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:

EAC-UNITE-C2@ec.europa.eu

Thank you for your attention