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02/09/2009 - PUBLIC CONSULTATION: GREEN PAPER ON "PROMOTING THE LEARNING MOBILITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE"

The EU has a long track record of supporting young people: E.g. in 2006, around 310,000 young people were able to go abroad with support from European programmes. Nonetheless, going abroad still remains the exception rather than the rule (figures above represent a mere 0.3% of the age group of 16-29 year olds only) and it is more accessible to some groups, such as students, than to others, such as vocational trainees and apprentices.

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01/09/2009 - EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: STUDY ON EQUAL TREATMENT OF NON-NATIONALS IN INDIVIDUAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS

Invitation for tender EAC n°19/2009: Based on Action 40 in the Pierre de Coubertin Action Plan annexed to the White Paper on Sport stating that "As regards access to individual competitions for non-nationals, the Commission intends to launch a study to analyse all aspects of this complex issue", now an invitation for tender for this study on the equal treatment of non-nationals in individual sports competitions has been launched.

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29/06/2009 - INFORMAL EU WORKING GROUP ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SPORT

During the last Informal meeting of the EU Sport Directors that was held in Prague, on 28-29 April 2009 during the Czech Presidency of the EU, the Sport Directors welcomed the initiative proposed by the European Commission (DGEAC) to set up an informal EU Working Group on Education and Training in Sport.

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22/06/2009 - EOSE STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Moving forward in the development, implementation and sustainability of its strategic plan, the EOSE Board is delighted to announce the appointment of a new staff member and a new position appointed: Mr Matthias Guett is now in position of Research Manager for EOSE and Mr Aurélien Favre has been appointed unanimously by the Executive Board to the post of Executive Director of EOSE.

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