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21/04/2010 - THE EUROBAROMETER SURVEY ON SPORT & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Publication - March 2010

A special EUROBAROMETER Survey on Sport and Physical Activity commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) was carried out in late 2009 and the report was published in March 2010.

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20/04/2010 - EU ONLINE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON SPORT: The European Commission seeks citizen's views on EU Sport Policy

The Sport Unit of the European Commission has launched an online consultation on the EU's strategic choices for the implementation of the new EU competence in the field of sport. The Lisbon Treaty calls on the EU to promote European sporting issues and to develop the European dimension in sport. The European Commission is preparing concrete policy options in view of the implementation of this new EU competence.

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19/04/2010 - THE REFERENCING OF THE UK FRAMEWORKS TO THE EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (EQF): Launch Event, April 2010

The Launch Conference “the referencing of the UK Frameworks to the EQF” is going to be organised on Monday 26^th and Tuesday 27^th of April 2010 in Edinburgh (Scotland).

 

The event is being held jointly by the organisations responsible for the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW), the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), and will feature messages from Ministers from the UK and speakers from the European Commission.

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12/04/2010 - EOSE DELEGATION IN MALTA - 8/9 April 2010

The EOSE Executive Board members went to Malta on 8th and 9th of April 2010 for a visit kindly co-ordinated by Mr Gino Schiavone. During that stay, the EOSE Delegation attended an official meeting with Bernard Vassallo (Chair), Joseph Cassar (Chief Executive) and Bertie Muscat (Deputy Chairman) from the Malta Sports Council and managed to discuss issues around Education and Employment in the Sport and Active Leisure sector. A second meeting was organised with Gino Schiavone, President of the Malta Exercise Health and Fitness Association (MEHFA) to further discuss issues around Fitness and a third one with James Calleja (Chief Executive) from the Malta Qualification Council to exchange on the Sector approach and the referencing of a National Qualifcation Framework to the European Qualifcation Framework.

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