Central Secular Council
The Central Secular Council, full name Centrale Vrijzinnige Raad der niet-confessionele levensbeschouwelijke Gemeenschappen van België vzw; French: Conseil central laïque is the highest body of nonreligious organisations in Belgium. It federates the French-speaking Centre d'Action Laïque and the Dutch-speaking Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen. It was founded on 21 June 1972.
The Central Secular Council
- represents the nonreligious communities in their relations with the civil government;
- coordinates the organisation and working of the nonreligious moral services, and management of the material and financial interests of the nonreligious communities it comprises;
- regulates the functioning of the office of representatives who provide moral services based on a nonreligious worldview, and their appointment with regard to the state.