Sport

Sectoral Vision of MOVING Europe

Florence Mondin, Policy OfficerSport Policy and Programme UnitDG Education and CultureEuropean Commission

MOVING EUROPE – MOVING PEOPLE conference, Ljubljana15 November 2016

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Subsidiarity

• The EU's role in the field of sport

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• Physical activity promotion through EU sport policy

• Policy actions:

2013 Council Recommendation on promoting HEPA, Council Conclusions

Expert Group recommendations, studies

• Funding (e.g. Erasmus+ Sport)

• Awareness-raising campaign (European Week of Sport)

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Implementation of the Council Recommendation on HEPA (Nov 2013)

Progress Report end 2016

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Member States• Develop a cross- sector approach involving policy areas including sport, health,

education, environment and transport (national strategies and action plans)

Commission• Exchange of good practices in the Expert Group on HEPA (EU Work Plan for

Sport 2014-2017)Set of national good practices to be published in October 2016

(http://ec.europa.eu/sport/policy/cooperation/expert-groups-2014-2017_en.htm)

Facilitating exchange of best practices on HEPA among Member States

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Monitoring framework established by the Council Recommendation on HEPA across sectors

23 indicators Network of national physical activity focal points

operational Cooperation with World Health Organization 1st edition of the physical activity country fact

sheets published in Sept 2015 in cooperation with WHO

(WHO) http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/physical-activity/country-work

Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies

Physical activity surveillance is improving

HEPA coordination is improving

How to improve comparability?

Some outcomes from the monitoring carried out in 2015

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Encourage physical activity at younger age

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Encouraging physical activity at younger age

• Key role of schools• Minimum requirements of physical activity (WHO)• Expert Group recommendations to encourage physical

education at school, including motor skills in early childhood, and to create valuable interactions with the sport sector, local authorities and the private sector (EU Work Plan for Sport 2014-2017)(http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc&id=19860&no=1)

• Council conclusions on the promotion of motor skills, physical and sport activities for children (adopted 24 Nov 2015)(http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52015XG1215%2807%29 )

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The Eurydice report on physical education (2013) was a useful source

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/150EN.pdf

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Carry out studies to strengthen the evidence base for policy-making

• Study on EU Physical Activity Guidelines

• Study on the contribution of sport to regional development through the Structural Funds

http://ec.europa.eu/sport/library/index_en.htm

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Co-financing projects and events

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• Objective: boost skills and employability, as well as modernising Education, Training, and Youth work

• Total budget: 14.7 billion€ (266M€ for Sport)• Support for

• Collaborative partnerships / Small Collaborative partnerships • Not-for-profit European sport events• Actions that strengthen the evidence base for policy-making

• http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

Erasmus+, the programme for Education , Training , Youth and Sport (2014-2020)

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Promoting HEPA is a priority• 2014 & 2015 (out of Week of Sport): 7 major events (3,3M€)

and 26 collaborative partnerships (about 10M€) • 2016: 11 projects (4.3M€)

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/selection-results/sport-collaborative-partnershipssmall-collaborative-partnerships-in-sport-field-and-not-for-profit_en

See Erasmus+ projects database!

Draft

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Erasmus+ Sport in 2017

• Call launched in October 2016• Deadline 6 April 2017• Budget: +/- 5.6M€ for PA• Commission Decision on Simplified grants for

Sport actions (13 September 2016)• Erasmus+ Sport Info Day (31 January 2017)

http://ec.europa.eu/sport/

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European Parliament Pilot Project on HEPA

Call for proposals for Promoting HEPA policy measures and actions for refugeeshttp://ec.europa.eu/sport/calls/2016/eac-s16_en.htm

• Objective: promotion of HEPA for refugees

• HEPA activities: projects covering at least 6 Member States particularly concerned by the arrival of refugees

• Total budget = 600K€• Maximum 60K€ per grant• 53 project proposals received

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Horizon 2020Biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) All calls: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/index.html

Promoting mental health and wellbeing in the young (Societal Challenged): deadline 4 Octhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/sc1-pm-07-2017.html

Work Programme 2018-2020 under preparation (adoption autumn 2017)

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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on EU budget and funding for regions and cities

• 6 modules on different topics - focus on EU budget and funding for regions and cities

• Co-created with the European Investment Bank and the European Commission

• More than 50 speakers: EU officials, academics, practitioners and local/regional authorities

• Online from 31 October to 9 December 2016 (the course material remain available until July 2017)

• Possibility to download a free certificate of achievement• 10,000 expected participants; already 1,650 registrations• Registration: https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/CoR/114001/session01/about• Information and contact: welcome@cor.europa.eu

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European Week of Sport

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• Set Focus Themes : Education, workplace, outdoors, sport clubs and fitness centres

• Opening Event on 10 Sept. 2016 in Košice, Slovakia• Flagship Event on 15 Sept. 2016 in Brussels, focusing on

Good Governance• Conferences and events organised by others (House of

Sport, ICSS, etc.) • Several awards (school, workplace, local hero)

European Week of Sport 2016

Future: From 23 to 30 September each year

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• European Mobility Week 16-22/9• Civitas initiative: database of innovative measures by cities (

http://www.civitas-initiative.org/mobility-solutions-page)

• ELTIS - the urban mobility observatory (http://www.eltis.org/) • Member States Expert Group on Urban Mobility

(http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm)

• Commission webpage on cycling: (http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/urban/cycling_en.htm)

Urban mobility

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Further information• Commission's Sport Policy and Programme Unit website:

http://ec.europa.eu/sport/

• Projects selected under Erasmus+ 2016:http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/selection-results/sport-collaborative-partnershipssmall-collaborative-partnerships-in-sport-field-and-not-for-profit_en

• Erasmus+ projects database: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/

• Contact: Sport Policy and Programme Unit:EAC-UNITE-C3@ec.europa.euflorence.mondin@ec.europa.eu

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