In the EU White Paper on Sport (2007), the Commission noted the lack of comparable EU-wide information on the sport sector's economic role and has then encouraged work on Sport Satellite Accounts in the EU Working Group on Sport & Economics. In the EC Communication on Sport (January 2011) the importance of evidence-based policy-making to develop the European dimension in sport has been again highlighted. In this regards, a conference on Sport Statistics was organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 23 March 2011.