Systemy emerytalne w Europie. Przypadek Belgii

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 author's goal was to present both past and present solutions employed by the Belgium 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 mediation pensions).