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Erasmus+ Sport

Project Coordinators' Meeting

EACEA, 22nd February 2016

Yves Le Lostecque – Head of Unit

Michal Rynkowski - Policy Officer

Olivier Fontaine – Policy Officer

Sport policy and programme Unit

European Commission – DG EAC

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Congratulations!

You have been selected,

you are a part of the Erasmus+ (Sport) Family!

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Prehistory and history

• Special annual events

• 2009-2013 Preparatory Actions in the field of Sport

• 2014:

• First year of implementation of the Erasmus+ programme (Sport chapter)

• First year of implementation of the HEPA Recommendation (adopted in November 2013)

• Adoption of the second EU Work Plan for Sport (2014-2017)

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2015 Increasing ambitions

• First European Week of Sport (Second week of September 2015);

• Negotiations on match fixing in the Council;

• Erasmus+ programme: Evaluation, increased financial support.

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2016 – Erasmus+ Sport evolving…

• Adaptation of priorities

• Adaptation of grants (types, max. grant)

• Even more focus on grassroots sport organisations

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EU Work Plan for Sport (2014-2017)

• 3 Priorities: - Integrity of sport

- The economic dimension of sport

- Sport and society

• 5 Expert Groups: - Match-Fixing

- Good governance

- Human Resources Development

- HEPA

- Economic Dimension

• 16 Outputs: - Doping output finalised;

- HEPA output to be finalised in July.

YOUR PROJECTS MATTER –

THE PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTS THE POLICY!

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Erasmus+ Sport • 2014 Call: Budget: 22,3 M€, 45 projects in total

• 2015 Call : Budget: 22,9 M€

Results of first EWOS call: 5 projects + 5 events (from 78)

40 collaborative partnerships and 3 events from 341 applications

• 2016 Call: Budget 27,4 M€

EWoS Call: deadline 21 January

General call: deadline 12 May

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Work Programme 2015

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 2015

Activities

• Support for collaborative partnerships;

• 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 2015

Priorities

• 1. Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the European Week of Sport

• 2. Encouraging participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Physical Activity Guidelines

• 3. Promoting the Dual Careers of Athletes, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes

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Work Programme 2015

Priorities

• 4. Combatting doping, notably in recreational environments

• 5. Combating match-fixing, especially through the support to prevention, awareness-raising and cooperation among stakeholders

• 6. Promoting voluntary activity in sport

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Work Programme 2015

Priorities

• 7. Supporting innovative and educational approaches to contain violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport

• 8. Improving good governance in sport

• 9. 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.

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Erasmus+ Sport: evolution

• A bit of statistics….

• And an outlook…..

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A bit of statistics: 2014 2015 2016

Collaborative partnerships 39 40 ca. 70?

Small collaborative partnerships

- - ca. 57?

Not-for-profit Sport events 3+3 3 ca. 3?

EWoS – collaborative partnerships

- 5 ca. 8?

EWoS – not for profit Sport events

- 5 ca. 12?

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Priorities 2014 v. 2015

2014 2015

HEPA 16 HEPA 10

Social inclusion 13 Dual careers 9

Violence and intolerance in sport 3 Social inclusion 9

Dual careers 2 Violence and intolerance in sport 4

Good Governance 2 Good governance 4

Fight against doping 2 Fight against match-fixing 3

Fight against match-fixing 1 Voluntary activity in sport 1

Fight against doping 0

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Priorities for 2016: collaborative partnerships

25% projects supporting the implementation of the EU guidelines in the field of physical activity and dual careers)

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

25% voluntary activity in sport, combat against violence, racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport, good governance in sport

25% Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport.

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Small collaborative partnerships

• More focus on grassroots sport organisations

• Max. grant 60.000 EUR

• Simplified documents (declaration on honour)

• No verification of the financial capacity

• No issues with the pre-financing

• Budget: 3.363.000 (ca. 57 grants)

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Small collaborative partnerships

• Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport,

especially by supporting the implementation of EU strategies, notably the EU Gender Equality Strategy and the EU Disability Strategy;

• Promote European traditional sports and games;

• Support the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations;

• Protect athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions

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Important dates:

• 3 March 2016: Sport Info Day

• 12 May 2016: deadline for submission of applications

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Specific policy areas

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Promoting physical activity Latest developments from the EU

sport policy side

Olivier Fontaine Unit Sport Policy and Programme European Commission – DG EAC

Erasmus+ Sport - Project Coordinator's Meeting 22/02/2016

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Are we active enough?

Europeans adults that never or seldom exercise or play sport

60%

Adults obese 17%

Adults overweight 35%

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Why is physical inactivity a problem?

Human costs: premature death, physical and mental health

Economic costs: health systems, employability, productivity

Social Cost

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Europe as a whole is facing a future obesity crisis of enormous proportions" (2030)

European Congress on Obesity Prague, May 2015

Policies are not effective

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Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies

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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

First edition of the physical activity country fact sheets published in Sept 2015

(COM) http://ec.europa.eu/sport/news/2015/0928-hepa-who-factsheet_en.htm

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

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Physical activity surveillance is improving

HEPA coordination is improving

How to improve comparability?

Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies

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Encouraging 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)

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

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_repor

ts/150EN.pdf

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Facilitating exchange of best practices on HEPA among Member States

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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) • Provide targeted support to national HEPA Focal Points for capacity building

and training

Implementation of the Council Recommendation on HEPA across sectors (Nov 2013)

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Co-financing projects and events

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Raising awareness of benefits of sport and physical activity

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5 millions – Participants

31 - Participating countries

>7000 - Events

30 - European Partners

Media campaign

Continuity Start on 10 Sept

Flexibility but convergence

towards the same week across the EU

The EWoS 2015 was a success

Evaluation report

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Assessing the role of grassroots sport and identifying future actions

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• Set up by Commissioner Navracsics

• Assess the role of grassroots sport in its societal and economic dimensions

• 15 high level members • Recommendations: June

2016

High Level Group on Grassroots Sport

No. Family name First name Organisation/Function

1 ANDREEVA (BG) Mila Executive Director of Sofia 2018 European capital of sport

2 BALOGH (HU) Gábor President of the Hungarian School Sport Federation

3 BAUMAN (DE) Wolfgang President of TAFISA

4 BRASSEUR (LU) AnneFormer Minister, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of

the Council of Europe

5 CARDOSO (PT) Carlos President of ENGSO

6 CHAPPELET (CH) Jean-Loup Professor Lausanne University

7 INFANTINO (IT) Gianni Secretary General of UEFA

8 KIVISAARI (FI) Tiina Annikki Secretary General, Finnish Paralympic Committee

9 MACHU (FR) Philippe Sport and Citizenship

10 MESTRE (PT) Alexandre Miguel Former Sport Minister

11 MILANOVA (BG) Vanina Vaneva

Marketing Director – Sports club Levski (sports club from

Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1914. The most popular sports

branches are football, basketball and volleyball. The club

develops 40 types of sport)

12 NYGAARD (DK) Niels

President of the Danish Olympic Committee and Sports

Confederation of Denmark. Member of Executive Committee

of European Olympic Committees

13 SEMAN(SK) Frantisek

Professor and researcher on Sport history and Olympism,

Member of the Accreditation Commission for preparation of

sport activities and system of education in sport in Slovak

Republic within the Ministry of Education

14 STICKLER (AT) Friedrich

Former President of European Lotteries, Former co-opted

Member of UEFA Executive-Committee, Board Member of

Austrian Olympic Committee, Member of the BSO (Austrian

Sports Organisation) Executive Committee, President of

Austrian Football Association

15 WATSON (UK) Graham President EuropeActive

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Improving the monitoring of national HEPA policies

Encouraging physical activity at younger age

Facilitating exchange of best practices among Member States

Co-financing projects and events

Raising awareness of benefits of sport and physical activity

Assessing the role of grassroots sport and identifying future actions

Key take-aways: Current initiatives in the HEPA policy at EU level are…

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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

• Contact: Sport Policy and Programme Unit: EAC-UNITE-C3@ec.europa.eu Susanne.Hollmann@ec.europa.eu Olivier.Fontaine@ec.europa.eu

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Thank you

Email: yves.le-lostecque@ec.europa.eu

olivier.fontaine@ec.europa.eu michal.rynkowski@ec.europa.eu

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