Partners
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DOSB/ German Olympic Sports Confederation
Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12
Germany - 60528 Frankfurt
Tel.: +49-69-67000
Fax.: +49-69-67 49 06
http://www.dosb.de
office@dosb.de
The DOSB (German Olympic Sports Confederation) is the largest registered German association of individuals with 27,5 million members in 91.000 gymnastic and sport clubs being part of 96 national member federations. 7,5 million voluntary members run the activities and organisation of sport clubs and competitions. At the same time the DOSB acts as a National Olympic Committee for Germany.
According to the Olympic Charter and to DOSB’s mission statement “Sport for all” the German Olympic Sports Confederation defines itself as a sports movement with a political independent, ideologically neutral character open to integrate all social groups. Based on this premise, the German Olympic Sports Confederation avows itself to the idea of man shaped by humanism and fair play. Its sports programme, characterized by a holistic and motion-oriented approach, is aimed at the full development of the human personality and at the promotion of physical, psychological and social health.
President: Dr. Thomas Bach
General Secretary: Dr. Michael Vesper
EU related matters: Folker Hellmund: hellmund@euoffice.eurolympic.org;
Stephan Dietzen: dietzen@euoffice.eurolympic.org ;
Nicole Espey: espey@euoffice.eurolympic.org
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BSO - The Austrian Sports Confederation
Prinz Eugen Straße 12
Austria - 1040 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 504 44 55
Fax.: +43 1 504 44 55 66
http://www.bso.or.at
office@bso.or.at
The Austrian Sports Confederation is a non-profit organisation with the objective to represent the interests of sport in Austria and in international organisations. Thus, the Austrian Sports Confederation is the central cooperation and coordination platform within the Austrian sport system.
The Austrian Sports Confederation develops and promotes sport at national level in cooperation with policy- and law making bodies as well as other organisations dealing with sport issues. The Austrian Sports Federation supports sport events with national and international relevance, it supports the development of sport infrastructures, educational programmes and sport related publications. Furthermore, the Austrian Sports Confederation is responsible for administering and controlling the use of public funding for sport.
President: Dr. Peter Wittmann
Secretary General: Barbara Spindler
EU related matters: Michael Trinker, trinker@euoffice.eurolympic.org
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CNOSF - French Olympic and Sports Committee
1, avenue Pierre de Coubertin
France - 75640 Paris Cedex 13
Tel.: +33.(0)1.40.78.28.00
Fax.: +33.(0)1.40.78.28.34
http://www.franceolympique.com
The French Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) promotes the main Olympic principles and values in France. It organizes and leads the French delegation to the Olympic Games and IOC competitions. It chooses the French candidate cities for the organization of the Olympic Games.
The CNOSF represents the French sports movement in France. Its members are the 95 national sport federations, gathering themselves 175.000 sport clubs all over France.
The CNOSF is the main institutional partner of the public authorities. It undertakes, on behalf of the federations or with them, the necessary common interest activities with the aim to encourage the development of high level sport and sport for all.
President: Denis Masseglia
General Secretary: Jean-Pierre Mougin
EU related matters: Sophie Christ : christ@euoffice.eurolympic.org ; Mathieu Fonteneau : fonteneau@euoffice.eurolympic.org -
Riksidrotts Förbundet (Swedish Sports Confederation)
Idrottens Hus
Sweden - 114 73 Stockholm
Tel.: +46 8 699 60 00
Fax.: +46 8 699 62 00
http://www.rf.se
info@rf.se
The Swedish Sports Confederation is an umbrella organization with the task of supporting its 70 member federations and, in an official capacity, representing the whole Swedish sports movement, in contacts with the authorities, politicians etc. Another mission of the Swedish Sports Confederation is to lead the way in future sport policy matters, to support the social value of sport, to allocate the governments grant to sport, to initiate and to co-ordinate sports research, to act as to prevent doping in sport and to co-ordinate the sports movements international activities.
In Sweden there are about 22.000 sport clubs and 7.000 company sport clubs. These clubs have about 3,5 million members, which means that one third of the Swedish population is a member in a sports club.
President: Karin Mattsson Weijber
General Secretary: Erik Strand
EU-related matters: Mattias Claesson, Director of Public Affairs, mattias.claesson@rf.se ; Marie Denitton, marie.denitton@rf.se -
CCPR (Central Council of Physical Recreation)
14-16 Caxton Street
United Kingdom - SW1H 0QT London
Tel.: +44 20 7976 3900
Fax.: +44 20 7976 3901
http://www.ccpr.org.uk
info@ccpr.org.uk
CCPR is the national alliance of governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation in the UK. Our 290 members - organisations as diverse as The Football Association, British Water Ski and the Ramblers' Association - represent 150,000 clubs across the UK and some 8 million regular participants.
CCPR provides these organisations with a single, independent voice ensuring that their interests are represented and that they have the skills and capacity to deliver high quality sport and recreation across the country.
President: HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Chief Executive Officer: Tim Lamb
EU related matters: James MacDougall: JMacDougall@ccpr.org.uk -
COSL (Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois)
3, route d'Arlon
Luxembourg - 8009 Strassen
Tel.: +352 48 80 48 -200
Fax.: +352 48 80 74
http://www.cosl.lu
cosl@cosl.lu
The COSL was founded in 1912 and has been formally recognised since 28th April 1978 by the Luxemburg government as the official representation for sport in Luxemburg, affiliating all national sport federations as well as all national federations with a sports character. Its principal tasks are subsumed in the following:- to represent the interests and goals of the sports movement
- to contribute to the sports development and to the national physical education
- to promote the “Olympic Idea” as well as the participation at the Olympic games and at further international sports events
General Secretary: Marlyse Pauly
EU related matters: Roby Reiland, rreiland@cosl.lu -
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)
P.O. Box
Switzerland - 8044 Zurich
Tel.: +41-(0)43 222 7777
Fax.: +41-(0)43 222 7878
http://www.fifa.com
FIFA is the international governing body of association football with a headquater in Zurich, Switzerland. With 208 member associations affiliated today, world football's governing body has rightly been dubbed the "United Nations of Football”. FIFA supports the associations financially and logistically through various programmes and grants them a number of attractive rights and privileges.
Played by millions around the world, football is the heart and soul of FIFA and as the guardian of this most cherished game, FIFA has a great responsibility as Football World governing body. This responsibility does not end with organising the FIFA World Cup and the various other world cup competitions; it extends to safeguarding the Laws of the Game, developing the game around the world and to bringing hope to those less privileged. This is what we believe is the very essence of fair play and solidarity. According to its mission 'Develop the game, touch the world, build a better future' FIFA sees it as its vocation to contribute towards building a better future for the world by using the power and popularity of football. This mission gives meaning and direction to each and every activity that FIFA is involved in - football being an integrated part of our society.
President: Joseph Blatter
Secretary General: Jérôme Valcke
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Deutscher Fussball-Bund
Otto-Fleck-Schneise 6
Germany - 60528 Frankfurt
Tel.: Tel.: +49-69-6788-0
Fax.: Tel.: +49-69-6788-204
http://www.dfb.de
info@dfb.de
With its 6,684,462 registered members, of whom more than 1 million are girls and women, the German Football Association (DFB) is one of the largest single-sport federations in the world. Roughly 26,000 clubs and 178,000 teams participate in organised competition from the German Bundesliga to the lowest district league, making football the most popular sport in Germany. DFB promotes the unity and development of football and is committed to its societal role and social responsibility.
President: Dr. Theo Zwanziger
Secretary General: Wolfgang Niersbach
EU related matters: Stefan Brost: stefan.brost@dfb-extern.de -
DIF (Danmarks Idraets-Forbund)
Brøndby Stadion 20
Denmark - 2605 Brøndby
Tel.: + 45 43 26 26 26
Fax.: + 45 43 26 20 13
http://www.dif.dk
dif@dif.dk
The NOC of Denmark accepts only one national federation for each sport or each comparable sport as member. However, the NOC has four multi-disciplinary sports federations as members: The Danish Association of Sports for the Disabled, the Danish Workers’ Sports Federation, the Danish National YMCA Sports Alliance and the Danish Military Sports Federation.
The NOC embraces considerably more types of sports than the number of member federations indicates. This is partly due to the fact that a number of federations have joined together, and partly because the national federations have taken up new events and integrated them in their regular activities, e.g. street basket, beach volley, pool, snooker, aerobics, etc. Altogether the national federations under DIF comprise more than 100 different types of sports.
Sport in Denmark is organised through a pyramid structure. At the top of the pyramid is DIF which handles tasks of common interest to all federations at national level. The national federations primarily handle tasks within their own sports at national level. At regional level they are organised in district federations that are typically in charge of tournaments, competitions and education.
At municipal level the local associations of sports clubs act as an umbrella to the local sports clubs. The local associations of sports clubs look after the interests of local clubs in relation to municipal authorities, and typically they act as representatives of sport in the municipal committees of youth and adult education which allocate funds to local sport.
President: Niels Nygaard
Secretary General: Karl Chr. Koch
EU related matters / Sports management: Poul Broberg, pbr@dif.dk -
ENGSO (European Non-Gouvernmental Sports Organisation)
1, Avenue Pierre de Coubertin
France - 75013 Paris Cedex 13
Tel.: +38 1 11 3225982
Fax.: +38 1 11 3233431
http://www.engso.com
predrag.manojlovic@oks.org.rs
ENGSO is the pan European organisation for national sports umbrella organisations (national sports confederations and/or national Olympic committees) in Europe. ENGSO has its legal seat in the House of Sport in Paris, France and represents national sport in its broadest sense - from children and youth sports, over "sport for all" activities to elite sports. ENGSO presently comprises 40 national umbrella sports organisations and one organisation with observer status. ENGSO is today the only European sports organisation having been granted consultative status by the Council of Europe.
President: Birgitta Kervinen
General Secretary: Predrag Manojlović
EU related matters: Michael Trinker: trinker@euoffice.eurolympic.org -
NIF (Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité)
Sognsveien 73
Norway - 0840 Oslo
Tel.: +47 21 02 90 00
Fax.: +47 21 02 90 01
http://www.idrettsforbundet.no
nif-post@idrettsforbundet.no
NIF is an umbrella organisation which organises all national sports federations in Norway 1). NIF has 2.1 million memberships 2) and consists of 56 national federations, 19 regional confederations 3), approx. 380 sports councils 4) and approx. 12,500 clubs. The General Assembly of NIF is the supreme governing body of organised sport in Norway. It is held every fourth year.- The federations organise and manage individual sports
- The amount of memberships must not be confused with the number of members. A person may be registered as a member in several sports.
- The regional confederations serve as collective bodies for sports within each of Norway's 19 counties.
- The sport councils form part of NIF’s organisational structure, and consist of all sports clubs in the municipalities which are members of NIF.
NIF’s vision is to be the most prominent national contributor to achieving “sport for all”. The Charter of the organisation is to work to provide everyone with the opportunity to participate in sport according to their own wishes and requirements. NIF intends to instil positive values for individuals and communities, thereby strengthening its position as a popular movement and motivation force in society.
President: Ms. Tove Paule
General Secretary: Mr. Inge Andersen
EU related matters / International relations officer: Kim Garielli, Kim.Gabrielli@idrettsforbundet.no -
SLU (Suomen Liikunta ja Urheilu ry Finlands Idrott rf)
Radiokatu 20, 7th floor
Finland - 00240 Helsinki
Tel.: +358 9 3481 21
Fax.: +358 9 3481 2602
http://www.slu.fi
firstname.lastname@slu.fi
The Finnish Sports Federation is a non-governmental sports federation for over one million Finns, founded in November 1993. It serves as an umbrella organi-sation for all of its 125 member organisations. The aim on the Finnish Sports Federation is an equal sports culture, where all Finns have equal opportunities to participate, act and make decisions concerning sports. The most important task for the Finnish Sports Federation is to ensure a healthy social environment for the sporting society in Finland and to be able to respond to the changing requirements of physically active people. The Finnish Sports Federation has chosen to operate through a vital, non-governmental activity in sports.
The Finnish sports federation operates as follows:- On the local level – 9,000 sports clubs and other local organisations
- On the regional level - regional organisations and the regional organisations of the member organisations
- On the national level - national member organisations, FSF SLU Executive Committee, FSF Office and FSF Service Unit.
Secretary General: Jukka Pekkala
EU related matters / Manager, International Relations: Terhi Heinilä: terhi.heinila@slu.fi -
European Athletics (European Athletics Association)
Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet 18
Switzerland - 1003 Lausanne
Tel.: (41 21) 313 43 50
Fax.: (41 21) 313 43 51
http://www.european-athletics.org
office@european-athletics.org
European Athletics is the leader of high performance, ethical and well-being aspects of athletics in Europe.
It is one of the six area associations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and serves the IAAF’s 50 Member Federations in Europe.
Its objects are:- To develop, promote and foster athletics (comprising track & field, road running, race walking, cross country running and mountain running) in Europe.
- To promote fair play and other ethical values in sport and to fight against all forms of doping as well as racial, religious, political or other kinds of discrimination in athletics.
- To stage European Championships and other European Athletics events.
- To encourage friendly and co-operative relationships with and between Member Federations and to defend the legal rights and interests of the Member Federations within the framework of the IAAF.
- To maintain contact and cooperation with the IAAF and its other area associations, with international and national sport bodies and with national and supranational authorities.
President: Hansjörg Wirz (SUI)
Director General: Christian Milz
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LEN (Ligue Européene de Natation)
Via Cassia 929
Italy - 00189 Rome
Tel.: +390630207127
Fax.: +390630364038
http://www.len.eu
len@lenoffice.it
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EHF (European Handball Federation)
Hoffingergasse 18
Austra - 1120 Vienna
Tel.: +431801510
Fax.: +43180151149
www.eurohandball.com
office@eurohandball.com
The European Handball Federation is the umbrella organisation for 49 member federations and one associated federation (Kosovo) – stretching to all corners of the European continent – with its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Since its foundation in November 1991, the EHF has taken on the role of ambassador to European handball, acting as a common voice for the European member federations and representing the entire European Handball Family on the international sporting stage. The EHF focuses its strengths and invests its resources on the development of the sport of handball in general with the overall objective to optimise product placement on the competitive sporting market, delivering the delights of handball in the form of high-profile branded events. The EHF puts it name to a wide-spectrum of activities within its compendium, ranging from its top products, namely the Men’s and Women’s European Handball Championships and the EHF Champions League - which continue to break TV and media records – to development initiatives such as Beach Handball, Handball at School and Wheelchair Handball.