In Belgium, we have an Id-card which allows us to travel everywhere in Europe. IF you have to go outside of Europe, You have to order a passport three weeks ahead. The Belgian passport is the most safest in the world. It is the hardest to fake passport, it has the highest quality. That was in the newspaper a few days ago.
You have to get your first id card when your twelve. BEfore that, You don’t have an Id card, but if you want to travel you need some sort of paper which says the travel period.
Renewal: It is renewed every five years untill you are 23, from then every ten years. If you radically change your look you’d better get one sooner.