gezin' for the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium) are available.

• External linkThe 'ONE' (Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance) (FR) publishes a whole host of information on its website about reception facilities for infants (crèches, grant-maintained and non-grant maintained specialised/non-specialised care providers) and school-going children (out-of-school care, holiday centres, playing fields).
• The 'External linkObservatoire de l'Enfant (FR)' is an action program of the French Community Commission (COCOF) concerned with children’s policy, particularly child care policy. The Observatoire de l'Enfant’s target audience is parents, professionals and the authorities, to which it provides services and gives information and advice.
• The website External linkBruxelles Temps Libre (FR), initiated by Badje asbl, in collaboration with the 'ONE' and the Brussels 'Accueil Temps Libre' coordinators, with the support of the COCOF, provides informations on activities for kids between 2,5 and 18 years old. It also offers a search engine listng all activities during the school year and during school holidays, as well as many practical tips.

• The External linkFlemish Community Commission's website (NL) provides an overview of infant care in Brussels.
• The Flemish organisation External link'Kind & Gezin' (NL) devotes a section on its website to the various forms of infant care.