In 1986, the foundations of Handicap International's network were laid with the creation of the Belgian section, the only section in the network (with the exception of France) to develop its own programmes in developing countries. Handicap International Belgium runs more than 60 projects in 16 countries. As a symbol of its fight against landmines, it has developed the “Blue laces” campaign, symbolising mine victims who learn to walk again and to tie their new shoe-laces. Today many Belgians can be seen wearing these laces to show their solidarity with all people with disabilities.  Princess Mathilde, the wife of the heir to the Belgian throne, is the section's patron.

Since 2002, Handicap International Luxembourg has developed a partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the form of a framework agreement, in which the minister undertakes to finance a list of development projects for a three-year period.
Handicap International Luxembourg provides Handicap International's programme staff with support with project methodology. The section also carries out a large number of awareness-raising and development education actions: a major disability rights awareness campaign is currently underway in  high schools throughout the country.  

Handicap International Germany is a very militant section that organises a lot of campaigning and awareness-raising events (exhibitions, conferences, public events), especially against landmines and cluster bombs. Based in Munich, the association has a solid network of branches across the country.
In terms of technical support to the programmes, Handicap International Germany's speciality is capacity-building (support to local partners in the mission countries). The "com'in" project, based in Munich, is a platform for use by disabled people which helps foster pilot initiatives in little explored areas.

The UK section works closely, on behalf of Handicap International movement, with specialised organisations and universities engaged in the field of disability and development.
Handicap International UK is in charge of providing technical support to development projects in the field of inclusive education (which aims to give children with disabilities similar educational opportunities as other children). The section co-manages the Source project, an international information support centre designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability.

Handicap International Switzerland fosters relations with the international bodies based in Geneva on behalf of the movement as a whole.
The section coordinates the reflection surrounding assistance to victims of conflicts and to people with disabilities (participation in international working groups, organisation of workshops on the subject). A member of the Swiss section has been seconded to the programmes management platform in France, where she is in charge of coordinating Handicap International's functional rehabilitation activities, in particular in crises and emergency situations.

Based in Montreal, Handicap International Canada recruits health and management professionals who are  posted to the field as members of the association's expatriate workforce. The association is also responsible for seeking funds from governmental organisations such as the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and other financial partners, and monitoring each of its field projects. Handicap International Canada also organises awareness-raising and information events for the Canadian public on the causes and effects of disability and on landmines, a subject which resonates strongly in the home country of the Treaty of Ottawa.  

The United States section is currently being set up. As well as acting as an intermediary and representing Handicap International with those key international players based in the USA (United Nations, World Bank), this new section also intends to organise actions for rallying the American public to Handicap International's causes.