Sport

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EU priorities in the field of sport:

good governance, volunteering and gender equality

#ENASMalta2016

Paola Ottonello European Commission DG EAC C/3 Sport policy and programme

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Content

1. Sport and the EU – an overview

2. Focus on

• Good governance

• Volunteering

• Gender equality

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1. An overview

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EU exclusive competences

EU /MS shared competences

EU competences to support, coordinate and supplement.

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Principle of subsidiarity

Human health; culture; tourism;

education, vocational training, youth and

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The way we work

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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

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Erasmus+: Sport

• First-time funding for sport and physical activity projects

• Duration: 7 years (2014-2020)

• Total budget for Sport: 265,94 M€

• Budget for 2017: 39.2 M€

• Last deadline: 6 April 2017

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Erasmus+ Sport objectives

• To tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport, such as doping, match fixing and violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and discrimination;

• To promote and support good governance in sport and dual careers of athletes;

• To promote voluntary activities in sport, together with social inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity through increased participation in, and equal access to, sport for all.

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Work Programme 2017: activities • Support for collaborative partnerships (max. 400.000 EUR);

• Support for small collaborative partnerships (max. 60.000 EUR);

• Support for not-for-profit European sport events, involving several programme countries;

• Support for strengthening the evidence base for policy making;

• Dialogue with relevant European stakeholders.

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Work Programme 2017: Priorities (1)

• Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity and being in line with the EU Physical Activity Guidelines;

• Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the European Week of Sport;

• Promote education in and through sport with special focus on skills development, as well support the implementation of the EU Guidelines Dual Careers of Athletes;

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Work Programme 2017: Priorities (2)

• Promote voluntary activity in sport;

• Combat doping, notably in recreational environments;

• Combat match-fixing;

• Improve good governance in sport;

• Combat violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport;

• Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport.

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A bit of statistics: 2014 2015 2016

Collaborative partnerships 39 40 54

Small collaborative partnerships

- - 60

Not-for-profit Sport events 3+3 3 5

EWoS – collaborative partnerships

- 5 8

EWoS – not for profit Sport events

- 5 13

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Looking forward to 2017

• Budget: 39.2M EUR, among them:

• Collaborative partnerships: 22.4M EUR (estimated 78 projects)

• Small collaborative partnerships: 5.0M EUR (estimated 85 projects)

• European not-for-profit events: 4.0M EUR (estimated 12 projects)

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Priorities for 2017: collaborative partnerships

25% projects supporting the participation in sport and physical activity

25% projects supporting the education in and through sport, with special focus on skills development, as well as implementation of the EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes and projects supporting voluntary activity in sport

25% projects supporting the integrity of sport such as anti-doping, fight against match-fixing and good governance in sport

25% projects aiming at combatting violence, racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport, projects aiming at encouraging social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport

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Coming up..

Erasmus+: Sport

Info Day

Brussels

31 January

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• Good governance

• Volunteering

• Gender equality

2. Focus on:

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Good governance in sport

• Flagship event during European Week of Sport (15 Sept)

• Declaration / Pledge on Good Governance

• 25 signatories before the event

• Now 31. More to come

• But just the beginning …

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Gender Equality

• 4 pillars:

Decision-making (leadership)

Coaching

Fight against gender-based violence

Fight against negative stereotypes (media)

• Council conclusions in 2014

• XG GG: recommendations on gender equality in sport (February 2016)

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Volunteering

• Always a priority in our work programmes

• Council conclusions on the role of voluntary activities in sport in promoting active citizenship (May 2011)

• Expert Group recommendations: • Benefits and challenges

• Cross-sectoral approach (youth, employability,…)

• Recommendations/ Good practices

• Dissemination

• 30 November – seminar on volunteering in Malta (Presidency)

#EVS20 campaign in 2016

EVS20 campaign website: http://europa.eu/youth/evs20

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Important dates:

• 31 January 2017: Sport Info Day

• 8-9 March 2017 the EU Sport Forum

• 6 April 2017: deadline for submission of applications

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@EUSport

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Gender equality in sport

and the EU Milan, 27 September 2015

Paola Ottonello European Commission DG EAC C/2 Sport policy and programme

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Thank you

paola.ottonello@ec.europa.eu

@paolao

@EUSport