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27/03/2013 - FEASIBILITY STUDY ON POSSIBLE FUTURE MOBILITY MEASURES FOR SPORT IN THE EU

We are delighted to officially announce that a Consortium composed of the Olympic Chair in Management of Sports Organisations from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE), and Sport and Citizenship (S&C) has been appointed by the Sport Unit of the Directorate-General Education and Culture (DG EAC) and to carry out a feasibility study on possible future mobility measures for sport in the EU.
The feasibility study aims to analyse current learning mobility opportunities in sport and then make detailed recommendations to help the European Commission to determine whether funding of sport learning mobility measures at the European level is necessary in future EU funding programmes.

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15/01/2013 - GOLF STAND FINAL OUTCOMES NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

The release of the Golf Stand Project Outcome documents marks the culmination of the two-year EU funded Leonardo da Vinci project. Through the implementation of the EOSE 7 steps model, the Golf Stand has created a range of indispensable European occupational standards aimed at defining the competences, skills and knowledge needed for those working in the sector as golf professionals.
Golf stand is the working title, which in full reads The European Occupational Standards for Golf, promoted by SkillsActive, with the strong support of The PGAs of Europe and the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE). The Project Outcomes are available for download from the Golf Stand website.

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21/12/2012 - THIERRY ZINTZ ELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF EOSE

The ordinary EOSE General Assembly 2012 included the election of the EOSE Executive Board which saw Stephen Studd stand down as President of the organisation after 6 years in the role. Although Stephen’s work with EOSE is far from over, his involvement with the EOSE Board will continue in the capacity of Past President. All associated with EOSE would like to pay thanks to his significant role in the development of the organisation.
The EOSE membership unanimously agreed to the election of Thierry Zintz who is going to act as President of EOSE.

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19/12/2012 - EOSE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND MEMBER SEMINAR 2012

On the 12th and 13th December 2012 the EOSE General Assembly and Members Seminar 2012 was held in Brussels, Belgium. The event, which was hosted by the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC), involved the EOSE membership and provided a platform to present the work which has been carried out by EOSE and the network in 2011/12.
Furthermore, the gathering of network members facilitated the opportunity to exchange and discuss further developments, priorities, collaborations and activities in the field of Education and Training in the Sport and Active Leisure sector. The full program can be found in clicking here.

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