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Yves Le Lostecque Head of Unit
Michał Rynkowski Policy officer
Sport Policy and Programme DG Education and Culture
European Commission
The Policy Context
Sport in the EU: a brief history
Competence
• Lisbon Treaty (art.165)
Policy orientations
• EU Work Plan for Sport (2014-2017)
Programme
• Erasmus+ Sport
Competence
Subsidiarity principle
Role of the EU in the field of sport
EU Work Plan for Sport (2014-2017)
• 3 key topics: • Integrity of Sport
• The economic dimension of Sport
• Sport and Society
• 5 Expert Groups: • Match-fixing
• Good governance
• Economic dimension
• HEPA
• Human resources development in sport
New Erasmus+ Programme
• - Long awaited programme
• - Integrated programme
• - Ambitious programme
• - Adopted on 11 December 2013
Looking to the past…
- No specific programme
- Preparatory actions (2009-2013)
- Special events
Preparatory Actions (2009-2013)
- Health and physical activity
- Gender equality
- Education and training
- Fight against doping
- Social inclusion
- Volunteering
- Fight against violence
and intolerance in sport
- Strengthening the organisation of sport
- Fight against match-fixing
- Physical activity and active ageing
- Sport at municipal level
- Good governance and dual careers
- Traditional European sport and games
2009 2010
2011 2012
2013
Key ideas about Erasmus+
Financial support secured for 7 years
Substantial budget
Programme serving policies
Budget of Erasmus+: Sport
Total:
265,94M €
Gradual growth in
annual amounts
On average: 38M €/year
Focus on grassroots
sport
Starting with 22.3M € in
2014
EU Work Plan for Sport 2014-2017
• Document of the Council setting the priorities for 2014-2017
• http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:42014Y0614(03)&from=EN
Objectives of E+ Sport (Art. 16 of the E+ Regulation)
• a) to tackle transnational threats to sport such as doping, match fixing, violence, racism and intolerance
• b) to support good governance in sport and dual careers of athletes
• c) to promote social inclusion, equal opportunities and health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) through increased participation in sport and voluntary activities in sport
The collaborative partnerships will aim at addressing the following objectives:
• Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the European Week of Sport
• Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Physical Activity Guidelines
• Promoting the Dual Careers of Athletes, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes
Continuation of objectives… • Combatting doping, notably in recreational environments
• Combating match-fixing, especially through the support to prevention, awareness-raising and cooperation among stakeholders
• Promoting voluntary activity in sport
• Supporting innovative and educational approaches to contain violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport
Continuation of objectives… • Improving good governance in sport
• Encouraging social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport, especially by supporting, in the field of sport, the implementation of EU strategies, notably the EU Gender Equality Strategy and the EU Disability Strategy.
Anti-doping
• Conclusions on combating doping in recreational sport http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2012:169:0009:0010:EN:PDF
• Study on the prevention of doping in recreational environment
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/news/2014/study-doping-prevention_en.htm
Match fixing:
• Report on match-fixing, prepared by experts in the 2011-2014 EU work programme for sport, which formed basis for the Presidency conclusions of Nov 2012
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/educ/133873.pdf
• Nicosia declaration on match-fixing from 2012 Sport Forum
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/library/documents/b1/eusf2012-nicosia-declaration-fight-against-match-fixing.pdf
Good governance:
• "Principles of good governance in sport", prepared by experts under the Expert Group on Good governance in the 2011-2014 EU work programme for sport
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/library/policy_documents/xg-gg-201307-dlvrbl2-sept2013.pdf
Dual careers:
• Council Recommendation 2013/ C 168/04 of 14 June 2013
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C:2013:168:FULL&from=EN
• Guidelines, prepared by experts in 2012
http://erasmusplus.org.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Dual_Career_Guidelines.pdf
• Council conclusions of 18 November 2010 on the role of sport as a source of and a driver for active social inclusion http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:326:0005:0008:EN:PDF
• Council conclusions on the contribution of sport to the EU economy, and in particular to addressing youth unemployment and social inclusion, November 2013
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/library/news-documents/council-conclusions_en.pdf
Social inclusion
HEPA
• EU Physical Activity Guidelines
• http://ec.europa.eu/sport/library/policy_documents/eu-physical-activity-guidelines-2008_en.pdf
• Council recommendation on promoting health-enhacing physical activity across sectors of 26 November 2013
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/library/documents/hepa_en.pdf
• Eurobarometer (March 2014)
http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/sport-and-physical-activity-pbNC0414311/
Gender equality
• Gender equality in sport: Proposal for strategic actions 2014–2020
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/events/2013/documents/20131203-gender/final-proposal-1802_en.pdf
• Council Conclusions on Gender Equality in Sport of 21 May 2014
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52014XG0614%2809%29
Selection method
General call for proposals
Annual call
Evaluation committee (external experts)
Principles of independence
and transparency
Two complementary actors
Commission / DG EAC
(policy coherence)
- Strengthening the evidence based for sport policy making
- Dialogue with European stakeholders
Agency / EACEA
(implementation)
- Support for collaborative partnerships
- Support for Not-for-profit European sport events
Key documents
• Work Programme 2015
• Programme Guide
• Call for proposals (deadlines, selections, award decision, start of projects)
Further information
• Commission's Sport Policy and Programme Unit website: http://ec.europa.eu/sport/
• EACEA (Agency) website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php
• Sport Policy and Programme Unit:
Thank you for your attention