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The EOC EU Office in Brussels

Friday, 22 June 2018

Brussels

EOC EU Office

Europeanization

European Olympic Committees EU Office

Creation of the EOC

EU Office on

20 February 2009

German NOC delegation tothe EU

1993

2009 New office,

September 2017

EOC EU Office – Team members

Felix Schäfer

Policy Officer

Germany

Folker Hellmund

Director

Germany

Kaisa Larjomaa

Policy Officer

Finland

Jana Janotová

Policy Officer

Czech Republic

Valentin Capelli

Policy Officer

France

Our team

Heidi Pekkola

Deputy Director

Finland

Laura Hardman

Office Manager

Belgium

EOC EU Office - Partners

EOC EU Office - Missions

Background / Position Papers

European Projects

Monthly Report

Weekly Update

European Evening of Sport

Seminars & Workshops

Observers in Council Expert Groups

Brochures

EOC EU Office – Activities (1/3)

EOC EU Office – Activities (2/3)

Seminars and Workshops:

• Annual Partner meeting

• Special Competence Seminars, e.g.

Seminar on the EU antitrust and competition policy

Seminar on European funding opportunities

Seminar for NOCs from non-EU Countries on the political relationship with the EU

Position papers:

• On sport-related topics (e.g: Erasmus+ Sport, Data Protection, Competition Policy, Visa,

Digital Single Market)

• Widely communicated to all European stakeholders and used for lobbying activities

EOC EU Office – Activities (3/3)

Current issues:

• Application of the EU Competition policy to sport organisations

ISU case FIBA-Euroleague Dispute

• MFF 2021-2027: proposals for the next generation of programmes

Erasmus: the EC proposed a €30 billion budget, with 1.8% of this amount

dedicated to the Sports Chapter.

ESF+: the EC proposed to allocate €101 billion.

ERDF+ and Cohesion fund: the EC proposed a €373 billion budget.

• General Data Protection Regulation

• VAT Reform

• Visa Reform

EOC EU Office – Projects (1/2)

Managing EU-wide projects in the area of sport:

Athletes 2 Business (A2B)

Support the Implementation of Good Governance in Sport (SIGGS)

Sport 4 Good Governance (S4GG)

EOC EU Office – Projects (2/2)

Single Points of Contact for sports integrity (POINTS)

Partner network:

• Project leader: EOC EU Office

• 11 NOCs (BE, NL, DE, PT, DK, SI, FR, IT, HR, NO and CZ)

• 3 European Federations (CEV/European Athletics/FIBA Europe)

• EOSE, INTERPOL and Sport and Recreation Alliance UK)

Supported by the IOC (associated partner)

Project run time: January 2018 – December 2020.

Co-financed by the EU (Erasmus+ Sport)

Thank you for your

attention!

EOC EU Office

71, Avenue de Cortenbergh

1000 Brussels

Belgium

Tel.: +32-27380320

Fax: +32-27380327

www.euoffice.eurolympic.o

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