Sport

What role for Europe?EU law,

sports policy development andfuture funding opportunities

Jacob Kornbeck

Policy Officer – Sport UnitDG Education and CultureEuropean Commission

SRA European Sport Summit 2013

London 20 June 2013

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What can Europe do?• EU law

• Infrequent, but may be binding (transfers, data protection…)• Commission as guardian of the Treaties, recourse to ECJ

• Sport policy development• More frequent, but not binding (HEPA, anti-doping, good

governance, EBP, sustainable financing…)• Commission a knowledge broker, Council setting important

• EU sport policy funding• Increasingly frequent• Preparatory Actions 2009-13• Sport funding stream 2014-20• EP + Council give budget, Commission executes

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Diversity…

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Sport statistics…

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The story behind…

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Article 165 TFUE• The Union shall contribute to the promotion of European

sporting issues, while taking account of the specific nature of sport, its structures based on voluntary activity and its social and educational function.

• Union action shall be aimed at (…) developing the European dimension in sport, by promoting fairness and openness in sporting competitions and cooperation between bodies responsible for sports, and by protecting the physical and moral integrity of sportsmen and sportswomen, especially the youngest sportsmen and sportswomen.

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Sport policy of the EU

Formulated in:• White Paper on Sport (Commission), July 2007• Communication on Developing the European

Dimension in Sport (Commission), January 2011• EU Work Plan for Sport (EU Council), May 2011• Various reports and resolutions from the European

Parliament

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Main topics covered by these documents• Fight against doping (XG)• Education and training and qualifications in sport (XG)• Fight against violence and intolerance• Health-enhancing physical activity (XG)• Social inclusion in and through sport• Evidence-based policy-making in sport (XG)• Sustainable financing of sport (XG)• Good governance in sport (i.a. free movement, sport

agents, match-fixing) (XG)

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EU Programmes

• EU Programmes exist in order to help implement EU policies• Sport is partly mainstreamed in existing

policies/programmes: regional, social, health, education, youth

• But some parts of EU sport policy cannot be supported through existing programmes because of specificity of sport, stakeholders in sport, sport as a relatively "unknown" sector

• Hence: Preparatory actions in sport and the proposal for a Sport Chapter of Erasmus for All

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Preparatory Actions Sport 2009-2012:2009- Promoting health-enhancing physical activity - Promoting education and training in sport (dual careers)- Promoting European fundamental values by encouraging sport for

persons with disabilities - Promoting gender equality in sport

2010- Fight against doping- Promoting social inclusion in and through sport- Promoting volunteering supporting systems in sport

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Preparatory Actions Sport 2009-2012:2011- Prevention of and fight against violence and intolerance- Promoting innovative approaches to strengthen the organisation of sport in Europe (good governance)

2012- Fight against match fixing- Promotion of physical activity supporting active ageing- Awareness-raising about effective ways of promoting sport at municipal level- Trans-frontier joint grassroots sport competitions in neighbouring regions

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Partnership in sport Preparatory Actions 2013 – Call for Proposals

• Mobility arrangements in sport• Strengthening of good governance and dual careers in sport through support for

the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations.

• Injury prevention and safety and security arrangements• Protecting athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by

improving training and competition conditions.

• Traditional games • Promoting traditional European sports and games

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Eligible organisations:

To be eligible, the applicant:• must be a public body or a not-for-profit organisation;• have a legal status;• have their registered head office in one of the Member

States of the European Union.

Natural persons are not eligible.

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Eligible costs Eligible costs are costs actually incurred by the beneficiary, which meet the following criteria:

- they are incurred during the duration of the action/project as specified in the grant agreement,

- they are connected with the subject of the agreement and they are indicated in the estimated overall budget of the action/project- they are necessary for the implementation of the action/project - they are identifiable and verifiable, - they comply with the requirements of applicable tax and social legislation;- they are reasonable, justified, and comply with the requirements of sound

financial management, in particular regarding economy and efficiency

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Award criteria:

- Quality of the proposed activities [0 – 20]• The compliance with the objectives of the call for proposals;• The thoroughness of the methodology;• The overall coherence of the activity programme;• The quality and innovative character of the proposed outputs

- Size of private third-party funding for the proposed activities [0 – 10]

- Strength and relevance of the network [0 – 5]- Dissemination and exploitation strategy [0 - 5]- Long-lasting impact (sustainability) [0 - 5]- European added value [0 - 5]

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Conferences and Studies 2013

Conferences: • Gender equality and sport including coaching (2013)• European sport week (2014)• EU Sport forum

• Studies:• A future sport monitoring function in the EU • The economic and legal aspects of transfers of players• Study on the assessment of the consequences of UEFA's Home Grown

Players• Study on sports organisers' rights• Feasibility study on possible future mobility measures in sport

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Conferences and Studies 2013

Conferences: • Gender equality and sport including coaching (2013)• European sport week (2014)• EU Sport forum

• Studies:• A future sport monitoring function in the EU • The economic and legal aspects of transfers of players• Study on the assessment of the consequences of UEFA's Home Grown

Players• Study on sports organisers' rights• Feasibility study on possible future mobility measures in sport

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Multi annual Financial Framework (MFF)Education, Youth and Sport (2014-2020)• Multi-annual financial framework of the EU is negotiated every 7

years• Framework for the adoption of annual EU budgets• Proposed new EU programme for education, training, youth and

sport: 'Erasmus for All'• Currently under negotiation between the Council of the EU (27

Member States) and the European Parliament, which will together take the final decision

• Negotiations on the basis of - Overall Commission proposal from June 2011 - Commission proposals for individual programmes and funds

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What next?

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Erasmus for All: Sport chapter

Article 12: ActivitiesThe objectives of cooperation in Sport shall be pursued through the

following transnational activities:- support to transnational collaborative projects;- support to non-commercial European sport events involving several

European countries;- support the strengthening of the evidence base for policy making;- support to capacity building of sport organisations;- dialogue with relevant European stakeholders.

Council proposes to delete (b) and (d).

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Budget for the Sport Chapter

• Based on the results of the evaluation of the Preparatory Actions, the Commission proposes an average annual budget of around € 34 million for sport.

• Total proposed amount over 7 years: € 238 million• Reasonable budget that will allow us to concentrate on

those actions that have a clear EU added value and address problems and issues that cannot be dealt with effectively at national level.

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Expected changes with Sport chapter• Topics mentioned in the objectives will get permanent

attention for 7 years• More budget • Possibility of multi annual projects• Annual priorities for certain topics, target groups, strategies• Inclusion of EU candidate MS and EFTA states as partners of

projects• Workplan to be discussed with Council and Parliament• EACEA agency will be in charge for projects

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Status quo with the Sport chapter

• System of Call for Proposals and Tenders published in Official Journal and on website Commission

• Trans-nationality of projects and at least organisations from at least 5 MS involved.

• Max 80% of eligible costs and promotion of private partnership• Beneficiary from EU Member State• EU sport forum, studies and conferences organised by COM• Sport mainstreamed in other EU programmes, if it fits in their

objectives

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New Communication on sport (end 2013)• Evaluating preparatory actions • Proposal for priorities new EU Work Plan for Sport (Council

policy actions)

New EU Work Plan for Sport (2014 – 20XX)• New expert groups• Follow up initiatives on health, doping, education and

training in sport and qualifications, good governance, etc.

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Future actions on policy level

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Our roadmap…

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Thank you for your attention !

More information:http://ec.europa.eu/sport/index_en.html

http://ec.europa.eu/sport/preparatory_actions/FAQ on the website, regularly updated

For queries related to the call:EAC-SPORT-PREPARATORY-ACTION@EC.EUROPA.EU

Today's speaker: jacob.kornbeck@ec.europa.eu