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25/05/2011 - ALL FOR SPORT FOR ALL: Perspectives of sport for people with a disability in EU - Final products now available!

Recently, the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE) and the European Paralympic Committee (EPC) with the support of a strong partnership composed of 14 organisations led the EU funded project titled “All for Sport for All: Perspectives of Sport for People with a Disability in Europe”.

The All for Sport for All project is now finished and its main objective was to map the status quo of the disability sport sector, to provide information and guidelines for challenges and activities for the sector at the European level, and to give EU stakeholders a better platform for exchange on future development.

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22/05/2011 - EU CONFERENCE ON SPORT STATISTICS - Results now available!

As outlined in the last version of the EOSE E-Bulletin, a conference on Sport Statistics was organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 23 March 2011. The objective of that event was to focus on statistical and information needs in view of the development of sport as a new EU policy area, in line with Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

The Conference report and the presentations are now available...

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03/05/2011 - Call for proposals under the Preparatory Action 2011 now available

The new Call for proposals under the Preparatory Action 2011 in the field of Sport has been launched by the European Commission and will support transnational projects focusing on the following 2 areas:

   (a) Prevention of and fight against violence and intolerance in sport;

   (b) Promoting innovative approaches to strengthen the organisation of sport in Europe.
Deadline for submission: 29th July 2011.

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21/04/2011 - EU SPORT FORUM 2011 - Budapest, 21/22 February 2011 - Presentations/speeches now available

The third EU Sport Forum since the adoption of the White Paper on Sport took place in Budapest on 21-22 February 2011 and gathered around 450 participants including governmental representatives, the Olympic and sport movement, leading representatives from international and European sport federations, European and national sport umbrella organisations and other sport-related organisations. These forums can be seen as the “key platform for dialogue on sport at EU level”.

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