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Empowering future sport leaders in Papendal

By Laura Hardman on June 6, 2025
This week, the EOC EU Office joined forces with its partner organisations engaged at the joint NILE (Nordic International Leadership Education), LEAP (International LEAdership Programme of the German Olympic Sports Confederation - DOSB), and International Leadership Course of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee - BOIC workshop in Papendal, Netherlands. Bringing together emerging leaders from […]
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SAFE HARBOUR showcased at Olympism365 Summit in Lausanne

By Laura Hardman on June 6, 2025
From 3–5 June, the EOC EU Office took part in the Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World, held in Lausanne. Bringing together leaders from the Olympic Movement, UN agencies, civil society and the private sector, the event focused on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through sport, along with the theme of safeguarding in sport. […]
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Household expenditure on sporting goods and services: disparities across the EU

By Laura Hardman on June 2, 2025
According to Eurostat's 2020 data, EU households allocated an average of 1.2% of their total expenditure to sporting goods and services, with significant variations across countries. Ireland recorded the highest average expenditure, while Bulgaria reported the lowest. Higher-income households consistently spent more on sports-related items, with the top income quintile in several countries spending at […]
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Building bridges: German sport meets EU priorities

By Laura Hardman on May 23, 2025
This week the EOC EU Office hosted the 35th Gemeinschaftstagung Internationales, bringing to Brussels a dynamic delegation from Germany’s Landessportbünde, Landessportjugenden, the DOSB and the dsj. Over two productive days, delegates swapped insights on their European and global project pipelines, compared strategies for international engagement and took a deep dive into the fast-evolving EU sport-policy […]
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EU Budget 2028-2034: time to widely spread our demands to policymakers!

By Laura Hardman on May 23, 2025
The EOC EU Office is coordinating an advocacy initiative to ensure that organised sport is represented in the EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028–2034. Backed by 48 National Olympic Committees, the IOC, the European Paralympic Committee, ASOIF, and most of its partner international and European federations, the joint position paper outlining our recommendations was […]
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Monthly Report Highlight - Explanatory Guide to the Microplastics Regulation: Updates for the Sport Sector

By Strobach on May 19, 2025
On 31 March 2025, the European Commission published an Explanatory Guide complementing the 2023 Regulation on synthetic polymer microparticles (SPM), amending Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation, widely known as the “Microplastics Regulation”.  As a reminder, the 2023 Regulation directly impacted the sport sector by introducing a ban on the placing on the market of […]
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SAFE HARBOUR consortium convened to deepen understanding of safeguarding challenges

By Laura Hardman on May 16, 2025
On 14 May, the SAFE HARBOUR consortium convened for the project’s second Peer-to-peer (P2P) Roundtable and third Monthly Consortium Meeting (MCM). As a key element of the project’s collaborative framework, the P2P Roundtable focused on identifying challenges in implementing safeguarding policies, while promoting the exchange of lessons learned and best practices to strengthen safeguarding protocols […]
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EOC EU Office’s Annual Partners Meeting: the future of European funding for sport in the next Multiannual Financial Framework

By Laura Hardman on May 16, 2025
On 14 and 15 May, the EOC EU Office hosted the Annual Partners Meeting. On the first day, partners of the EOC EU Office received comprehensive updates on EU funding programmes and opportunities. A discussion with Luciano di Fonzo (Education and Culture Executive Agency, EACEA) provided partners with valuable insights into the expected evolution of […]
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OCEAN Final Conference: Empowering sport organisations with resources for continuous climate action

By Laura Hardman on May 16, 2025
On 13 May, the EOC EU Office hosted the Final Conference of the OCEAN project, bringing together over 100 representatives from sport organisations, sustainability experts, Olympic stakeholders, and European institutions. The conference celebrated the achievements of the project and showcased the resources developed in collaboration with 18 National Olympic Committees, International Olympic Committee (IOC), the […]
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The EOC EU Office celebrates Europe Day with DOSB in Frankfurt

By Laura Hardman on May 9, 2025
On 8 May, the EOC EU Office brought a touch of Belgian flair to Frankfurt, joining the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) for their very own Europe Day celebration. The event offered a dynamic platform to explore how European cooperation and EU engagement can strengthen sport across the continent. The programme included: An introduction to […]
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