Sport

Conference Project DC4AC - Regional Centre for Dual

Career Policies and Advocacy

Olivier Fontaine, Policy OfficerSport Policy and Programme UnitDG Education and CultureEuropean Commission

Bucharest, 20 October 2016

Sport

Raising the awareness about the concept of dual career is a priority in the field of sport• EU Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes (2012)

• Conclusions of the Council on dual careers of athletes (2013)

• Inclusion of DC in the EU Work Plans for Sport

• Study on the minimum quality requirements for dual career

services (2015)

• Report on state of play concerning the implementation of the

EU Guidelines on Dual Careers (1st half 2017)

Sport

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

Sport

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

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

• Countries that can participate: EU Member States + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

• Support for• Collaborative partnerships (5P) / Small Collaborative partnerships (3P)

• Not-for-profit European sport events (12 participating countries)

• 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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• Tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport,such as doping, match-fixing and violence, as well asall kinds of intolerance and discrimination

• Promote and support good governance in sport anddual careers of athletes;

• Promote voluntary activities in sport, together withsocial inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness ofthe importance of health-enhancing physical activity,through increased participation in, and equal access tosport for all.

Erasmus+ Sport - objectives

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Erasmus+ Sport / Call 2016 – Statistics (1/2)

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Received

applications

Selected

applications

Budget

(€)

Maximum

grants (€)

Success

rates (%)

Collaborative

Partnerships

201 54 19.680.718,13€ 400.000€ 25

Small

Collaborative

Partnerships

113 60 3.262.567,77€ 60.000€ 47

Not-for-profit

European Sport

Events

55 5 1.888.276,20€ 500.000€ 9

Total 369 119 24.831.562,10€ - 32

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Erasmus+ Sport / Call 2016 – Statistics (2/2)

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28% success rate for Dual Careers project proposals

Draft

Collaborative partnerships

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Small collaborative partnerships – New in 2016

Draft

TOPICS N° applications

Enhance social inclusion, equal

opportunities, volunteering and

participation in sports 73

Promote European traditional sports

and games 14

Support the mobility of volunteers,

coaches, managers and staff of non-

profit sport organisations 14

Protect athletes, especially the

youngest, from health and safety

hazards by improving training and

competition conditions 12

TOTAL 113

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15 projects on Dual Careers are currently supported by the EU!

• 2014: 2 projects (1M€)• 2015 : 9 projects (3.5M€) • 2016: 4 projects (1.5M€)

Complete results of the evaluation/selection of projects: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!

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/

Sport

Erasmus+ Sport in 2017 – call for projects

• Launched in October 2016 - Deadline 6 April 2017

• Budget: +/- 5.6M€ for projects aiming at

• Education in and through sport

• Implementation of the EU Guidelines on Dual careers of

Athletes

• Volunteering

• Commission Decision on Simplified grants for Sport

actions (13 September 2016)

• Erasmus+ Sport Info Day (31 January 2017)

Sport

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

Sport

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

• Created by the Committee of the Regions in cooperation 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

Sport

Studies

• http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/sport-cbCdcKABstHUgAAAEjBJEY4e5L/

Upcoming: Study on gender-based violence in sport (Nov 2016)

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

Sport

1) Grassroots sport

2) Sport diplomacy

• Recommendations published in June 2016

(http://ec.europa.eu/sport/policy/cooperation/high-level-groups_en.htm)

• Follow up seminar on Sport Diplomacy on 6 December in Brussels

High Level Groups

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2015

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

• Several awards (school, workplace, local hero)

• Evaluation Report : end November 2016

European Week of Sport 2016

Future: From 23 to 30 September each year

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• Seminar on Sport Diplomacy (6 December 2016)

• Erasmus+ Sport Info Day (31 January 2017)

• EU Sport Forum (March 2017)

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

Interesting upcomingevents

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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.euolivier.fontaine@ec.europa.eu

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